| Criminals
are being sentenced to longer jail terms than before amid political
and media pressure for judges to impose tougher punishments.
Petty offenders are now three times more likely to receive custodial
sentences than they were in 1991, while nearly all convicted offenders
can expect harsher treatment.
This is from The Independent - a broadsheet newspaper.
Notice that the sentences are long and the language complex.
The subject and the tone are serious and objective. |