Sentences with phrase «prison after his conviction»

He has an interest in US prison reform because his father, Charles Kushner, served just over a year in federal prison after a conviction in 2005 for illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering.

The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.

The once powerful Manhattan Democrat, facing 12 years in prison after his conviction on federal corruption charges, is surfacing in different campaign ads.

Silver, a Democrat, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after his conviction on public corruption charges in late 2015.

The once powerful Manhattan Democrat, facing 12 years in prison after his conviction on federal corruption charges, is surfacing in different campaign ads — and not in a good way.

That law was prompted by the case of former state Sen. Ernie Newton, who served time in federal prison after a conviction related to taking a bribe and two other felonies.

He was sentenced to 30 months in prison after a conviction for violating the Arms Export Control Act and conspiracy.

Not exact matches

Then, Shkreli went to court, where to his apparent surprise, a judge revoked his $ 5 million bail after a stock fraud conviction last month, and sent him to prison — where he'll wait until at least next January.

In 2013, after 28 years in prison, Caro Quintero's conviction was overturned on a technicality.

Brazilian stocks jumped on Thursday after a court ruled that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can be sent to prison while he appeals a corruption conviction.

End Illegal Immigration Act Fully - funds the construction of a wall on our southern border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2 - year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5 - year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.

Nick makes a great point, in my State, a former star NFL player (Rae Carruth) is going to walk free from prison this year (October 2018) after serving roughly 17 years on charges & conviction of «murder for hire».

Boynton Beach Police Officer Michael Brown is facing a lot less time in federal prison after a judge threw out one of his two criminal convictions.

When he tried to buy guns after his release from a military prison, his conviction was not in the database used to conduct background checks, and the purchases went through.

Michael Vick was in prison serving a sentence for a dogfighting conviction, and the team was reeling after head coach Bobby Petrino slid out of town in the middle of the night, letting players know he was leaving with notes in their lockers.

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Monserrate was expelled from the Senate after an assault conviction and then later served prison time on corruption charges.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay over $ 334,000 in restitution after his conviction on corruption charges.

On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the corruption conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — who was facing 12 years in prison after being convicted of taking $ 4 million in kickbacks.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are facing prison time after corruption convictions.

The other day, we endorsed Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson's call for ex-cop Peter Liang to do no prison time after his manslaughter conviction.

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $ 800,000 in restitution and fines Thursday after his conviction on corruption charges.

His conviction was vacated a year later, after Ippolito died in prison while his case was on appeal.

Matthew Libous was sentenced to six months in federal prison after his tax - fraud conviction.

Disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith surrendered to prison today in rural Pennsylvania after a failed bid to stay out of jail pending appeal of his corruption conviction.

Ganim, after all, served a dozen years as mayor before a conviction for corruption sent him to federal prison for seven...

In addition to facing prison time, the conviction means Mr. Silver has been automatically expelled from the State Assembly, where he'd held onto his seat even after giving up his leadership position earlier this year.

Kennedy's concern is that Level 1 sex offenders could drive for the companies seven years after a conviction or the end of a prison sentence under existing state law.

Rivera 74, had his 70 - year sentence commuted by outgoing President Barack Obama in January after serving nearly 36 years in prison following his conviction of conspiracy and sedition charges for his ties to the Puerto Rican nationalist group, FALN, which was responsible for more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and 80s — including the 1982 blast at NYPD headquarters that left an officer maimed and a 1975 attacked that killed four at Fraunces Tavern in the Financial District.

«In the span of just 16 months, we have seen the arrest, prosecution, conviction and sentencing of both leaders of the New York State Legislature,» Bharara said in a statement minutes after former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was given five years in prison.

Another once powerful figure in New York state politics was sentenced to prison yesterday after a corruption conviction.

Former New York state Assembly member William Boyland was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison last September after his conviction on bribery charges.

UPDATED, 5:00 p.m., May 3: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday, after his conviction on federal corruption charges related to his dealings with several prominent real estate figures.

Both men face stiff prison terms after corruption convictions, but remain free pending appeals.

I reminded Bernardo that Sweeney lost his seat to Kirsten Gillibrand amid charges of his spousal abuse in 2008, while Spargo was defrocked and sent to federal prison the year after upon conviction for shaking down lawyers before him for campaign contributions.

Former state Sens. Hiram Monserrate and Efrain Gonzalez Jr. are plotting political comebacks after serving prison time for fraud and conspiracy convictions, sources have told The Post.

The presidential primary races could help determine the winner of the heated Long Island contest to replace Dean Skelos, the former state Senate leader who is headed to prison after a corruption conviction.

Supporters of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim — who made a stunning political comeback in 2015 after a federal corruption conviction and seven - year prison term — are pushing him to run for governor.

Though previously sentenced to 12 years in prison, Silver appealed his 2015 conviction after a landmark Supreme Court decision changed the definition of what constitutes «official acts» by politicians in corruption cases.

The request comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear Nassau's appeal of the 2014 award to John Restivo and Dennis Halstead, whose convictions in the rape and murder of Lynbrook teenager Theresa Fusco were overturned after they had spent nearly 18 years in prison.

Nichols» second film this year after «Midnight Special,» «Loving» tells the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), a Virgina interracial couple who were sentenced to prison in 1958 and their battle to overturn their convictions.

Shanqual Marshall - Gunn, banned from teaching in Florida public schools because of a Medicaid fraud conviction, was hired by a private school in Pine Hills a month after her release from prison in 2016.

FICTION An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Oprah loves this book about a love triangle after a wrongly accused prison conviction.

The former head of SPCA of Connecticut was sentenced last year to prison after his second conviction on charges of animal mistreatment.

After 15 years in prison, the conviction was overturned.

Justin McShane (left) got James Hugney released from prison after serving 36 years for an arson murder conviction based on faulty science.

This article details a federal sentencing from Hawai'i in which Chief US District Judge David Ezra focused on punishment purposes to justify a shorter prison term for a first offender who has undergone extensive sex - offender treatment after a conviction for downloading child pornography.

December 2014 - After 42 Years in Prison, Carlisle Woman's Arson Conviction Could be Overturned by Science: Penn Live

She has finally had her name cleared after serving 10 years in prison and 5 more on parole for a manslaughter conviction that she was innocent of.

Wilbert Jones walked through the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison gate around noon Wednesday and into the arms of his brother, sister - in - law and niece — free for the first time in almost 46 years after his 1974 rape conviction was overturned.