Sentences with phrase «life in prison in»

Both women were sentenced to life in prison in 2008 for the murders of McDavid and Vados.

The conviction under examination at present belongs to Joey Watkins, a Georgia man sentenced to life in prison in July 2001 for aggravated assault, a weapons violation, misdemeanor stalking, and the felony murder of Isaac Dawkins in January 2000.

Whether charged in state or federal court, however, the defendant will be at risk of facing years of imprisonment and other harsh penalties - or possibly life in prison in certain circumstances.

Beyond just the danger of imprisonment, including life in prison in some cases, a drug conviction can have a significant impact on your life.

They've been sentenced to life in prison in his death.

A Pennsylvania man, Jeffrey Marsalis, was sentenced in 2009 to life in prison in Idaho for sexually assaulting a woman in 2005.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, adviser to Osama bin Laden The Kuwaiti - born cleric was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 after being found guilty of serving as al - Qaeda's main mouthpiece and recruiter, and conspiring to kill Americans.

Casey Callahan was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison In Otsego County Court today, for the murder of his wife Elizabeth in 2000.

On Thursday, prosecutors revealed new details on what led Richard Duckett to shoot Roberts, 46, as Duckett was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in Albany County Court.

Criminal Attorney, Phiip Kent Cohen, Esq. explains whether or not a child or teen can be sentenced to life in prison in the United States today

Today's ruling decided that Miller v. Alabama can be applied retroactively to minors who had already been sentenced to life in prison in 2012, now giving prisoners the chance to negotiate shorter sentences or even parole.

He would be sentenced to life in prison in late 2015.

Also read: Bitcoinist Giveaway: Win a Free Ticket to TNABC 2016 Ulbricht Appeal will Likely be Unsuccessful Sentenced to life in prison in May 2015, Ulbricht was found guilty of narcotics trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking charges.

Zhou was later expelled from the party and convicted of bribery and abuse of power, and was sentenced to life in prison in 2015.

US officials also believe that Chapo Isidro was previously a high - ranking leader of the Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO) and was considered the «right hand man» of Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, who was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to life in prison in the United States earlier this year.

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The series of hearings will determine whether he faces life in prison or the death penalty, a decision to be made after family and friends testify to judge and jury about their interactions with the mystery man.

He was sentenced to life in prison.

I sat standing 1 foot away from somebody who's been in prison for 15 years of his life and I had 60 seconds to open up to him about something that causes me pain in my life while he stares into my eyes I found myself going deeper than I would with even friends or family.

In an earlier part of my life, I went to prison for two years.

«We put this peacenik deadhead in prison for the rest of his life,» she added, «and to me, it just shows how off - the - charts crazy we became about drug sentencing in the»80s and»90s.»

An eccentric Danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for killing the Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

Tyler — a Grateful Dead fan with a history of mental illness — was sentenced to life in prison for selling LSD to a police informant.

My mother used to say she didn't have a child [for him] to spend [his] whole life in prison.»

I was able to accomplish great things while in prison, including writing my first book, learning Korean and getting in the best shape of my life.

For example, when Prison Break's Wentworth Miller came out on Facebook talking about his struggle with depression, it created a fabulous opportunity for one of my students Jason Finucan, who speaks about destigmatizing mental illness in the workplace, to help take a celebrity story and parse it in such a way that a lay audience can understand and apply it in their daily lives.

Because the five surviving prisoners, who came to be known as the Angola 5, were already serving life in prison, prosecutors aimed for the death penalty.

Florida, on the other hand, is relaxing its mandatory prison sentences in light of the ruling, throwing out every mandatory life sentence given to inmates who committed their crimes while a juvenile.

The case was the subject of «Serial,» the first spin - off from «This American Life,» and went on to be a sensation, with listeners debating whether or not Syed was in prison for a crime he did not commit.

«Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,» Ellis said of the former campaign manager.

They all received life in prison instead of the death penalty.

While they opened the trial by admitting Tsarnaev's role, he has maintained his not - guilty plea, leaving prosecutors to first convince the jury of his guilt before moving on to the question of whether he should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of parole.

My «6 Life Hacks Learned In Prison» column has afforded me all types of opportunity.

He was sentenced to life in prison last month, though federal guidelines stated he could have served as few as twenty years.

As Vancouver Sun investigative reporter David Baines revealed in a series of articles, Eker has invited the likes of Milowe Brost, who is currently in prison awaiting trial over an alleged $ 400 - million Ponzi scheme in Alberta, convicted white - collar criminal Nick Thill, Michael Ruge, who was banned for life from dealing in securities by the BCSC, and Nick Lathigee, head of the failed Freedom Investment Club, to present at his «Millionaire School» events and received commissions for steering investors in their direction.

«I spent over a decade of my life working at the issue [of prison reform], including half a decade at the NAACP, and yet here you have a former inmate turned entrepreneur who's been able to bring relief to almost a quarter of federal inmates in just a couple of years,» Jealous says.

He faces life in prison if convicted.

Both carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Those who are today 20 or 30 are today planning how they will live afterward,» said the oligarch - turned - dissident, who spent a decade in prison seen as punishment for his political ambitions.

Late last year a driver in Delhi had been sentenced to life in prison after he had been found guilty of raping a female passenger.

Marte, who lost 70 pounds while in prison after a doctor told him his weight could be life - threatening, decided to turn his weight loss into a business opportunity.

On one morning late this spring, dozens of inmates at Solano State Prison in Northern California scurried around the penitentiary's gym, ready for a life - changing day.

Lynette «Squeaky» Fromme was sentenced to life in prison after her attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975.

Avery and Dassey are both currently serving life in prison, with only Dassey eligible for parole in 2048.

Both Avery and Dassey are currently serving life sentences in prison following their convictions in connection with the 2006 murder of Teresa Halbach.

It came crashing down hard on Friday as a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to serve the rest of his life in prison, following his earlier conviction on seven charges related to conspiracy, narcotics and money - laundering.

In the weeks since the series debuted, there has been an Internet firestorm that has included countless opinions on whether or not justice was truly served and whether Avery may have suffered the second wrongful conviction of his life (he previously spent 18 years in prison for a sexual assault conviction that was later overturned due to new DNA evidenceIn the weeks since the series debuted, there has been an Internet firestorm that has included countless opinions on whether or not justice was truly served and whether Avery may have suffered the second wrongful conviction of his life (he previously spent 18 years in prison for a sexual assault conviction that was later overturned due to new DNA evidencein prison for a sexual assault conviction that was later overturned due to new DNA evidence).

Some expect Sun to receive life in prison or an even heavier sentence.

If harsh, gratuitous trash - talking were a crime, Chanel creative director and head designer Karl Lagerfeld would be serving multiple life sentences in a maximum - security prison.

Canadian and Malaysian officials met briefly with Pakistan's deposed leader, Nawaz Sharif who has been charged by the new military government with treason - a charge which could result in life in prison or death.

(Like many Playboy cover girls, she was a live wire, ultimately getting sentenced to six years in prison for cocaine trafficking.