Sentences with phrase «received life sentences»

Each of the men claims the other committed the murder - the DPP charged both, they were tried together, the jury convicted both and they both received life sentences.

In the first case, which was handled by a public defender, he was sentenced to death and in the two which I tried, he received life sentences without the jury knowing about the first case.

All three men received life sentences.

South Korean Baptist missionary Kim Jong - Uk is still imprisoned after after receiving a life sentence in June for allegedly working with underground churches.

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...

Mr Justice Treacy said Gary Dobson and David Norris would have received a life sentence of 30 years at least if they had committed the crimes as adults now, because changes in the law in 2003 introduced racial aggravation to sentencing.

Sun Zhengcai, a former top Communist Party official once seen as a possible successor to Chinese President Xi Jinping, received a life sentence on corruption charges — a punishment state media portrayed as lenient.

The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector (Unrated) BBC - produced bio-pic chronicling the rise and fall of the legendary songwriter and music producer who worked with everyone from The Ronettes to The Righteous Brothers to The Beatles until he received a life sentence last year for the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson, a down on her luck actress he picked up at a bar.

No physical evidence or eyewitness testimony directly linked Ms. Smallwood to the crime, yet she received a life sentence with no possibility of parole.

Compared to appointed counsel, public defenders in Philadelphia reduce their clients» murder conviction rate by 19 % and lower the probability that their clients receive a life sentence by 62 %.

The government, however, successfully challenged a D.C. Circuit panel's invalidation of the conspiracy charge against Ali al Bahlul, who received a life sentence and remains at Guantanamo, in an appeal to the full circuit.

Not exact matches

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

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

They are individuals who received unduly harsh sentences under outdated laws for committing largely nonviolent drug crimes, for example, the 35 individuals whose life sentences were commuted today.

Your final sentence -LSB-... eternal life is received by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.]

It consistently described how, at the end of time, men would appear before the Judgment Seat of God to give an account of their lives, to hear the sentence of judgment passed, and to receive the due reward or punishment.

Wilson and Rule found that inmates who had received the death sentence tended to be perceived as less trustworthy than those sentenced to life in prison; in fact, their analyses showed that the less trustworthy a face was deemed, the more likely it was that the inmate received the death sentence.

Convicted defendants received sentence ranging from 12 years to life in prison.

In 2013 he received an additional sentence of 25 years to life after pleading guilty to two homicides in New York in 1971 and 1977.

The lads received prison sentences — Harding was banned from skating for life.

Yes, there are breeds that are not suited for a beginner, breeds not suited for the lazy and couch potato, breeds that have received a bad name from the media and breeds that are «bred» into the wrong hands and their lives are limited and at worse a death sentence.

Seen like this, there's a certain clinical dissatisfaction to our everyday lives, not unlike receiving, at the end of your prison sentence, a plastic baggie of your meager possessions.

A mother and child who testified in a murder trial more than 20 years ago that led to a man's life sentence may have received $ 1,000 in reward money, some trips to a theme park and basketball games for the son, according to court filings in the case.

I think Skilling received something like 6 or 7 consecutive life sentences.

Wellington objected to extradition to the US on the basis that he would receive a sentence of life without the possibility of parole (the US having given the usual undertaking not to execute him).

He received a 315 year sentence and the judge said» «Colin Ferguson will never return to society, and will spend the rest of his natural life in prison».