Sentences with phrase «risk life imprisonment»
Others unable to travel will buy abortion medication online through sites such as Women on Web — however, if they do, they risk life imprisonment for «procuring (their) own miscarriage».
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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 law is the law, and Christianity didn't make that much of a difference in their life anyway, so why risk imprisonment for something that can just as easily be had through the Kiwanis Club or a Bowling League?
Whether charged in state or federal court, however, the defendant will be at risk of facing years of imprisonment and other harsh penalties - or possibly life in prison in certain circumstances.
Section 15 (1) substitutes a new para 6 of Pt 1 of Sch 1, BA 1976 and provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears to the court that, having been released on bail in or in connection with the proceedings for an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, they failed to surrender to custody, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk that, if released on bail, they would fail to surrender to custody.
This paragraph provides that if defendants are 18 years or over and it appears that they committed an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment while on bail in criminal proceedings, they may not be granted bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk of their committing an offence while on bail.