Sentences with phrase «of life sentences»

In return for their co-operation, the tariff of their life sentences was reduced by 75 %, which meant they each served three years in prison.

Since 2000, 26 of 27 judicial overrides of life sentences have occurred in Alabama.

He must serve at least 35 years of the life sentence and half of the other sentence, Strickland said.

There are several reasons for the erosion of life sentencing, and they tend to compound each other.

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.

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on parole from a US prison on Friday after having served 30 years in jail of a life sentence.

After ten years inside, as part of his life sentence, it was the first time he'd thought of the damage he'd done to her and the family of the victim.

A diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes may seem to carry the weight of a life sentence, but for many people, adopting key lifestyle changes, such as a healthier diet and exercise, can help manage, reduce, and even eliminate diabetic symptoms.

You need to take down these monsters to get some time off of a life sentence, and to save civilians that have treasured intelligence.

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

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.

Moreover, at the time of the imposition of a life sentence, it must be clear to the convicted person to a sufficiently precise extent what objective criteria will be applied in the review, so that he knows what requirements must be met, if he wants - eventually — to be considered for a reduction of his sentence or for (conditional) release.

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.

Not exact matches

«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.

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

Others argue that Ulbricht deserves his life sentence because he actually tried to have people killed — there were reports of «murder - for - hire» solicitations in the initial allegations.

They have been discussing the case of 62 - year - old Alice Marie Johnson, who has been serving a life sentence without parole for her role facilitating communications for a cocaine ring in the early 1990s.

Back in 2012, the Supreme Court decided in Miller v. Alabama that states may not sentence juveniles found guilty of murder to a mandatory life sentence without parole.

There are also more tough - on - convicts measures, including language to ensure «a life sentence means a sentence for life,» and a promise to ensure immigrants to Canada are selected based on the needs of employers.

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.

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.

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

They're checking off the days on their calendars until they can retire and treating their work life as if it were some sort of criminal sentence.

I asked Mark to share with me in two sentences or less about how he went from having $ 0 in the bank and living on a couch at a friend's house to becoming a self - made entrepreneur with a net worth of $ 3.2 billion (at latest count).

Yet his flight led to the removal and subsequent sentencing to life imprisonment for corruption of Chongqing's leader, Bo Xilai, formerly one of China's most powerful politicians.

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.

Simply the fact that people, who were given life sentences whether they were juveniles in Pennsylvania or or they were third strikers in California that their track record after their release shows really low rates of recidivism is meaningful.

For example, the anxious group read sentences like «safety is not guaranteed in our neighborhoods nor in our own homes,» which was intended to highlight the «lack of control over negative circumstances that may happen in life and an uncertain future,» according to the study.

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

Chapman received a sentence of 20 years to life after pleading guilty to a second - degree murder charge.

A day after her sentencing, Manning announced that she wanted to live as a woman and asked to be identified as Chelsea instead of Bradley.

Life sentences don't exist, putting the focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

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One of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history, she was sentenced to life in prison for the murders in 2017.

Ross Ulbricht, the 31 - year - old sentenced to life after being convicted of running the deep web market Silk Road, is appealing his sentence.

Automated tools developed for criminal sentencing and policing, for instance, have given old wrongs new life by using flawed data to create their models, resulting in a propensity to overstate the dangerousness of black people.

The essence of the article can best be summed up in one sentence he wrote, «I'm going to be accessing my dividend income extremely early in life.»

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Daniels went on to clarify that she believed there would be legal repercussions if she didn't sign the statement, saying: «As a matter of fact, the exact sentence used was, «They can make your life hell in many different ways».»

His lawyer says Cruz would plead guilty if guaranteed a sentence of life without parole, but prosecutors seek the death penalty.

He was sentenced in 1993 to life in prison for smuggling 22 tons of cocaine concealed in fence posts and frozen broccoli for the Cali cartel.

Life in prison without the possiblity of parole is a just sentence following conviction.