Assertion: felony | /r/CapableOf | prompt legislature
Facets:
value: in modern times
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: All felonies remain a serious crime, but concerns of proportionality (i.e., that the punishment fit the crime) have in modern times prompted legislatures to require or permit the imposition of less serious punishments, ranging from lesser terms of imprisonment to the substitution of a jail sentence or even the suspension of all incarceration contingent upon a defendant's successful completion of probation.