Sentences with phrase «instead of jail time»

I got community service instead of jail time because it was my first offense and I had kids.

Judges may also have the discretion to impose fines in addition to or instead of jail time.

These alternative options can be imposed in addition to or instead of jail time and fines.

As a defense lawyer, Clegg said he has fought for a rehabilitative approach in the treatment of nonviolent criminals and has worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time.

The Malliotakis bill, sponsored by Sen. Marty Golden (R - Brooklyn) in the Senate, would prohibit judges from sentencing people with more than two felonies to drug diversion treatment programs instead of jail time.

A former NYPD officer facing up to 15 years in prison for the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man should get home confinement and probation instead of jail time,...

Question topics during a post-announcement Q&A included the surprise resignation of Joe Percoco, the extensive list released today of New York endorsers of Hillary Clinton and Mayor Bill de Blasio's absence from that list, whether he supports de Blasio's call for changes to bail in light of the killing of Police Officer Randolph Holder, «felony drug dealers» being offered treatment instead of jail time, dealing with homeless people in the subway and rail systems, details of his executive order extending anti-discrimination laws to transgender people, Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch's departure and rules and laws around criminal defendant drug diversion programs.

But both the Gurley family and an array of African - American pols blasted him when he recommended the cop serve probation instead of jail time.

Those four TCU Horned Frogs players who have been accused of running a criminal organization from Ty Horn's Fort Worth house could face probation instead of jail time.

Not exact matches

«There's a bunch of people currently serving time of jail, politicians who engaged in bribery or kickbacks, and were prosecuted under honest services instead of the federal anti-bribery statute,» says Henderson.

We send criminals to jail instead to achieve social justice, and their sentences are deliberately measured in time behind bars: Offenders must be withdrawn from society for a period sufficient to allow them to realize the wrongness of their actions» and sufficient to protect society from them until they learn that lesson.

I say if you are against stealing then you should come to court, relieve the thieves of their jail time and crimminial record; instead take it upon yourself.

He could receive a maximum of five years (no sentencing date has been set), but it's more likely that if Judge Edward Coleman sentences him to any jail time at all, it will be less than a year, which would be served in county jail instead of in a state penitentiary.

That unit will be reconfigured into different teams within the jail facilities instead of a centralized location in a push to decrease the response time for the unit.

By pleading guilty Friday to a misdemeanor count, George Maziarz will also avoid the possibility of jail time, instead paying a $ 1,000 fine.

«A lot of people — they need community outreach such as services Crisis Services bring instead of jail — jail isn't the answer for a lot people, sometimes it is, unfortunately, but a lot of times we try to divert it if we can,» Zarbo noted.

The bill sponsored by the Republican assemblywoman would prohibit anyone with two or more felony convictions from entering drug diversion programs instead of serving jail time.

Those accepted to the court will have the opportunity to enter treatment programs instead of facing jail time.

Malliotakis is passionate about revising drug diversion programs that allow those convicted of drug crimes to enter a drug rehab program instead of doing jail time.

Instead of issuing fines or even jail time to agencies with «underweight» models (based on BMI) like France, Denmark's regulations are a little more subjective — or, shall we say, human.

This member of the American elite is ultimately charged with leaving the scene of an accident and given a suspended sentence instead of doing jail time for criminal negligence.

During a robbery, Vito gets arrested and instead of doing jail - time like most other Italians in the neighborhoods Vito enlists in the army and is sent to Sicily.

Instead of a jail cell Mr. Race will be detained in a secure hospital under the control of the state until such time as he is no longer a threat to public safety.

Instead, he received service of local jail time with work release in his home state.»

This might depend upon the nature of the evidence at trial - if A did not raise the failure of the prosecution to provide corpus delecti (i.e. a dead body) or the misidentification of an alleged victim's body as a defense and instead, for example, argued an alibi defense (e.g. he was in jail at the time of the alleged shooting).

If this is the case, a fine can't be given instead of jail, but can still be given in addition to the minimum jail time.

The outcome of this new law is that the majority of drivers who lose their driving privilege three or more times for this reason will be charged with a first - degree misdemeanor instead of a felony, reducing the maximum jail sentence from five years to one.