Sentences with phrase «jail time because»

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

In «The Unknown Soldier,» one of the stories in Molly Antopol's The UnAmericans, a young actor, Alexi Liebman, has to serve jail time because he comes under suspicion that he is a member of the American Communist party.

he will face jail time because of the damage he caused to the bus and people inside..

Not exact matches

«The main reason something bad could happen again is because no one went to jail the first time,» Cramer said on «Squawk on the Street.»

And earlier this week, in a self - penned essay for Time, he wrote, «On any given day over 400,000 people, convicted of no crime, are held in jail because they can not afford to buy their freedom.

Of course, this doesn't happen because the product is illegal; the prospect of jail time deters many entrepreneurs and the occasional drug bust ensures that the supply stays relatively low.

«I went to jail a few weeks ago because I was worried this great reporting from Inside Climate News and the LA Times might disappear.

(CNN)- A prominent Catholic friar has apologized for saying that child victims of sex abuse may at times bear some of the responsibility for the attacks because they can seduce their assailants, and that first - time sex offenders should not receive jail time.

Many of these theologians have lost their jobs and spent time in jail because of their activities in behalf of the poor.

Born in Russia and steeped in Russian Orthodoxy, Sorokin spent time in jail because of his resistance to the Czar.

She should be made to pay the artist the purchase price of the piece at the very least and spend a brief time in jail because she could have hurt someone by swinging a crowbar around in a musuem.

They'll find a way to get them out of this with the minimum amount of jail time, if any, and then I bet they'll plead to have them kept away from general population because they're not * real * criminals...

I would write only when I was at a position of leisure, whether that be in jail or in slack time — or when I was forced to write because I was hitting the road to give a talk somewhere, at some campus.

Because the clergy are devotionalists and dedicated to their Faith's inabilities to have sound reasoning skills does not make them all out to be evil sinners, but in harboring one's dirty laundry, the clergy needs to send it out to be cleansed, as in jail time.

I'm not absolved of my crimes because someone chooses to do my time in jail or take my place on the chopping block.

I have to admit that I have been in jail three or four times, but not because of any real wrongdoing.

A lot of it was friskiness, just plain I'm - rich - and - happy exuberance: the stories about acting («No, I don't think I want to act,» he says now), the time he and a date were taken to jail in handcuffs (because Dorsett didn't think the cops were acting civilly toward them), the vanity license plates that read TD 33 («I got rid of those fast,» he says).

We can't beat a mediocre team because we are not better than that overall... They want to win, not us... The tourist club is Arsenal, like some type of resort where they get pampered, massage, jacouzzi, go to the gym, exercise in training, great body and money... Then they have all time to party and snatch all the girls... It's a rip off as price of their ticket... Wake up and get real, leave that poor referee, maybe go wait for him and bumrush him or throw his ass in jail; it is Monopoly at arsenal after all..

These are just children who live in America that we ought to invest in their future because if we do a good job, we won't end up having to pay 10 times more to keep this child incarcerated in a jail or a prison.

Kids have room for full - time babysitters in their hearts along with moms and dads, custodial aunts and moms in jail, grandparents they never see because they live around the world, and blended families of all kinds.

The prime minister said he had decided to give the former News of the World editor, who had edited the tabloid at the time when royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for phone - hacking, a «second chance» because he had «done the honourable thing» by resigning.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon wants to legalize marijuana because she says it is time to stop putting black people and others of color in jail for something that is «effectively legal» for white New Yorkers.

Asked by The New York Times last week if she would welcome a jail in her East Harlem district, Mark - Viverito said it was too early to decide but other communities may need to do their fair share because hers is saturated with social services facilities.

(He) went to jail, I don't know how many times, because of what he believed in and I'm going to stand with John tomorrow,» Slaughter said.

«I've seen too many people's lives ruined because they had small amounts of marijuana and served time in jail much too long.»

«Every day, people plead guilty to crimes, regardless of guilt, because they can't afford bail and just want to return home to their families and avoid time spent in jail.

Just because someone is rich, they shouldn't be able to buy their way out of jail time.

And now Scott Rothstein and more than a dozen of his associates are doing time in jail, because of a $ 1.4 billion Ponzi.

This is another one of those points the tax settlement process where I would recommend getting the help of a tax attorney, CPA, or a debt settlement agency to sort out what you should tell the IRS, and how you should proceed, because getting any parts of this process wrong can risk massive penalties, fines, or even jail time.

Think about this - They turn out rapists and murderers because there is not time in the courts nor space in the jails to hold them.

Yes there is even role - playing in Arma 3 this is listed as life mods because there is so many of them from Altis life to Arma 3 life you basically live like you would in real life but with guns and the ability to drive a car when you are 12 years old there are cops, emergency services and lawyers its loads of fun just don't get caught doing things against the law some servers have high jail times!

«I went to jail a few weeks ago because I was worried this great reporting from Inside Climate News and the LA Times might disappear.

People do not feel threatened by exceptional acts of ethical behavior because they feel exempt from such impossibly high standards, i.e. Mother Teresa helping the poorest of the poor in India and Nelson Mandela doing jail time for leading South Africa out of apartheid.

A DUI lawyer is useful because consequences can include jail time.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

If stopped by any law enforcement agent either because you get stopped in your vehicle or while coming into the U.S., you most likely will be stripped of your liberty and forced to spend a significant amount of time in jail before being released.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

Because of our experience, thorough case preparation and skill as trial attorneys, we are often able to keep our clients from serving jail time and from having a lifelong record as a felon.

In Tucker v. Idaho, the ACLU of Idaho says plaintiff Tracy Tucker was jailed for three months pending trial, partly because his public defender was not present when it was time to argue for a reduction in bail.

This approach, supported by the structure and wording of the statute, seems to me to be preferable because it avoids the unpalatable possibility of trading property for jail time, and therefore ensures that the legitimate liberty interests of individuals will be protected in a more consistent way.

In my early years I would make sure my wife had $ 100.00 in cash any time I was going to appear before a rural family court judge because that was his standard fine to secure release from jail if he held an attorney in contempt for «back talk.»

You should also refuse if you already have a prior criminal drunk driving conviction within the past five years because you face minimum jail time.

«I think it could likely create a chilling effect because the reality is even though we've had the possibility of serious jail terms in our law for some time, all the criminal sanctions in terms of imprisonment that have been handed out have been through plea agreements and conditional sentences,» says Gascon.

Because not only will company offenders suffer from fines, legal fees, and jail time when (not if) they get caught, but you, too, will have to deal with the repercussions and stress that come from working in a toxic, non-compliant environment.

As you are likely well aware, getting into trouble with law enforcement because of driving offenses can mean serious penalties, jail time, and expenses.

This time it was Marilyn, saying Ruben was in jail because he'd hacked some servers.

Upon my return home from the military, with very little income, a new start - up because I couldn't find employment, and awaiting my VA disability rating, I find myself facing potential jail time for inability to pay over $ 1,000 in monthly child support plus 100 % of all insurance and 50 % of all out of pocket expenses, and for allegedly removing my daughter from her high school based on a forged document that will cost thousands simply to prove «it wasn't me.»

The first could result in your contract not adequately protecting your legal interests if this went to court (because all transactions and jurisdictions are unique), and the latter being the unauthorized practice of law, which could net serious fines and jail time.