Sentences with phrase «year prison term in»

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.

Not exact matches

A New York state resident was sentenced on Thursday to over 20 years in prison for trying to recruit fighters to join Islamic State in Syria.It is the longest prison term handed out yet to an American convicted of supporting the militant group.

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.

Contrary to whispers that the former oil tycoon would launch a political career upon his release from prison in 2013, Khodorkovsky has a longer - term strategy: a 10 - year plan to lay stronger civil and political foundations in Russia for when the Putin regime is «swept away.»

If jurors decide the killing was unintentional but Garcia Zarate was grossly negligent, he will be guilty of involuntary manslaughter, punishable by two to four years in prison — though previous drug convictions could add 13 more years to his term.

Ulbricht, who prosecutors say went by the alias Dread Pirate Roberts in a reference to the 1987 movie «The Princess Bride,» faces up to life in prison and a mandatory minimum term of 20 years.

Christian attorney and activist Gao Zhisheng was finally released after finishing his eight - year term in a Chinese prison.

In a separate trial, Mr Simanjuntak also sentenced Juhanda's four co-conspirators - Supriyadi, Ahmad Dani, Rahmad, and Joko Sugito - to prison terms ranging from six to seven years.

Legally, the war - tax resister is a lawbreaker, facing criminal charges which could result in a fine of up to $ 10,000 and / or a prison term of up to a year.

The pro-Kremlin United Russia party proposed the law introducing prison terms for religious offences after a protest against Putin's increasingly close ties with the Church by punk band Pussy Riot in Moscow's main cathedral last year.

There was like a 50 year period where each mayor ended his term in prison.

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.

Alexander later served 5 1/2 years in federal prison for extorting payments from contractors while he was in office, a disgrace that only strengthened support for term limits.

His sentencing in December 2011 to an aggregate term of one and a third to four years in prison plus with $ 750,000 in restitution was also upheld by the appellate panel.

The ex-campaign treasurer and a former fundraiser for embattled NYC Comptroller John Liu's failed mayoral bid dodged lengthy prison terms, each getting less than a year for trying to scam thousands of dollars in matching funds from the Campaign Finance Board.

Under the terms of the devolution settlement it was Edinburgh, not London, which held the power to release or keep in prison Megrahi, who was convicted in 2001 and was serving a 27 - year sentence.

After working in New York politics in a variety of City Council and state legislative campaigns and on the staff of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rivera came on strong four years ago, defeating Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, long a target of criminal investigation and now serving a federal prison term for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

Meng, 68, who was elected in 2004 and served one term before retiring, sleazily told the witness - an accused tax cheat referred to him by friends - that he could persuade the Manhattan District Attorney's office to reduce its plea offer, from 2 to 6 years in prison to just a year, in return for an $ 80,000 bribe, according to the court documents.

In papers filed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five yearIn papers filed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five yearin Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five years.

Abimbola in the statement said that 13 convicts had their life sentences reduced to a term of years, having spent considerable terms in prison, while one person had his death sentence commuted to a life sentence.

If convicted, Thompson could receive up to four years in prison, but there's no mandatory term of incarceration.

Ibori who returned to the country a few months ago having completed his four - year jail term in a British prison has not been seen in public glare neither has he participated in any political meeting at the national headquarters.

Edward Ferguson, 28, also was sentenced in Rensselaer County Court to the maximum prison term of 8 1/3 to 25 years.

The defendant faces a determinate term of 10 to 25 years in state prison when sentenced on June 18, 2013.

Adamawa Ex-Commissioner Bags 10 Years In Prison for N51.5 m Scam A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defraudiYears In Prison for N51.5 m Scam A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defrauding.In Prison for N51.5 m Scam A former Commissioner of Local Government Affairs in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defrauding.in Adamawa State, John Elias Babani was on Friday, December 4, 2015 handed a 10 years jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defraudiyears jail term by Justice Bilkisu Bello Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state for defrauding...

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced that Jashaad Gulifield, 30, of 11 Highview Court, Nyack, New York was sentenced to an indeterminate term in state prison of three to six years on his guilty plea to welfare fraud in the third degree, a class «D» felony, three years in state prison on his -LSB-...]

Silver faces up to 130 years in prison, although, according to federal guidelines, any prison term will likely be no more than 20 years.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced that Jashaad Gulifield, 30, of 11 Highview Court, Nyack, New York was sentenced to an indeterminate term in state prison of three to six years on his guilty plea to welfare fraud in the third degree, a class «D» felony, three years in state prison on his guilty plea to criminal sexual assault in the third degree, a class «D» felony and three years in state prison on his guilty plea criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, a class «D» felony.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to spend at least 14 years in prison — more than any jail term given to other convicted New York state legislators — for his conviction on corruption charges, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday.

The paralympic gold medalist, was allowed to leave prison in October, after serving one year of his original five - year term in house detention.

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.

A prominent New York City landlord, Steve Croman, was sentenced to a year in Rikers Island for tax and loan fraud, a rare prison term in such cases, according to the attorney general.

DA»S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced last week that 24 - year - old Matthew Sindone of Nanuet was sentenced to an indeterminate term of four to 12 years in state prison on his guilty plea to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, a class «B» felony, relating to the deaths of Neil Block -LSB-...]

This in a state that has seen 30 lawmakers removed from office via criminal conviction or resignation under fire in the past several years — and that soon will see former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and one - time Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos sentenced to lengthy prison terms.

Her husband was granted a «merit release» in May after serving less than three years of his term in state prison.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Scott Yandrasevich, 51, of 11 Abbey Lane, Danbury, Connecticut, was sentenced today to an indeterminate term of 1 to 3 years in prison on his November 2014

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY Malik Wade, age 39, residing at 145 Bridge Street, Bridgeport, CT, was sentenced on November 27, 2012 before Rockland County Court Judge William K. Nelson to a state prison term of and five years post release supervision after pleading guilty to attempted burglary in the second degree.

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.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Scott Yandrasevich, 51, of 11 Abbey Lane, Danbury, Connecticut, was sentenced today to an indeterminate term of 1 to 3 years in prison on his November 2014 guilty plea to one count of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class «D» Felony, and two counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, class «E» Felonies.

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.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced today that Darrell Evans (DOB 11/22/59) of 8 Ellwood Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York plead guilty today to two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, class «A» Felonies, in exchange for a sentence promise of two consecutive terms of twenty years to life in state prison.

The governor says he will use his executive powers to remove 16 - and 17 - year olds from adult prisons, and appoint the attorney general for a one year term as a special prosecutor in police cases where a civilian is killed.

Boyland Jr., who represented a district comprising of Bushwick, Crown Heights, Bedford - Stuyvesant and Brownsville, was sentenced this past September to 14 years in federal prison — less than the 20 - year term requested by prosecutors and recommended by federal sentencing guidelines, according to the Times.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a release that the seven - year sentence Gonzalez received means he «will join the growing ranks of former New York State and New York City lawmakers now serving lengthy terms in federal prison.»

In March, the New York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four yearIn March, the New York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four yearin serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four years.

A longtime Kingston community activist will spend two years in state prison for illegal firearms sales according to the terms of a plea agreement approved in Ulster County Court.

If he'd been convicted at trial on all five counts contained in the indictment, and sentenced to consecutive terms, Shabazz could have been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

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

Alexander Ciccolo, 25, of Adams, could face 20 years in prison under the terms of a plea agreement.

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