Sentences with phrase «after a conviction sentence»

Now, according to the majority of our Supreme Court, it can start right after a conviction sentence submitted to two levels of jurisdiction.

Not exact matches

Dutch prosecutors have revealed that Slobodan Praljak died of a heart attack after drinking cyanide as his conviction and sentence for war crimes was affirmed by the the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday.

End Illegal Immigration Act Fully - funds the construction of a wall on our southern border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2 - year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5 - year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.

Three years after his sentence was overturned, then - Texas Governor Mark White commuted his death sentence to a life sentence, despite the fact that the conviction had been overturned.

Michael Vick was in prison serving a sentence for a dogfighting conviction, and the team was reeling after head coach Bobby Petrino slid out of town in the middle of the night, letting players know he was leaving with notes in their lockers.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay over $ 334,000 in restitution after his conviction on corruption charges.

Freddie Dean Smith, a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal record and former Assistant Superintendent in New Rochelle, was granted an administrative license by NYSED while he was then on probation after a felony conviction for endangering a police officer in Virginia and while awaiting sentencing on two separate sex crimes in South Carolina (he followed women around in stores with his penis hanging out of his pants while he masturbated).

He fought that conviction for 17 months, but this past March was ordered to start serving his sentence after a midlevel appellate court denied his last appeal in February.

Democrats also expect to hit on the theme of corruption, especially after the conviction and sentencing of Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, hoping the anti-incumbent sentiment helps them in down - ballot races.

Months after the convictions of leaders of both houses of the Legislature, and days before their sentencings, Albany's ethics laws remain unchanged.

Matt is serving a sentence of 25 years to life following his conviction in Niagara County for three counts of murder, three counts of kidnapping, and two counts of robbery after he kidnapped a male victim and caused his death by beating him on December 3, 1997.

Sweat is serving a sentence of life without parole following his conviction in Broome County for one count of Murder 1st Degree after he caused the death of a Broome County Sheriff's Deputy on July 4, 2002.

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $ 800,000 in restitution and fines Thursday after his conviction on corruption charges.

«As the former Assembly speaker and former Senate majority leader are about to be sentenced after their corruption convictions, corruption is very much the issue for New Yorkers right now,» said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.

Matthew Libous was sentenced to six months in federal prison after his tax - fraud conviction.

Former Senate Deputy majority Leader Tom Libous has officially appealed his felony conviction, making good on a pledge to continue his legal battle after he was sentenced to six months of house arrest and fined $ 50,000 last month.

Kennedy's concern is that Level 1 sex offenders could drive for the companies seven years after a conviction or the end of a prison sentence under existing state law.

Silver, a Democrat, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after his conviction on public corruption charges in late 2015.

Rivera 74, had his 70 - year sentence commuted by outgoing President Barack Obama in January after serving nearly 36 years in prison following his conviction of conspiracy and sedition charges for his ties to the Puerto Rican nationalist group, FALN, which was responsible for more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and 80s — including the 1982 blast at NYPD headquarters that left an officer maimed and a 1975 attacked that killed four at Fraunces Tavern in the Financial District.

It was a bad week for Anthony Mangone, a former attorney whose cooperation aided in the conviction of three New York state senators, who was sentenced to 18 months behind bars this week after a judge said the «dirty lawyer» had committed crimes too serious to escape incarceration.

In a statement after the sentencing, he tied together the convictions of both Skelos and Silver, saying the proximity of their sentencings has «no precedent.»

«In the span of just 16 months, we have seen the arrest, prosecution, conviction and sentencing of both leaders of the New York State Legislature,» Bharara said in a statement minutes after former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was given five years in prison.

Another once powerful figure in New York state politics was sentenced to prison yesterday after a corruption conviction.

Former New York state Assembly member William Boyland was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison last September after his conviction on bribery charges.

UPDATED, 5:00 p.m., May 3: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday, after his conviction on federal corruption charges related to his dealings with several prominent real estate figures.

«The nearly simultaneous convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, whose corruption crimes were laid bare during fair and public trials, have no precedent,» Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said after the sentencing.

Though previously sentenced to 12 years in prison, Silver appealed his 2015 conviction after a landmark Supreme Court decision changed the definition of what constitutes «official acts» by politicians in corruption cases.

Nichols» second film this year after «Midnight Special,» «Loving» tells the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), a Virgina interracial couple who were sentenced to prison in 1958 and their battle to overturn their convictions.

The former head of SPCA of Connecticut was sentenced last year to prison after his second conviction on charges of animal mistreatment.

He was sentenced to 30 months in prison after a conviction for violating the Arms Export Control Act and conspiracy.

In the film Conviction, which opens today, Hilary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a wife and mother of two who put herself through high school, college and ultimately law school, in an 18 - year - long crusade to prove her brother Kenny's innocence after he is convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole.

Such wrongful convictions are very rarely discovered, and when they are: (1) it is long after the sentence is served; and, (2) they are inadvertently discovered, as was that of Hanemaayer, who had pleaded guilty almost 20 years earlier.

I am home from the terrific Miami FSG conference (kudos to everyone involved), and on the way I was thinking about Judge Rakoff's decision this past week to give an enormous variance — the largest I have seen — to a corporate president who apparently faced a life sentence under the guidelines after a fraud conviction that resulted in $ 260 million in losses (basics here).

In Adelson, SDNY District Judge Jed Rakoff's granted an huge variance to a corporate president who faced a life sentence under the federal sentencing guidelines after a fraud conviction that resulted in $ 260 million in losses.

When they are detected, it is almost always long after the wrongfully imposed conviction, and the resulting sentence has been served, and the consequences of the unjustly imposed criminal record and loss of employability etc., endured, and lives thereby severely damaged.

It will be interesting to see if the Government, after Black appeals his convictions, considers a sentencing cross-appeal.

However, in 1997, after several appeals and a conviction for jury tampering, in a decision that surprised most legal commentators, the sentencing judge found that a 10 - year sentence was «grossly disproportionate» to the offence.

This article details a federal sentencing from Hawai'i in which Chief US District Judge David Ezra focused on punishment purposes to justify a shorter prison term for a first offender who has undergone extensive sex - offender treatment after a conviction for downloading child pornography.

The CRB check did not show any criminal convictions; but it disclosed that the applicant's son had previously been placed on the child protection register on grounds of neglect, and that he had been removed from the register after being convicted of robbery and given a custodial sentence.

I wish judges were required to impose the last best plea offer as a sentence after a conviction.

After a judge gives a jail sentence, the offender is taken to jail and a conviction is registered against them.

Furthermore, conviction can continue to haunt you well after you have served your sentence.

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A 61 - year - old man who has been in prison since 1976 was freed Thursday after a Wayne County Circuit judge agreed to vacate his sentence because his first - degree murder conviction was based on a discredited scientific method.

I would think the prior convictions exception left intact by Apprendi, Blakely and Booker would justify the increased sentence in any case, the aggravating factor was not for the crime of conviction found by the jury, but was due to Clarke's failure to obey the law after many opportunities.

I start with the premise that it is better to proceed to trial than plead guilty, when the conviction and sentencing after a trial conviction is unlikely to be worse than the conviction and sentencing that would apply from the last status of plea negotiations.

Shortly after Hardin and Clark's convictions, a letter surfaced revealing that the jailhouse informant attempted to solicit another inmate to fabricate testimony against Hardin and Clark to receive a reduced sentence.

Provides that where a person is charged in respect of conduct that is an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003) and was an offence under one of the repealed offences listed in sub-s (2), and the only thing preventing the person being found guilty is that it can not be proven beyond reasonable doubt whether the conduct took place before or after the commencement of SOA 2003, then it shall be conclusively presumed for the purposes of determining the guilt of the defendant that the conduct took place at a time when the offence in respect of that conduct carried the lower penalty in terms of a custodial sentence which could be imposed on conviction of the defendant.

These days, since there is now a right to appeal a criminal conviction under state law or federal statute (but not the U.S. Constitution), a writ of habeas corpus is only brought when direct appeals of a conviction have been exhausted, often several years after the original conviction (which makes a writ of habeas corpus only useful for convictions involving long sentences of incarceration).

My mind is already racing with thoughts and questions about the sentencing of former Enron chiefs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling after their convictions today.