Sentences with phrase «life sentences for»

2) Question: The governor just said he'd grant clemency to both my sister and me on our life sentences for armed robbery if I will donate a kidney to my ill sister, who requires dialysis.

Two life sentences for a 1947 double murder land an innocent man in a corrupt Maine penitentiary.

In a letter to Obama dated 18 February — but which has just become public — Museveni, Uganda's president, defends the bill, which would introduce life sentences for so - called «aggravated homosexuality» with minors or in cases of rape, and terms of 7 to 14 years for attempted or actual homosexual activity.

I also await answers to my other questions: when did Labour agree to oppose any review of mandatory life sentences for murder, and when did we decide that children should have lessons on «responsible gambling», part - funded by GamCare, which in turn gets its money from the gambling industry?

According to the Plattsburgh Press - Republican, both Sweat and Matt were serving life sentences for their crimes.

I introduced the first ever Modern Slavery Act, bringing in tough new penalties to put slave masters behind bars, with life sentences for the worst offenders.

By Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN)-- Israel's government approved an extraordinary deal Tuesday night - agreeing to release more than 1,000 Palestinians from prison, including hundreds serving life sentences for attacks on Israelis, in exchange for a single slender young Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.

(CNN)- I have been paying close attention to the changes coming since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down any mandatory life sentences for juveniles who kill.

Force had investigated Ross Ulbricht, who got two life sentences for his part in the Silk Road.

While at the prison, the helicopter picked up five convicts who were each serving multiple life sentences for murder and other violent cro, es.

Syed is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999.

Hyeon Soo Lim, 62, was released on «sick bail» despite receiving a life sentence for attempting to use religion to destroy the North Korean system and...

It is my hope that after successful appeal of his life sentence for «Bank Fraud» charges, he sues this author and many other politicians who falsely accused him for slander.

She was discovered by her own indiscretion and is now serving a life sentence for murder.

Sandusky's sexual assaults of adolescent males eventually led to an effective life sentence for Sandusky, along with unusual NCAA sanctions (later revoked) against the school and three former PSU admins being sentenced for child endangerment.

Last I heard, he was in the clink, serving a life sentence for double murder!

Nelson Mandela the first Black to be elected South African President, was once in jail with a life sentence for the charge of «treason», imposed by a Nazi - like White minority ruling - National party Regime that ruled South Africa for more than 70 years, and he went on to become the President of a fully integrated South Africa.

Sweat, who is already serving a life sentence for murder, appeared in Clinton Country Court to face sentencing for the breakout.

Mr Blair's speech will attempt to draw a line under this week's row over sentencing, which began after a convicted paedophile was told he could be out in five years despite being given a life sentence for sexually assaulting a three - year - old girl.

Rice had been sentenced to a discretionary life sentence for attempted rape in 1989 and, after serving more than 15 years, was released on life license in November 2004.

The 67 - year - old has served 35 years of a 75 - years - to - life sentence for her role as the getaway driver in a deadly 1981 Brinks armored car robbery in Rockland County.

Ten years into serving a life sentence for the rape of Jennifer Thompson, Ronald Cotton stepped out of prison a free man.

In the trial in Dallas County, Texas, jurors considered the case of William Freeman, who is serving a life sentence for killing a friend in 1987.

Fibromyalgia seemed like a life sentence for Leah.

While Jeffs is currently serving a life sentence for his crimes, he still exerts total authority over his flock.

It means visiting the prison where the boy that she loved is serving a life sentence for a brutal murder.

Served 18 years of a life sentence for Murder and Robbery, 2002, Chromogenic print, framed, 78.7 x 101.6 cm

Walker, who is serving a life sentence for a Utah sexual assault, has denied any connection to Fenster's death, saying he would never go into a bookstore.

(The Palm Beach Post, Accomplice gets life sentence for burglar's death)

Or James Hugney, set free earlier this year after serving nearly 36 years of a life sentence for a 1978 house fire that killed his 16 - year - old son.

It doesn't list the names of people like Louis Taylor, freed in 2013 after serving 42 years of a life sentence for a 1970 fire at a Tucson, Arizona, hotel that killed 29 people.

A decade ago, Justice France Charbonneau, then a Crown prosecutor with 23 years of trials under her belt, successfully took down the once elusive Hell's Angels boss Maurice «Mom» Boucher, who is now serving a life sentence for the murder of two prison guards.

New data in the report, A life sentence for young people, shows that hundreds of thousands of people are being affected every year, and often many decades later, because of mistakes they made when they were children or young adults.

Heroin in particular is regarded as a drug that can attract a life sentence for trafficking or importing.

Politte is serving a life sentence for the death of his mother, who was found dead in their home in December 1998 after suffering blunt force trauma to the head and being set on fire.

Michael Politte is serving a life sentence for the death of his mother, who was found dead in their home in December 1998 after suffering blunt force trauma to the head and being set on fire.

A Fort McMurray DJ handed a life sentence for shooting his roommate to death and burning the man's body for three days has had his conviction appeal dismissed.

On May 23, 2017, a jubilant Shaurn Thomas walked out of SCI - Frackville, having served 24 years of a life sentence for a murder he did not commit.

The two men served more than 20 years of a life sentence for the crimes before their convictions were vacated and they were released in 2016.

He served 22 years of a life sentence for the murder and armed robbery that occurred nearly a quarter - century ago at the fast - food - chain restaurant's downtown location.

A judge has ordered a new trial for a Wisconsin Rapids man serving a virtual life sentence for a 1987 sexual assault he has always denied.

However, in the unique facts of Capt. Semrau's case, the greatest challenge faced by the prosecution may not be in proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt, but in maintaining moral legitimacy when imposing the obligatory life sentence for murder upon a decorated soldier who, if found guilty, would be responsible for an apparent mercy killing of an enemy combatant.

The first applicant was serving a life sentence for murder.

It is constitutional to imprison a person for committing a crime, though I suspect that a life sentence for brawling would be held to be cruel and unusual punishment.

(The third active military commission in pretrial hearings is against Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, who faces a life sentence for alleged war crimes as an al Qaeda commander.)

Ross Ulbricht's defense team has uncovered more proof of evidence tampering in the Silk Road case undermining his life sentence for being convicted as the operator of the Silk Road marketplace.

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«If my client has loose credit and a second mortgage for 12 %, that's a death sentence for someone living paycheque to paycheque,» he observes.

«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.»

His case was brought to the clinic's attention by a group called Families against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), which works to reform the kind of extreme sentencing laws that landed Tyler behind bars for life.

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