Sentences with phrase «federal prison term»

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.

Pedro Espada is currently serving a federal prison term after he was convicted of looting his Bronx non-profit to pay for things like $ 20,000 worth of sushi and a $ 49,000 down payment on a Bentley.

The basic numbers: As detailed here, in FY 2006 over 5,500 federal defendants were sentenced to long federal prison terms for crack offenses.

In the two highest - profile cases that SCOTUS is reviewing, Conrad Black and Jeff Skilling received federal prison terms in excess of 6 and 24 years, respectively.

Not exact matches

Bacanovic and Waksal were also convicted of federal charges and sentenced to prison terms.

In California, with the nation's largest prison system, a federal district court found in 2005 that the parole board «operated under a sub rosa policy that all murderers [typically serving life terms] be found unsuitable for parole.»

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.

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

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

The last Republican to hold the office was Mary Moran, who won a surprising victory in 1989 and served one term before losing in 1991 to Democrat Joseph Ganim, who later went to federal prison on corruption charges.

In papers filed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five years.

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 defrauding...

Silver faces up to 130 years in prison, although, according to federal guidelines, any prison term will likely be no more than 20 years.

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.

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.

Additionally the defendant will serve a consecutive term in Federal Prison relating to a 2008 mail fraud conviction.

Grimm, a Republican, surrendered at noon to start an eight - month prison term at the McKean federal prison.

Boyland Jr., who represented a district comprising of Bushwick, Crown Heights, Bedford - Stuyvesant and Brownsville, was sentenced this past September to 14 years in federal prison — less than the 20 - year term requested by prosecutors and recommended by federal sentencing guidelines, according to the Times.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a release that the seven - year sentence Gonzalez received means he «will join the growing ranks of former New York State and New York City lawmakers now serving lengthy terms in federal prison.»

Two months later a federal court jury in Houston convicted Ali for refusing induction into the Army, and he drew a five - year prison term and $ 10,000 fine.

Kenneth Kwak, 34, of Chantilly, Va., was also fined $ 40,000 by a federal judge in Washington, and will serve five months of home confinement after his prison term.

In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued a joint federal guidance stating that school discipline was discriminatory based on race and ethnicity and that exclusionary discipline «creates the potential for significant, negative educational and long - term outcomes, and can contribute to what has been termed the «school to prison pipeline»» (Joint «Dear Colleague Letter», 2014).

Sentences ranged from six months to eight years — which is the longest prison term ever handed down in a federal dog fighting case.

Gertner says judges are too often silent on issues they should publicly address, such as how federal sentencing guidelines have led to what she and other jurists consider unreasonably long prison terms for nonviolent drug offenders.

The cases came in the wake of retroactive amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines that reduced prison terms for crack cocaine offenses.

Many of those with pending applications for clemency were convicted long ago of garden - variety crimes and have fully served their time; many others are still serving lengthy mandatory prison terms from which there is no hope of parole (parole having been eliminated from federal sentencing).

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.

And though Bill never indicates what kind of prison term would be fitting in his eyes, I think something in the neighborhood to 10 years may be about right to achieve all the diverse and challenging federal sentencing purposes implicated in this case.)

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.

One answer is that you should say «yes», because it is a federal felony (5 years prison term) to say «no», because it is untrue, and you know it is untrue.

They know state and federal sentencing guidelines, and they know the punishments you may face if you are convicted — consequences like a jail or prison term, the loss of your driver's license, substantial fines, a criminal record, damage to your reputation and future job prospects, and separation from your loved ones, to name just a few.

The speed with which you hire legal representation can make all the difference in the final outcome of your case, since it could determine whether you are successful in having the charges against you dismissed or if you end up being convicted and sentenced to a lengthy term in federal prison.

Federal prosecution attorneys seek, and often gain, mandatory maximum fines and penalties under the law upon conviction, including lengthy prison terms, harsh fines, life - long criminal registration, and more.»

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Wolf's sentence was harsher than federal guidelines and went beyond prosecutors» recommendation for a 21 - month prison term.

Heidi A. Barcus, a London Amburn partner, has been involved in complex litigation involving the areas of professional negligence, medical defense, health care law, long term care, prison health and a wide range of insurance matters in Kentucky and Tennessee state and federal courts.

In addition, Grassley's bill ignores the reality that strong federal sentencing guidelines have another valuable byproduct — squeezing cooperation from reticent criminals so they will testify against other criminals, while incentivizing them to plead guilty to lesser offenses to get shorter prison terms...

April 13: Jay Goldberg — one of Trump's longtime legal advisers — warns Trump that Cohen will «flip» and cooperate with federal prosecutors, rather than face criminal prosecution and the risk of a lengthy prison term.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides a news update headlined «High court gives sentencing judges more power; The justices» decision allows for greater ease in setting lower prison terms under strict federal cocaine laws.»