Sentences with affirmance
af·firm·ance
A a - The fact that there are three defendants on death row under the 1995 law is an emphatic affirmance that there is very careful, measured decision-making in prosecutors' requests for, and judges' imposition of, the death penalty.
- Of these 248 appeals the Appellate Division reviewed 4, rendering 3 affirmances and 1 reversal, 75% affirmances, 25% reversals.