Sentences with phrase «threat of jail time»

Their illegal tactics can include frequent, harassing telephone calls to your home or employer; threats of visits to your home; and even threats of jail time even though the U.S. does not have a debtor's prison.

Evidently, he liked what he saw: a tribute to the crusading investigative journalists who brought the Pentagon Papers to the public, despite threats of jail time and worse from the Nixon White House, and a sympathetic portrait of a woman, The Washington Post's Katharine Graham, who in the course of this episode assumed the full authority that men had thought she couldn't wield.

Not only will the state enforce payment with the threat of jail time, but the money is funneled through the state agency from the perpetrator to the victim so that there is no direct contract between the two, and all at little or no expense to the small business owner.

Educational neglect, the legal term in many jurisdictions, is a misdemeanor that generally carries the threat of jail time and a fine.

Now she awaited her punishment, which included the threat of jail time.

The streak continues, with this scuffle over toddlers, empty seats, and threats of jail time.

And with the fear that people have of being audited, needing to pay fines, and even the threat of jail time, it's no wonder so many get spooked and give in at the first sign of trouble.

The threat of jail time was high as I blew over.15; I needed an attorney to make sure that did NOT happen.