Sentences with phrase «avoid years in prison»

NEW YORK — A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

New York, NY (AP / WBEN)- A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

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Avoiding jail, the married father of one was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years.

NEW YORK (AP) A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

Nevertheless, in my view, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the conjunction of resource, population and policy pressures, particularly in the second half of 2013 - 14 and particularly in adult male prisons, was a very significant factor for the rapid deterioration in safety and other outcomes we found as the year progressed.»

But in the end, it wasn't enough to avoid prison sentences: six - and - a-half years for Adam; five years plus a $ 500,000 fine for Dean, who, as senate majority leader, strong - armed companies into giving payments and largely no - show jobs to his son.

Howe, who has already pleaded guilty to a string of felonies, admits he's trying to avoid upward of 130 years in prison by testifying against Percoco and the others.

The second is that, while the payment is insignificant for Imperial Tobacco (gross profit last year # 5.5 bn), it means rather more to the Lib Dems, who have been in dire financial straits ever since their chief donor absconded to the Dominican Republic to avoid a seven - year prison sentence.

NEW YORK (AP)- A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

Apparently, all he really wanted was an apology, and for that, two years in prison could have been avoided.

With penalties including significant fines and years spent in state prison, you should make every effort to avoid a conviction.

Culpable homicide — South Africa's equivalent to manslaughter — carries up to 15 years in prison but, given Pistorius's lack of previous convictions, he could avoid a custodial sentence altogether, legal experts said.

I would fix a period of 2 years 5 months, commencing from the date of his release from prison and after having served the balance of the period of 18 months still to be served, as the period during which the respondent is not to commit another offence if he is to avoid the consequences of s 43 of the Sentencing Act and order that the sentence imposed in respect of count 1 be backdated to commence from one month prior to the date he is again taken into custody to serve the balance of the 18 months still to be served in order to take into account time already served.