Sentences with phrase «years behind bars»

Boxer Rubin «Hurricane» Carter was wrongly jailed for triple homicide and served 18 years behind bars.

That's because she's serving 30 years behind bars for murdering her four children.

He is now looking at up to five years behind bars.

But when Chief District Judge Linda R. Reade of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa disregarded her obligation to consider Rubashkin's grounds for mercy and instead just sentenced him to 27 years behind bars, she left the appellate judges who examined Rubashkin's case with no means for determining whether the penalty she imposed was fair, just or reasonable.

Bragg has maintained innocence throughout his 21 years behind bars, even rejecting a plea deal that carried a 15 - year sentence.

A Great Falls judge exonerated a man who has spent 15 years behind bars for a murder he said he didn't commit.

TAMPA (FOX 13)- A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of an alleged racially - motivated murder in 1987 was released from prison Tuesday after spending 30 years behind bars.

Jail sentences for certain of these drug offences can climb into high single digit years and even double digits of years behind bars.

These men collectively spent over 600 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit.

A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of an alleged racially - motivated murder in 1987 was released from prison Tuesday after spending 30 years behind bars.

Since the ramifications may be extreme, such as the loss of your job and months or years behind bars, you should locate and be represented by an attorney who has experience and has successfully represented defendants in similar cases.

Evidently federal cases require a more experienced attorney as they are considered more serious and in the event of a conviction, could have you spend many years behind bars.

After spending 25 years behind bars, Michael Morton attracted considerable media attention in 2012 when DNA and other evidence cleared him of murder charges.

Not even against the people who lied about him in court and caused him to spend 18 years behind bars for a crime he always insisted he didn't commit.

Thanks to the persistent efforts of the Kentucky Innocence Project, Kerry Porter was exonerated after serving almost 15 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit.

The exonerees combined spent 50 years behind bars.

There has been much buzz circulating recently around the wrongful conviction of Ivan Henry, a BC native who spent nearly 27 years behind bars for a series of sexual assaults he never committed.

Last week Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed a bill that criminalizes the practice, and allows courts to mete out penalties of up to five years behind bars for a non-drivers texting with drivers involved in fatal crashes.

To further put a human slant on the issue which still affects so many in India, One Eighty tells the story of a mother, Vijai Kumari, who spent 20 years behind bars, and her son, Kanhaiya Kumari.

A dastardly duo running IT recycling businesses that pilfered nearly # 145,000 in VAT and laundered cash for a gang of fraudsters face years behind bars, HMRC confirmed today.

Educating people who have spent years behind bars is just as much about compassion and humanity as it is about effective study habits and good test scores, say their counselors and teachers.

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When James is nailed for fraud and set to be put in prison in thirty days, he hires a carwash business owner named Darnell Lewis (Hart) to help prep him for his years behind bars.

This documentary series tells the story of Steven Avery, who spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit only to be arrested for another crime he claims he didn't commit either.

The Samaritan (Unrated) Samuel L. Jackson stars in this redemption drama about a recently - paroled murderer whose determination to go straight after 25 years behind bars turns out to be harder than expected when he falls for a troubled woman (Ruth Negga) with a hidden agenda.

NEW BRAUNFELS — A former Smithson Valley High School teacher and coach faces up to 40 years behind bars after being convicted Wednesday of having a

A Scottsdale man was sentenced to nearly 16 years behind bars for allegedly scamming women through online dating websites.

William French Anderson, one of the earliest pioneers of gene therapy, is set to be released from prison in the next month after nearly 12 years behind bars.

A madman who plotted to detonate pipe bombs to blow up US soldiers, NYPD cops, Jews and civilians faces 16 years behind bars after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge...

His one - time aide, Hank Morris, 57, was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years behind bars on Feb. 17 for his role in the scam.

The announcement comes less than a week after a wrongfully convicted Brownsville man, Jabbar Washington, 43, was released from prison after spending 20 years behind bars for a robbery and shooting he didn't commit.

A sobbing former prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum - security lockup said she regretted her «horrible mistake» as she was sentenced Monday to up to seven years behind bars as part of a plea deal.

If convicted, he could spend 10 years behind bars.

Silver, who was convicted of honest - services fraud, extortion and money - laundering, now faces up to 20 years behind bars.

Skelos, who got five years behind bars, is seeking bail pending appeal.

But he was convicted on a slew of charges, including a conspiracy to overthrow the US government, and spent 36 years behind bars before then - President Barack Obama commuted the rest of his 70 - year prison sentence just before leaving office in January.

Prosecutors had recommended that Dean, 68, get up to 15 years behind bars, and Adam, 33, up to 13.

Howard served two separate state prison terms — about five years behind bars — on drug possession charges.

A woman who falsely accused a Bronx man of rape back in 2005 — sending William McCaffrey to prison for almost four years before admitting she'd lied — was sentenced to one to three years behind bars yesterday for perjury.

Joyce Mitchell got the maximum range of two and a third to seven years behind bars.

Blackwell tried to kill someone in July 2000, for which he spent the next five years behind bars, prison records show.

QUEENS — An NYPD officer remained in critical condition Monday, two days after he was shot in the head by an ex-con who had spent five years behind bars for trying to kill someone else, officials said.

ncluding State Sen. Carl Kruger, who was sentenced to seven years in prison, and Councilman Larry Seabrook, who was sentenced to five years behind bars.

A shady Queen businessman was sentenced Friday to two years behind bars for running a mortgage - fraud scam, after cooperating with authorities and rolling over on former state Sen. John Sampson.

The general consensus is that today's ruling appears to be good news for Bruno, which faces two years behind bars for violating the now potentially defunct statute.

Today, Joe Bruno is awaiting word on whether he'll serve the two years behind bars he was sentenced to back in May, and he's completely tapped out, according to the State Board of Elections.

Convicted cop killer and Black Liberation Army member Herman Bell walked out of prison a free man Friday afternoon after more than 40 years behind bars — despite fierce protests...

Convicted FALN leader Oscar Lopez Rivera, who spent 35 years behind bars for his ties to the group, had declined the parade's «National Freedom Award» amidst widespread backlash and sponsor boycotts.

Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence him to at least 14 years behind bars, the most any New York politician would have served for corruption charges.

Two men who spent 32 years behind bars and the family of a third who died in prison got the settlements.