Sentences with phrase «threats of jail time»

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

Soldiers who have decided that it is worth risking their lives to slaughter members of another ethnicity, nationality, or political persuasion are unlikely to be deterred by the threat of jail time.

Now she awaited her punishment, which included the threat 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.

Not exact matches

The threat of jail - time and fines is a serious one for all taxpayers to consider as 17th April is just around the corner.

Anyone who would be so dastardly as to assassinate two beautiful, loving dogs in cold blood is a threat to others and should face justice under Buster's Law and go to jail for a long time for all of their felony crimes,» said Senator Tedisco.

Anytime Billy and Robin aren't on screen, which is far too often in a film starring them, the comedic value of the film tanks completely, with terribly unfunny subplots involving Bruce Greenwood's (Double Jeopardy, Rules of Engagement) quest to find his legitimate son, Louis - Dreyfus («Seinfeld») looking for the husband that may be involved in a sordid male - on - male affair, and the thuggish drug dealers that would rather risk jail time by making threats in bustling casinos to get back what amounts to a rather inconsequential amount of money.

In recent years, scammers have been impersonating official agents, issuing threats of court charges, jail time and even deportation for failure to pay a fake outstanding tax debt.

Instead of a jail cell Mr. Race will be detained in a secure hospital under the control of the state until such time as he is no longer a threat to public safety.

Obviously, an award of attorney's fees, the threat of attorney's fees, the threat of weekend jail time may be a useful sanction.