Sentences with phrase «terms of jail time»

Crimes that reach the felony level will always be more serious than misdemeanors in terms of jail time.

«In terms of jail time it's significant,» says Parisa Nikfarjam, an associate with Rubin Thomlinson LLP.

Not exact matches

Byle has been jailed or detained several other times by Turkish authorities and has dealt with this term of incarceration by preaching to other detainees and finding ways to get donations from others of much needed clothing for those held with him.

The saga of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate's (D - East Elmhurst) assault case is out of the courtroom for the time being, but although the first - term legislator avoided any jail time on his misdemeanor conviction for recklessly injuring his girlfriend while dragging her out of his apartment building, he still faces censure from his Senate colleagues and -LSB-...]

Akinrinade while delivering the 50th Year Memorial Lecture in honour of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, last Premier of defunct Western Region and the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan, noted that in as much as arresting, prosecuting and jailing of offenders can not be discarded as a means of tackling corruption and deterring others, «it is time we explored building the structures for a sustainable long term response that will transcend regimes and administrations in the country».

Backing the 25 year jail term for rapists, the Governor, decked in a red t - shirt with inscriptions including «I Say No To Rape», «Stop Domestic Violence», among others, said it was time to take the fight one step further by amending the Protection against Domestic Violence Law, 2007 and also come up with strict punitive measures that would serve as a deterrent to perpetrators of such act.

The seventh, Bernardo De Bernardinis, who at the time of the quake was deputy head of Italy's civil protection department, remained convicted but with a reduced jail term of 2 years.

Another unrepeatable tidbit of gossip was that a dealer I had worked with in the past was so hard up for money that he sold a painting 3 times, and more than once; and, now faces an investigation and possible jail term.

Failure to meet the terms of a child custody or support agreement could bring about harsh consequences, including fines or time in jail.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

This approach, which conceptually combines the forfeiture order with terms of imprisonment or other aspects of a sentence, leads almost inevitably to less jail time for those who have property available for forfeiture than for those who have none, on the theory that the accused has been sufficiently punished through the forfeiture order.

This is as follows: the Base Term, which changes by drug, is the least jail time whatever the case; Conduct Enhancements, which magnify the intensity of the sentence inning accordance with any extra criminal acts — for example, if a transgressor was not just making the drugs readily available however offering to minors, this will likely bring extra charge charges; and Status Enhancements, which relate to the wrongdoer's history and if it's the very first arrest and, if not, if each of the regards to previous sentences or probation were adhered to.

The Court was successfully prevailed upon to discount the jail terms by one third due to the long passage of time between commission and trial.

«I think it could likely create a chilling effect because the reality is even though we've had the possibility of serious jail terms in our law for some time, all the criminal sanctions in terms of imprisonment that have been handed out have been through plea agreements and conditional sentences,» says Gascon.

The conviction in excess of 7 years ago and my probation term (No jail time server outside of the 12 days spent awaiting a bond) ended about 2 years ago.

A first - time violation can be punished by a jail term of not more than six months, a penalty ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 2,600, and suspension or restriction of driving privileges for six months.

In most cases, an individual who is convicted with DUI offense will face longer periods of driver's license suspension, extended term in DUI School and longer period of time in jail.

The sentence was suspended for one year which means that should she continue to be «unwilling» in that time period to abide by the terms of the child arrangement order she will go to jail.

Over the decades, government officials, judges and medical professionals have engaged in unjust practices including forced sterilization of women deemed «unfit» to have children, offers of financial incentives to welfare recipients who use long - term or permanent contraception, and reductions in jail time for offenders who agree to use contraception.