Sentences with phrase «resulted in a state prison»

In all, 838 cases resulted in a state prison sentence, 2.4 percent of the cases resolved that year.
In fact, a conviction under the New York Enterprise Corruption Law — the state's version of the federal RICO statute, can result in a state prison sentence of up to 25 years, significant fines, asset forfeiture, restitution and more.

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The U.S. trend, of course, has resulted in overcrowding and a demand for larger state and federal corrections budgets to build more prisons and jails.
The act stated that if any person or persons «shall wantonly and cruelly beat, abuse, or ill - treat any horse, mare, gelding, mule, ass, ox, cow, heifer, steer, sheep, or other cattle» they would be fined a sum «not exceeding five pounds, not less than ten shillings»; failure to pay the fine would result in a prison sentence of up to three months.
The violation of the court order, Melanson said, could result in Matthews being sentenced to an additional year in state prison.
Existing programs show that providing a college education in our prisons is much cheaper for the state and delivers far better results.
He emphasized that «a crisis» of a large unmet need remains, resulting in human calamities that can cost the state a lot of money for prisons and social services.
Gallivan is slightly off on the numbers, but his claim that few of these cases result in a conviction - and even fewer receive a state prison sentence - is correct.
He noted current state law makes it nearly impossible to unseal grand jury records, even from old cases like those that resulted from the Attica prison riot in 1971.
Sweeping gang arrests made by federal, state and local agencies in 2006 and 2009 resulted in 33 young black men being sentenced to a total of almost 300 years in prison for nonviolent offenses, Green said.
Bonnie Hunt, an award - winning actress from «Rain Main,» «The Green Mile» and Jerry Macguire is playing Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott, whose investigation into the break resulted in reforms to the state prison system.
Attempted jail - break in Jalingo prison, Taraba State, by some inmates on Wednesday morning, has resulted in the killing of two inmates.
In March, the New York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four yearIn March, the New York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four yearin serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four years.
An exception to this trend is Dong Pyou Han, a former Iowa State University (ISU) biomedical researcher who last week was sentenced to prison for 57 months — almost 5 years — for falsifying results in HIV vaccine studies he participated in while working under lab head Michael Cho, The Guardian reports.
Their results are based on surveys of inmates in state correctional facilities and data on state prison tobacco policies and deaths in prisons across the United States.
James has trained over 1,500 teachers resulting in the replication of Prison Yoga Projects methodology in more than 24 states, Canada, India, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Germany and The Netherlands.
Artist Devin Kenny will perform If I don't laugh / Tarda..., a powerful sonic performance incorporating music and spoken word and addressing the role of social media in the widened access to, as described by Kenny, images of «Black suffering that directly results from the machinations of white supremacy the US prison industrial complex and police state, and the aftermath of colonialism and chattel slavery».
Likewise, what may be a civil offense in one state can result in prison time in the next, making it essential that you understand the laws in each individual state.
Under California's Three Strikes Law, serious and violent crimes count as strikes, and state convictions result in lengthy mandatory prison sentences.
A conviction under the state's version of the federal RICO statute, known as the New York Enterprise Corruption Law, can result in a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison, not to mention significant fines and asset forfeiture to make restitution.
A European Arrest Warrant (EAW) can be issued by any EU member state if the alleged offence could result in a prison sentence of at least one year or if the person requested has been sentenced to at least four months imprisonment.
Penalties for drug crimes may result in hefty fines, imprisonment in a county jail or state prison, the loss of a driver's license, and a ruined reputation.
Not paying your premiums will result in your being terminated from the Medicare program, leaving you without healthcare options when you return to the United States or when you are released from prison.
As a result, I have recommended better coordination of programs at the state and territory level and that a national roundtable of government and community be convened to talk about how all agencies can work together to better support Indigenous women leaving prison and to also talk about the successful models that might be useful in other parts of the country.
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