Sentences with phrase «year prison term for»

The former Brazilian President Luiz da Silva (commonly known as Lula) is facing a 12 - year prison term for charges of corruption.

VANCOUVER — A young Vancouver woman who killed her two infant sons was afflicted with a «disturbed mind» in the moments following childbirth, a judge concluded Tuesday as she imposed a five - year prison term for infanticide.

Bailey was still serving an 80 - year prison term for the murder, but was released Tuesday.

For the past two and a half years years, Tom Kirkendall of Houston's Clear Thinkers has been offering continuing coverage of the long, tragic story of Jamie Olis, a midlevel executive at Dynegy who was sentenced by federal district Judge Sim Lake to a 24 - year prison term for his involvement in a fraudulent accounting scheme.

As the editorial describes, a Massachusetts judge appointed by Romney when he was governor released Daniel Tavares on his own recognizance after he completed a 16 - year prison term for killing his mother.

Despite the fact he's currently serving a one - year prison term for felony weapons charges, it hasn't stopped T.I. from signing on with Austin - based indie developer Heatwave Interactive to appear in a new hip - hop MMORPG, according to Gamespot.

Alvin Banks will serve a two - year prison term for charges surrounding a dog fighting ring bust.

Michelle Jones is in the middle of an unusual transition: she is beginning a Ph.D. program in History at New York University this fall, just after finishing a 20 - year prison term for a serious crime she committed as a young woman.

August 9, 2016 • Blagojevich, formerly governor of Illinois, had argued his 14 - year prison term for corruption should be cut since five of the 18 counts he'd been convicted on were thrown out on appeal.

L.A. man gets 26 - year prison term for role in synthetic drug ring tied to China, Long Beach and Baldwin Park — Daily News

Mr. Money, I support a 1 - Strike 50 Year Prison Term for Crimes against the Kids.

A state appeals court has reversed the conviction that sent an Albany teenager to a nine - year prison term for a sneaker robbery.

He is serving a five - year prison term for obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents.

(Mr. Sampson is now serving a five - year prison term for obstruction and lying to federal agents.)

From The Press of Atlantic City, March 31, 1984: «A Hammonton businessman, about to be sentenced to a seven - year prison term for embezzlement, pulled a gun from his hip pocket... and killed himself in criminal court here Friday, officials said.

Even though North Korea's participation in the games hogged the spotlight in the lead - up to the event, the suspension of Jay Y. Lee's five - year prison term for bribery has raised questions more recently over chaebol reform in South Korea.

Not exact matches

The penalty for the alleged crime: a prison term of as many as eight years.

A New York state resident was sentenced on Thursday to over 20 years in prison for trying to recruit fighters to join Islamic State in Syria.It is the longest prison term handed out yet to an American convicted of supporting the militant group.

Contrary to whispers that the former oil tycoon would launch a political career upon his release from prison in 2013, Khodorkovsky has a longer - term strategy: a 10 - year plan to lay stronger civil and political foundations in Russia for when the Putin regime is «swept away.»

The bill originally proposed a 10 - year jail term and a fine of up to 500,000 ringgit (US$ 128,000) for offenders, but the approved legislation sets the maximum prison sentence at six years.

The pro-Kremlin United Russia party proposed the law introducing prison terms for religious offences after a protest against Putin's increasingly close ties with the Church by punk band Pussy Riot in Moscow's main cathedral last year.

Alexander later served 5 1/2 years in federal prison for extorting payments from contractors while he was in office, a disgrace that only strengthened support for term limits.

Federal prosecutors called for Terry to serve a prison term of four and a half years.

During a year where both former leaders of the legislature were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for corruption, after they abused their sources of outside income, Governor Cuomo said he'd seek to strictly limit lawmakers» ability to earn extra pay.

At his sentencing, Thomas was received 10 consecutive prison terms of 25 years for a total of 250 years.

He said jail is different than prison — people are there for shorter terms, either while awaiting trial or on year sentences.

The ex-campaign treasurer and a former fundraiser for embattled NYC Comptroller John Liu's failed mayoral bid dodged lengthy prison terms, each getting less than a year for trying to scam thousands of dollars in matching funds from the Campaign Finance Board.

After working in New York politics in a variety of City Council and state legislative campaigns and on the staff of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rivera came on strong four years ago, defeating Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, long a target of criminal investigation and now serving a federal prison term for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

«And you know, also by the way, we're working on a long - term journalism piece where we're looking for a reporter to go into a prison and maybe stay there for about a year or so and then do an expose on prison life.

Meng, 68, who was elected in 2004 and served one term before retiring, sleazily told the witness - an accused tax cheat referred to him by friends - that he could persuade the Manhattan District Attorney's office to reduce its plea offer, from 2 to 6 years in prison to just a year, in return for an $ 80,000 bribe, according to the court documents.

Buchwald should get credit for the reform said Horner, who noted that loss of a pension can affect convicted officials for decades, while a prison term often lasts only a few years.

Ibori was sentenced by a United Kingdom court to prison for 13 years and served out his term midnight yesterday.

Adamawa Ex-Commissioner Bags 10 Years In Prison for N51.5 m Scam A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defraudiYears In Prison for N51.5 m Scam A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defraudiyears jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defrauding...

The Wa circuit court, on Friday, slapped two 25 - year jail terms on one Adams Ibrahim, aged 33, who was recently released from prison on May 1, 2017, under the remission system of the Justice For All programme.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to spend at least 14 years in prison — more than any jail term given to other convicted New York state legislators — for his conviction on corruption charges, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday.

The disgraced ex-pol was handed two prison terms by federal Judge Valerie Caproni: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

Raymond Kwame Amankwah, who is well known in the International Community as a hard core drug baron was arrested and sentenced to a 14 - year prison term at the Provisional Detention Centre at Caucaia in Brazil for drug trafficking.

A prominent New York City landlord, Steve Croman, was sentenced to a year in Rikers Island for tax and loan fraud, a rare prison term in such cases, according to the attorney general.

Prosecutors are recommending a prison term of 12 to 15 years for Dean Skelos and 10 to 12 years for Adam Skelos.

Mr. Bharara's office had sought much stiffer sentences, suggesting that an appropriate prison term for Dean Skelos would be about 12 to 15 years, and for Adam Skelos, about 10 to 12 years.

But while the crimes and the 12 - year prison term of Sheldon Silver, the former Democratic speaker of the State Assembly, exceeded those of Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam B. Skelos, the Skeloses» trial stood out for the gritty, unvarnished look it offered of the personal and political dealings of a family immersed in Albany's back channels.

Supporters of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim — who made a stunning political comeback in 2015 after a federal corruption conviction and seven - year prison term — are pushing him to run for governor.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced today that Darrell Evans (DOB 11/22/59) of 8 Ellwood Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York plead guilty today to two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, class «A» Felonies, in exchange for a sentence promise of two consecutive terms of twenty years to life in state prison.

The governor says he will use his executive powers to remove 16 - and 17 - year olds from adult prisons, and appoint the attorney general for a one year term as a special prosecutor in police cases where a civilian is killed.

The disgraced ex-pol received two prison terms: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

In March, the New York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four years.

A longtime Kingston community activist will spend two years in state prison for illegal firearms sales according to the terms of a plea agreement approved in Ulster County Court.

The legislation, signed into law on 24 February by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, mandates prison terms of up to 14 years for homosexual acts and life imprisonment for «aggravated homosexuality,» such as sexual acts with a minor.

The prosecution in Hicheur's case had asked for a 6 - year prison term.

Sterritt **** A young drug dealer tries to come to terms with his past on the day before he leaves for a seven - year prison term.