Sentences with phrase «as a sentence of»

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

However, a bind - over may provide evidence of a defendant's bad character pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s 98, even if it was not imposed as a sentence of the court, following conviction.

A bind - over is neither a conviction nor a sentence that is caught by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, unless it is imposed as a sentence of the court following a conviction.

Not exact matches

Despite the changes on the medical front, the federal Tories have not only indicated their intention to keep marijuana in the Criminal Code, but have also introduced mandatory minimum sentences of six months on small - time grow - ops — six or more plants — as part of the omnibus crime bill, Bill C - 10.

(As the second half of that sentence may indicate, this work is, in fact, rarely self - effacing).

If ADX is known as the highest security prison for prisoners not sentenced to death, Terre Haute's death row is «the most maximum security of maximum security,» Dunham said.

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

The details are disturbing, as Harkov wrote: «Terrorists who have been sentenced to three to five years in Israeli prisons receive the average income of a Palestinian, about $ 580 per month.

It also deals with such stylistic problems as long sentences and the abundance of passive constructions.

As a matter of fact, there is no point in denying that by all means clichés surely increase the number of words in the text, which is clearly seen in this sentence.

That sentence is ill - advised in that it seeks to minimize the scope of the problem, is dismissive of those who have already complained, comes off as condescending, seems to contradict the Honest brand promise and is not consumer focused at all.

It can be a window «into not only memory but also executive function, such as the ability to plan a sentence, which you need for the generation of complex sentences» with multiple dependent clauses.

Bangladeshi family members hold up portraits of missing relatives as they march demanding the wages of missing workers and the death sentence for the building owner, at the nine - storey building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 14, 2013 (Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty)

As someone who practiced law, the idea of a client taking to Twitter to predict a judge's sentence sounds crazy to me.

In just a few sentences, Minshew creates a bridge to the future, explaining that the new funding will be used to expand to more cities, and build out a new line of services, such as Coach Connect.

(That's the maximum length of a Twitter message — also known as a tweet — and the exact length of the previous sentence.)

Investors aren't looking for Canadian courts to sentence white - collar criminals as severely as U.S. courts do, according to Michael Watson, director of enforcement at the Ontario Securities Commission.

In most states, the court where the perpetrator is being prosecuted can order restitution as part of any sentence.

In defending his record, Sessions is likely to point to his vote to confirm Eric Holder as the country's first black attorney general and to his co-sponsorship of the Fair Sentencing Act, which sought to reduce racial disparities in how black and white drug offenders are treated.

You probably know to use the other person's name first when it comes at the beginning of a sentence, such as «Brandon and I put the presentation together.»

As he bounces along from idea to idea, all the while salting his sentences with ominous facts about the energy problem, I can't help wondering if he isn't going to give himself a crisis of conscience.

Countless stories shared on World AIDS Day by survivors and patient family members describe Americans who, ignored by the political class and facing a dearth of treatment options, simply accepted HIV and AIDS as a death sentence just three decades ago.

They're checking off the days on their calendars until they can retire and treating their work life as if it were some sort of criminal sentence.

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.

«Microsoft is unable to connect with the new generation of users,» wrote Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry in a 2010 research note to his clients, about as damning a sentence as you can muster for a technology company.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In his last major act as president, Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes.

Indeed the sentencing phase as a whole could be defined by this sparring over whether Tsarnaev was a secret jihadist or a normal teenager under the power of his brother.

Not only because more intimate testimony is expected on the physical and emotional impacts of the bombings, but also because the jury will be hearing much more about Tsarnaev himself as they contemplate whether to sentence him to death.

As part of a plea bargain, Weiner has agreed not to appeal any sentence between 21 and 27 months.

Dutch lawyer Alex van der Zwaan is the first person to be sentenced as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Croatian police said that a 19 - year - old Croat, whom they described as the owner of webstresser.org, was detained on charges of «serious criminal acts against computer systems, programs and data» that carry a possible sentence of one to eight years in prison.

A day after her sentencing, Manning announced that she wanted to live as a woman and asked to be identified as Chelsea instead of Bradley.

What matters, in these cases, is that someone on your team is brave enough, vulnerable enough, to use a sentence that starts with, «The story I'm making up right now is...» The idea is to reach the truth as quickly possible, instead of wandering around with your made - up explanation, which more than likely consists of your own shame triggers, and has little relation to reality.

The change represents yet another way that Sessions, who served as a federal prosecutor at the height of the drug war in Mobile, Alabama, has reversed Obama - era criminal justice policies aimed at easing overcrowding in federal prisons and rethinking of how drug criminals are prosecuted and sentenced.

«As the president of the Korea Ski Association, [Lotte] Chairman Shin Dong - bin was always interested in the Winter Olympics,» the spokeswoman said, adding that Shin's recent prison sentence for bribery would not affect the company's support for the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Nice - Matin also reported that he had been condemned to a suspended sentence of six months for committing a violent crime with a weapon, but he was not under the surveillance of French authorities and was not listed as a person who could pose a threat.

I start every single day saying that simple sentence (out loud) as soon as I get out of bed.

It came crashing down hard on Friday as a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to serve the rest of his life in prison, following his earlier conviction on seven charges related to conspiracy, narcotics and money - laundering.

-- there are two sentences mentioning, in passing, the end of CIDA as a stand - alone government department.

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The Dec. 20 sentencing of Charlie Shrem, one of the digital currency's most vocal cheerleaders as vice-chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and chief executive of an exchange called BitInstant, to two years in prison for illegal money transfers doesn't help.

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In September, Shrem agreed to a forefeiture of $ 950,000 as part of a plea bargain that would provide a jail term of up to 60 months, three years longer than the sentence he received today.

Many entrepreneurs think of exercise as a sixty - minute jail sentence.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

I liked it, in terms of convincingly arguing the limits of the Fed, but beyond that, there's wasn't a lot in terms of actually... you know... preparing for the next downturn — other than his closing sentence that the issue ``... demands urgent attention from fiscal as well as monetary policymakers.»

«As another of the government's self - imposed deadlines for securing a deal slipped away, disagreements between the two sides on budget targets persisted,» is another one of those sentences about the Greek crisis that could have been written almost any Monday over the past few months, and that you'll probably read again next Monday.

Both Trudeau and Wilson - Raybould identified the use of mandatory minimum sentences and constraints on judicial discretion as priority areas for reform.

A 49 - year - old Wilton man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Tuesday for using hedge - fund money for his own personal use as part of a $ 6 million - plus Ponzi scheme.

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