Sentences with phrase «sentences under a year»

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Studies have found that longer sentences do not have appreciably greater deterrent effects; many serious crimes are committed by people under the influence of alcohol or drugs, who are not necessarily thinking of the consequences of their actions, and certainly are not affected by the difference between a 15 - year and a 30 - year sentence.

The final sentence came into the text in 1962, just eight years after «under God» was added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

This week, Asia Bibi, a 45 - year - old mother of five from the Punjab Province, became the first woman ever sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.

In November Asia Bibi, a 45 - year - old Christian mother of five, became the first woman ever sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law.

He was given just under the maximum sentence he faced, which was three - and - a-half to seven years in prison for his conviction on the third - degree felony.

That charge was dropped, and he pleaded guilty to allowing another person to drive under the influence, resulting in a one - year probation sentence.

Andy has been held for over two years in Ethiopia, under a sentence of death.

He was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing gymnasts and other athletes at Michigan State under the guise of medical treatment for two decades.

The figures under scrutiny are facing prison sentences of up to 20 years if found guilty [via Sky Sports].

After progressing through the youth system of his hometown team (enjoy seeing that sort of sentence while you can — cheers EPPP), he signed professional terms under Steve Cotterill in 2007 before Owen Coyle handed him his debut in December of that year.

The economist, who is 60 years old, was given bail at Southwark crown court but the judge warned her to be «under no illusions» about the sentence she would receive.

Those trading in endangered animals could receive jail sentences of up to five years, under proposals published today by the Government.

Religious arbiters claiming full legal powers will face a five year prison sentence under a bill going before the House of Lords this morning.

Mr Blair's speech will attempt to draw a line under this week's row over sentencing, which began after a convicted paedophile was told he could be out in five years despite being given a life sentence for sexually assaulting a three - year - old girl.

Under the terms of the devolution settlement it was Edinburgh, not London, which held the power to release or keep in prison Megrahi, who was convicted in 2001 and was serving a 27 - year sentence.

Under the current laws, level two and level three sex offenders are registered for life, with level two offenders able to petition the sentencing court for removal after 30 years.

It also calls for replacing short jail sentences — those of under a year can be served at Rikers rather than upstate — with programs to reduce recidivism for $ 5 million a year, but offers no details on what the programs would entail.

Under a plea agreement with state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Cappuccilli was sentenced to a one - year conditional discharge and felony charges of grand larceny and defrauding the government were dismissed.

To top it off, former Assemblymember Anthony Seminario was recently sentenced to six years on federal corruption charges, and a number of legislators are under federal investigation for their relationships with nonprofits.

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.

He was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $ 280,000 in restitution, but the penalty was stayed pending a much - anticipated US Supreme Court decision involving the «honest services» section of the federal mail - fraud law under which he was tried.

He said the maximum sentence if the government is successful is 20 years and prison and a $ 250,000 fine but under federal sentencing guidelines it would likely be substantially less than that.

Religious arbiters claiming full legal powers will face a five year prison sentence under a bill approved by the House of Lords this afternoon.

Bruno was sentenced to two years in prison, but the ruling was called into question after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the statute under which the Rensselaer County Republican was convicted, theft of honest services.

This in a state that has seen 30 lawmakers removed from office via criminal conviction or resignation under fire in the past several years — and that soon will see former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and one - time Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos sentenced to lengthy prison terms.

The judge even added an extra year to his sentence, concluding that he repeatedly lied under oath.

A second bill sponsored by Crespo reduces the maximum sentence for misdemeanor offenses by one day from one year to 364 days, an apparent technicality that could potentially spare thousands of immigrants from deportation under federal law over certain lesser offenses.

He could face three years in prison, a $ 250,000 fine and other financial penalties under the law, but the agreement notes his cooperation and that federal authorities will convey that to the judge at sentencing — if cooperation continues.

In the State Senate, two members have been indicted and a former Senator was sentenced to a year in jail in recent weeks, while six other Senators are potentially under federal investigation.

She faces up to two years in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines for the charge, conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Should Illsley be sentenced to less than a year in prison, MPs could pass a resolution in the house expelling him under rules that have only been used in a handful of cases and which officials in the Commons are nervous could trigger further appeals under European human rights rules.

Aldous will also be on post-release supervision for 10 years after he leaves prison, under the sentence by Judge Peter Lynch.

His utterances in a pamphlet for the Howard League for Penal Reform were true to form: while he was chairman of the Sentencing Advisory Panel for three years under the Labour government criticisms of going soft on crime were rife.

Assemblyman William Scarborough will face a one - year prison sentence under two plea agreements he has reached with state and federal prosecutors.

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.

Attacks are treated as an aggravated offence with sentences of up to three years imprisonment for the attacking dog's owner, under the 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act.

Each was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, but the judgment is still under appeal.

Munir Mohammed was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years, while accomplice Rowaida El - Hassan was jailed for 12 years and five more under licence conditions.

Shortly after their return they get arrested and prosecuted under the Virginian miscegenation law — indicted for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act — and are sentenced to five years in prison unless they plead guilty and agree to leave the state for 25 years and do not return together or at the same time.

It is a hell of a plight, after all, as originally sketched in Victor Hugo's 1,400 - page historical novel: Sentenced to 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family, the stolid, pious Valjean breaks parole upon his release and goes on to become a respectable small - town mayor under an assumed name.

The allotment to any State under the preceding sentence for any fiscal year which is less than $ 50,000 shall be increased to that amount, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, no State shall receive less than the amount necessary to cover up to 90 per centum of the cost of continuing projects assisted under section 4 (a)(2)(A) of * the Vocational REHABILITATION ACT, except that no such project may receive * financial assistance under both the Vocational REHABILITATION ACT and this ACT for a total period of time excess of three years.

The allotment to any State (other than Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) under the first sentence of this subsection for any fiscal year which is less than one - quarter of 1 per centum of the amount appropriated under subsection (b)(1) of section 100, or $ 2,000,000, whichever is greater, shall be increased to that amount, the total of the increases thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the remaining such States under the first sentence of this subsection, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount.

Any amount made available to a State for any fiscal year pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, for purposes of this part, be regarded as an increase of such State's allotment (as determined under the preceding provisions of this section) for such year.

The sentencing aspect of the equation has come under particular scrutiny in recent years.

Earlier this year, Shayne Parkinson, a New Zealander who writes historical novels, discovered her debut «Sentence of Marriage» was on sale on Amazon under another author's name.

William Ankomah of Brampton was sentenced to just under two years house arrest and fined $ 50,000 for overstating charitable donation receipts from various charities on his clients» income tax returns.

The leaders of New Jersey dogfighting rings could be charged under the same anti-racketeering laws used to prosecute mobsters and face sentences of up to 20 years under a bill proposed by two state senators.

Of those entering jail, only 195,000 have actually been convicted and are generally serving time for misdemeanor sentences of under a year.

Each convicted man is getting the toughest sentence — 74 to 90 years — although under Costa Rican law they can not serve more than 50 years.]

And now the Canadian has been sentenced to just under five years in prison for his «shell game.»