Sentences with phrase «time in prison»

He had served time in prison for both violent and drug - related offences.

More than half of the states in the country already have a law providing some kind of compensation to people who spend time in prison for crimes that they didn't commit.

The defendant spent time in prison for habitual traffic offenses.

If you are convicted you can be sentenced to serious time in prison and be required to pay steep monetary fines.

He spent a long time in prison because people disagreed with what he taught.

But they spent no actual time in prison as their appeals moved through the court system.

Since he had already spent that much time in prison, he was to be freed.

Because of her, his children had visited him for the first time in prison and he was able to share his faith with them.

It always seemed to me that men who used that term were speaking of being sentenced to doing hard time in prison, rather than speaking of their wives.

In exchange she will receive cash and a bare minimum time in prison.

In addition to facing possible time in prison, you will have to live with the burden of a felony criminal conviction for the rest of your life.

While few things can compare to the damage done by serving time in prison, a criminal record of any kind comes with the same stigma and societal damages.

His parents both spent time in prison for his death.

I hope he spends a long time in prison.

After serving time in prison on bribery and other corruption charges, Mr. Newton was rearrested in early 2013 for falsifying information so that he could get public funding for what he hoped would be his comeback campaign.

The court found these provisions to violate s. 7 of the Charter because it required offenders to serve more time in prison than they would otherwise, which is disproportionate.

I know a few folks who have done time in prison for serious felonies.

In what is being called «the nation's worst crisis in the history of the Black family,» hearing participants attributed the degenerating situation to the particularly disturbing plight of young African - American men, half of whom are now unemployed, and have 30 percent chance of serving time in prison before age 30.

Now he faces significant time in prison for his fraud.»

It would not have been a civil case only (as the victim would retain the right to sue in civil court as well) but a criminal matter, punishable by time in prison.

A number of men who served time in prison because of these false convictions have received formal certificates of innocence as is laid out in Illinois statute.

By joining this club, you could really make a difference and make someone's time in prison pass by more quickly and joyfully.

He has a checkered past that involved time in prison.

You would also face limitations to your right to own and use a firearm, and it may be difficult to avoid spending time in prison if you are convicted of a felony.

I surely hope more people responsible for the Pen State cover up serve time in prison then those who covered up the Catholic Church cover up... Sad days in the history of mankind...

My point, who cares, your religion is not what I want deciding if we need jobs or a way to create them or how victims of crime who are uninsured get medical bills paid or using your religion to decide who deserves what time in prison and who gets a slap on teh wrist.

But his request for probation was «simply inadequate,» federal prosecutors said, adding that «his crime deserves time in prison.»

The only way a person charged with a Class X Felony — including first - time offenders — can avoid time in prison is by negotiating a lesser charge with the prosecution.

Will the former Livent head write a touching memoir revealing he spent time in prison coaching underprivileged would - be actors who just needed someone to believe in them?

The report estimates that out of the 630,000 people held in jail, only 187,000 have been convicted of a crime, which is most often a misdemeanor that does not warrant time in prison.

John Law spent a brief time in prison before he escaped to mainland Europe, where he studied high finance in cities such as Amsterdam, Venice and Genoa.

«Justice demands that this type of conduct be prosecuted and punished with time in prison.

At Riverside, Montgomery spends time in the prison yard most days but doesn't get much exercise there.

Begbie (Robert Carlyle) has been serving hard time in prison ever since, dreaming of getting his hands around Renton's throat.

It is about «personal transformations for incarcerated individuals who want to imagine a future for themselves that is different than the past experiences that brought them to prison, and transformations for the college students whose time in the prison gives them new insights into the way the criminal justice system works.»

[49][50][51] Although it claims that it has not lobbied for bills that extend or increase sentences for prisoners, for many years GEO Group participated in the task force of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that pushed bills that lengthened time in prison, such as so - called «truth - in - sentencing» and «three strikes» legislation, as models for states to adopt across the nation.

«Mr. Campbell had served time in prison twice, labeling him a habitual offender and starting his sentence time at 25 years.

Some lawmakers feared lenient judges were giving criminals too little time in prison.

For no matter what explanation why (s), when you've been ingesting, it doesn't matter what led to the twist of fate, you'll be mentioned for not passing a breathalyzer test and in most cases, spend the night time in prison.

«If there's nothing there, it [may indicate] they've spent time in prison recently,» Booth said.

Even the intervention of Clarence Norman, the former Brooklyn Democratic boss who served time in prison on corruption charges, could not stop Mr. Philpotts.

That means that perfectly eligible prisoners had to spend even more time in prison because the judge hadn't eaten his mid-morning snack.

After serving time in prison after conviction by a jury on 16 felony counts that included racketeering and bribery as mayor, Ganim, 57, has filed a federal lawsuit in order to obtain public financing for a run for governor.

After doing time in prison, mobster Jimmy the Tulip (Bruce Willis) moves to a suburban neighborhood.

The adulterer in question is Ginger's father Roland (Alessandro Nivola), a left - wing academic who spent time in prison as a conscientious objector.

Before the recent legislation, those convicted of shoplifting could potentially face serious time in prison for a minor offense.