Sentences with phrase «year prison term»

He is serving a five - year prison term for obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents.

If convicted, the defendants are looking at up to 15 - year prison terms in addition to a civil suit seeking more than $ 30 million in damages.

While the crimes and the 12 - year prison term of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver exceeded those of Skelos and his son, the Skeloses» trial stood out for the gritty, unvarnished look it offered of the personal and political dealings of a family immersed in Albany's back channels.

They were sentenced, respectively, to five and 6-1/2 year prison terms by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood, but have stayed out while their appeals were pending.

All 10 suspects have been indicted in Manhattan federal court on a count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, which carries a maximum 20 - year prison term if convicted at trial.

Raymond Kwame Amankwah, who is well known in the International Community as a hard core drug baron was arrested and sentenced to a 14 - year prison term at the Provisional Detention Centre at Caucaia in Brazil for drug trafficking.

Daniel McCormack currently is serving a five - year prison term after pleading guilty to molesting five boys, but it's unclear whether James C. Doe was one of the five.

«You have effectively been convicted of treason,» said Justice Colin McKinnon, telling Alizadeh he had «no hesitation» in sentencing him to the 24 - year prison term recommended by Crown and defence lawyers.

Mr. Money, I support a 1 - Strike 50 Year Prison Term for Crimes against the Kids.

Seabrook received a five - year prison term in 2013 on multiple fraud charges connected to funneling more than $ 1 million in taxpayer money to his family and girlfriend.

But while the crimes and the 12 - year prison term of Sheldon Silver, the former Democratic speaker of the State Assembly, exceeded those of Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam B. Skelos, the Skeloses» trial stood out for the gritty, unvarnished look it offered of the personal and political dealings of a family immersed in Albany's back channels.

They were sentenced, respectively, to 5 - and 6 1/2 - year prison terms by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood, but have been free while their appeals were pending.

An appeals court in 2009 upheld his convictions but vacated his 24 - year prison term and ordered that Skilling be resentenced, saying a sentencing guideline was improperly applied, resulting in a longer prison term.

Even though North Korea's participation in the games hogged the spotlight in the lead - up to the event, the suspension of Jay Y. Lee's five - year prison term for bribery has raised questions more recently over chaebol reform in South Korea.

Some Islamic hardliners protested on Tuesday (above), some angry that he was not jailed for the maximum five year prison term.

When the first edition of the King James version was published there was a one year prison term to be given to anyone that published the KJV bible without the deuterocanonicals.

Her husband is currently serving an eight - year prison term.

North Korea has released an American Christian serving a 15 - year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.

«Do we have the courage to ask God to move in the hearts of those Muslim authorities, who have sentenced this pastor to a two - year prison term, to change that conviction and release him?»

From The Press of Atlantic City, March 31, 1984: «A Hammonton businessman, about to be sentenced to a seven - year prison term for embezzlement, pulled a gun from his hip pocket... and killed himself in criminal court here Friday, officials said.

And Sheldon Silver, the former legendary leader of the State Assembly, is about to begin a 12 - year prison term.

He was handed a 3 to 6 year prison term.

(Mr. Sampson is now serving a five - year prison term for obstruction and lying to federal agents.)

A financial scam that cost investors more than $ 5 million has netted an Orchard Park man a six year prison term.

The sentences are concurrent to the one to three year prison term he currently is serving upstate for his January conviction on grand larceny, petit theft and official misconduct charges.

Howard had pleaded guilty to drug possession and should have started a residential drug treatment program instead of serving a two - year prison term.

Former state senator Joseph Bruno sentenced to 2 years in prison [NYP] Bruno Receives 2 - Year Prison Term, but Stays Free [NYT]

They became eligible for parole at the end of the 25 - year prison term in 2005, and have applied for and been denied parole every time, amidst an outpouring of opposition to their release from family, friends and virtually the entire Pearl River community.

A state appeals court has reversed the conviction that sent an Albany teenager to a nine - year prison term for a sneaker robbery.

She is currently serving a one - year prison term.

What earned the former city councilman and state legislator a five - year prison term, though, was funneling taxpayer dollars to friends, family, and phantom youth programs.

Moffett's bio on the show's Web site says he served an 11 - year prison term for attempted robbery and attempted murder, then returned to prison a second time on drug charges.

Supporters of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim — who made a stunning political comeback in 2015 after a federal corruption conviction and seven - year prison term — are pushing him to run for governor.

They were sentenced, respectively, to 5 - and 6 1⁄2 - year prison terms, but their convictions were reversed last year by the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because jury instructions did not comply with a new Supreme Court decision narrowing federal public corruption laws.

The senator and his son were sentenced to five and 6 1⁄2 - year prison terms, but both have stayed out due to legal questions raised by the Supreme Court case.

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, will be allowed to vote in 2019 despite being found culpable of double registration, a crime which attracts a one - year prison term or a fine of N100, 000 or both upon conviction.

Wai Hnin Pwint Thon spoke passionately about her father, Ko Mya Aye, serving a 65 year prison term for pro-democracy activities.

Wang was sentenced to a thirteen - year prison term and spent four - and - a-half years in solitary confinement.

The prosecution in Hicheur's case had asked for a 6 - year prison term.

When he emerged from a 6 - year prison term, he was known as «The Dog.»

Sterritt **** A young drug dealer tries to come to terms with his past on the day before he leaves for a seven - year prison term.

L.A. man gets 26 - year prison term for role in synthetic drug ring tied to China, Long Beach and Baldwin Park — Daily News

Two months later a federal court jury in Houston convicted Ali for refusing induction into the Army, and he drew a five - year prison term and $ 10,000 fine.

August 9, 2016 • Blagojevich, formerly governor of Illinois, had argued his 14 - year prison term for corruption should be cut since five of the 18 counts he'd been convicted on were thrown out on appeal.

Associated Press reported that Byrd - Bennett «faced 20 fraud counts, each with a maximum 20 - year prison term.»

Each count carries a potential five - year prison term, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Las Vegas.

Michigan lawmakers introduce bills that will make this crime a felony carrying a 5 - year prison term.

Alvin Banks will serve a two - year prison term for charges surrounding a dog fighting ring bust.