Sentences with phrase «long imprisonment»

During his infamous treason trial, the one that sent him to his long imprisonment on Robben Island, Mandela made the connection between his cultural heritage and the struggle against apartheid explicit:

After a decade long imprisonment, he finds the world a much worse place than before.

He then fires one last shot into the core of beast, which releases Zelda from her century long imprisonment.

She meets Sir Gideon Trevithick, who recently survived a long imprisonment in India, and the vulnerable woman calls to all his protective instincts.

She meets Sir Gideon Trevithick, who recently survived a long imprisonment in India, and...

«Victor Frankenstein,» which was written by Max Landis, follows a hunchback nameless clown (Daniel Radcliffe) who dreams of finally escaping his life - long imprisonment at the circus.

At the time, Dave (Jake Cherry) is an awkward 10 - year - old whose clumsiness results in a decade long imprisonment in a clay urn for Merlin's wandering apprentice.

Upon Odin's death, Hela, the banished goddess of death and Odin's secret daughter, is set free from millennia - long imprisonment.

In a personal letter to new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, Billy Graham addressed the growing tensions between the United States and Iran, arguing that Saeed Abedini's release after a nearly year - long imprisonment would greatly improve American perceptions of the Muslim nation.

Not exact matches

For masterminds of mass crimes, nothing short of long - term imprisonment can express adequate penance.

Suffice it to say that there are few quotidian moments in Gerard's account of a life and an apostolate lived for nearly twenty years against the background of the real risk of arrest, imprisonment, torture and horrible, but longed for, martyrdom.

The only way the criminal justice system should do for him is have a speedy trial and sentence him to long term imprisonment.

Believe me when I say that he exuded the spirit of Jesus as he sat up on stage in our Pastor's easy chair brought from his office because Richard couldn't stand for very long due to the effects of the torture he had been subject to during his fourteen year imprisonment in Rumania.

Identity disturbance in individuals who have been subjected to periods of prolonged and intense coercive persuasion (e.g., brainwashing, thought reform, indoctrination while captive, torture, long - term political imprisonment, or recruitment by sects / cults, or terror organizations).

These women need mental health treatment, not long prison sentences or life imprisonment without parole.

• In a long letter posted in this week's issue of Science, Enzo Boschi, one of the Italian scientists sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for (in his words) «failing to give adequate advance warning to the population of L'Aquila, a city in the Abruzzo region of Italy, about the risk of the 6 April 2009 earthquake that led to 309 deaths.»

Social scientists have long observed that imprisonment behaves like a contagious disease, says Kristian Lum, a statistician at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.

Social scientists have long observed that imprisonment behaves like a contagious disease.

Back home in India, it continues to be a long uphill battle to get justice for the LGBTQ community as Section 377 of the Indian Penal code still bans «carnal intercourse against the order of nature» — an act punishable by life imprisonment.

Connors face comes inches from the hanging prisoner's weary eyes, bloodshot from the throes of human imprisonment not that long ago.

Yet instead of keeping this a tightly wound yarn of imprisonment and escape, Verbinski — working from a script by Justin Haythe («The Lone Ranger,» «Revolutionary Road»)-- opts for something bigger, grander and more operatic, sending the film wildly off the rails over the course of its far - too - long 146 - minute running time.

As Jack turns five, his curiosity growing and his mother's mental stability starting to fray, Ma understands the boy can not endure this imprisonment much longer and she concocts a desperate plan for their escape.

it all began when Marvel tapped Englehart to launch a new series for the character, and unshackling him from the long - held rule since 1966 that Silver Surfer's imprisonment within the confines of Earth was a key part of the character.

While she complained, according to Education Week, that the school district should have granted her a leave of absence, a letter writer to the newspaper reminded the teacher of her history: «While civil disobedience and legal protest have long been used as ways of attracting attention to a cause, civil disobedience is unique because it has always carried with it the obvious risk of arrest and possible imprisonment.»

Drug trafficking is a serious crime in Peru and drug smugglers face long terms of imprisonment.

One of the co-directors of Artangel, James Lingwood, speaking to the Guardian newspaper, has claimed that after imprisonment Wilde became «a tragic figure who would speak beyond his age, a martyr to oppression and the writer of one of the longest and greatest letters in the English language».

Indeed, it might be argued that the existence of such a power in a society which long ago closed the Marshalsea prison and abandoned imprisonment as a remedy for the enforcement of debts, is anomalous.

Could an individual, in this hypothesis, be subject to another prosecution and, eventually, to a second, even longer, period of imprisonment for the very same facts?

If any of these factors are involved in your case, you must be aware that even though it may be your first DUI charge, the penalties can be substantially increased — including longer or mandatory terms of imprisonment.

provide counsel in all cases where any imprisonment is authorized, many provide counsel when periods of imprisonment longer than 30 days, [Footnote 2/19] 3 months, [Footnote 2/20] or 6 months [Footnote 2/21] are authorized.

Failure to comply with section 74 of the Election Act is an offence and, on conviction, the employer may be liable to one or both of the following: a fine of up to $ 10,000 or imprisonment for a term not longer than one year.

As noted in a recent case at the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the offender, a long - time drug addict, began his addiction to illicit drugs during his first term of imprisonment at a federal penitentiary.

Using non-legally qualified lay people to conduct prosecutions in trials which could end in imprisonment could place the public's confidence in doubt, and result in longer trials, more appeals and cost the taxpayer more money.»

In the review, the question that needs to be addressed is whether there have been such changes on the part of the convicted person and whether he or she has made such progress in their resocialisation that the continued implementation of life imprisonment is no longer justified.

The sentences handed down by the regulator, of 4.5 and 3.5 years imprisonment respectively, are the longest in its history for insider trading...

Where an offender meets the criteria of dangerousness, there is no longer any need to protect the public by passing a sentence of life imprisonment, since the public is now protected by the imposition of the sentence of imprisonment for public protection.

Criminal offences under Canada's criminal code are divided into three kinds: indictable offences which are the more serious offences and which carry longer terms of imprisonment, summary convictions which are the less serious offences usually punishable by less than 2 years imprisonment and hybrid offences which can be prosecuted as either indictable or summary.

Orin, I read the text and some Eighth Amendment precedents to place substantive constitutional limit on certain types of extreme criminal punishments, and I am eager for the Justices to develop those limits more robustly in the context on very long terms of imprisonment.

Prisons are facilities that are focused on long - term imprisonment of individuals.

Since most jails are focused on short - term imprisonment, they are small in nature and lack the resources and facilities commonly associated or required for longer detainment.

And, while I am not one predisposed towards longer sentences, I have a lot of sympathy with members of the public who feel that a Sentencing Guideline starting point of 1 year's imprisonment, of which a defendant will serve a maximum of 6 months, does not adequately reflect the harm done by the violation that breaking into someone's home represents.

Criminal charges not only carry the possibility of serious consequences for an individual's near future, such as possible imprisonment and fines, but also numerous long - term consequences.

A conviction for conspiracy can lead to significant fines and long - term imprisonment.

The Fraud Act 2006 outlines two penalties for any person who is found guilty of fraud: summary conviction can lead to a term of imprisonment lasting no longer than twelve months; conviction on indictment can result in a maximum prison term of ten years.

Crimes that would be punished with monetary sanctions or imprisonment for a period not longer — based on the particulars of the case and a one - third reduction — than five years (insider trading and market manipulation would generally be covered) can be settled during the investigations through a plea bargain.

Empirical data show that persons with personality disorders adjudged to have diminished responsibility remain in psychiatric confinement longer than if they had been regarded as fully responsible, and had been sentenced only to imprisonment.

However, the court underlined the evolution in European penal policy towards the increasing relative importance of the rehabilitative aim of imprisonment, particularly towards the end of a long prison sentence.

Nominees have the additional stipulation of not being under a sentence of imprisonment for one year or longer for an indictable offence.

For Aboriginal communities, where imprisonment has reached epidemic proportions, this shift is long overdue.

You can file in the Georgia county where you lived prior to your imprisonment, as long as you resided there for a minimum of six months and still consider it you place of residence.