Sentences with phrase «level of jail time»

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Manhattan DA Cy Vance said on Monday that additional funding would go toward the creation of an Alternative to Incarceration unit aimed at preventing low - level nonviolent offenders from facing jail time.

The headline points are: ● prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving and consumption of drink and drugs puts offenders in the most serious category with jail sentences of at least seven years; ● a combination of these features of dangerous driving accompanied by aggregating factors, such as a bad driving record, attracts sentences towards 14 years; ● careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs provides for a longer sentence, as the degree of intoxication increases; ● regarding mobile phones — an offender distracted by a handheld mobile phone when the offence was committed will be treated as particularly serious; ● reading or composing texts over a period of time at the wheel is also likely to result in a higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison.

The US government took a severe view of Aaron's alleged theft of JSTOR documents, arresting him and levelling hacking charges against him that could carry millions of dollars of fines and over 50 years of jail time.

In addition to jail time, the court can impose stringent new conditions, take away an earlier promise to reduce the level of the conviction upon successful completion of probation or exercise other options as well.

In the past, we have also achieved verdicts of not guilty for felony - level charges of child molestation and had rape charges reduced to misdemeanor assault, which carries no jail time.

Crimes that reach the felony level will always be more serious than misdemeanors in terms of jail time.

Driving at this level of intoxication can result in a 120 - day license suspension and potential jail time for subsequent offenses.