Sentences with phrase «years behind bars for»

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

A shady Queen businessman was sentenced Friday to two years behind bars for running a mortgage - fraud scam, after cooperating with authorities and rolling...

John Rigas, the 91 - year - old corporate titan who once owned the Buffalo Sabres, was recently granted «compassionate release» after eight years behind bars for fraud and conspiracy charges.

Though former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver could be sentenced to 20 years behind bars for his conviction on seven felony corruption charges, it's highly unlikely he'll do that much time.

Lopez Rivera — who did 35 years behind bars for his ties to the Puerto Rican terror group FALN — was on the first float out of the gate at the Manhattan parade, and speaker pal Melissa Mark - Viverito hopped on to join him at 62nd Street.

A man who served 16 years behind bars for murder before his conviction was overturned cried and held the hands with a Brooklyn judge Tuesday after learning he won't be...

Queens businessman Edul Ahmad 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 chief pilot for the company whose helicopter crashed Sunday in the East River — killing all five passengers — spent more than eight years behind bars for repeatedly stabbing a woman during a Long Island robbery.

The former Sheffield United forward's proposed move back into football after he was convicted and served two and a half years behind bars for rape has been a particularly divisive and controversial one with an almost national debate questioning whether anyone who has committed such an abhorrent sex crime should be allowed to return to a lucrative and privileged position in football.

Premier Cru Owner Sentenced to Six and a Half Years Behind Bars for Wine Ponzi Scheme John Fox, the wine store proprietor who admitted to conducting a Ponzi scheme for two decades, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to six and a half years in prison...

A few months ago, we shared the story of Ricky Jackson — a Cleveland man who spent 39 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit.

This bigot needs to spend a few years behind bars for his crime.

Warmbier spent more than a year in detention after being sentenced for 15 years behind bars for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster from a hotel to take to his church.

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Former Patersons Securities WA state manager Lewis Fellowes has been charged with using nearly $ 1.6 million in clients» money for his personal use, and could be looking at up to 12 years behind bars.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

In a highly anticipated moment, Breivik will make his first public statement since he was sentenced in 2012 to 21 years behind bars — a sentence that can be extended if he is still considered dangerous — for the bloodbath he committed on July 22, 2011.

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It is inching toward the June 8 deadline to qualify for state compensation for the 12 years he lost behind bars due to a wrongful murder conviction.

A Christian human rights lawyer who has been detained in China for nearly two years is still behind bars despite being spared prison.

He said: «Many years ago I went on holiday with my wife in the Lake District and we went for a drink and the local vicar was behind the bar.

Published on her website, goop, the dessert consists of chocolate wafers and whipped cream — and brings to mind 73 - year - old Stewart's 2004 stint behind bars (and then under house arrest) for insider trading.

Bar - S, the brand behind America's # 1 selling franks for 12 years in a row, today announced an annual partnership with No Kid Hungry in honor of Hunger Awareness Month this September.

The first occasion was in 2008 when he drove his car into a pedestrian in Liverpool city centre, earning 77 days behind bars, before being given a four - month suspended sentence that same year for causing actual bodily harm to then Manchester City teammate Ousmane Dabo.

While behind bars, he said, he recommitted himself to becoming a better father for his 2 - year - old daughter.

Former Assemblyman Jimmy Meng, the first Asian - American elected to the state Legislature, will serve one month behind bars and pay a $ 30,000 fine for bribery charges to which he pleaded guilty last year.

Shirley Huntley was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars for stealing from a nonprofit she ran, which was below the guideline sentence of 18 to 24 months.

This year the biggest scalp from the dodgy expenses claims MPs made in the noughties was Denis MacShane, the former Europe minister, who got six months behind bars for his deliberately fraudulent claims.

``... They were low - level fighters with no operational functionality in Al - Qaeda... to put it in simple terms, they were foot soldiers of AI Qaeda... captured in the early days and put behind bars for 14 years,» she explained.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos thinks eight years behind bars is «harsh» for a person like ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who is 81.

Herman Bell, a 70 - year - old Black Liberation Army member who's been behind bars nearly 50 years for killing two cops in the 1970s, has been granted parole, authorities said.

Fotso, already sentenced to 25 years behind bars in a separate graft case, «took the rap for life,» said a source close to the Special Criminal Tribunal, set up in the central African country to try major corruption cases.

Four years earlier, Faso lost the state comptroller's race by a very slim margin to Democrat Alan Hevesi, who ended up resigning in disgrace thanks to the so - called Chauffeurgate scandal and then serving time behind bars for his role in a massive pay - to - play pension fund scandal exposed by Spitzer's sucessor in the AG's office, Andrew Cuomo.

The ex-Staten Island congressman, who spent seven months behind bars for tax evasion, is asking an appeals court to turn his disbarment from the federal system into a one - year suspension instead.

A Florida resident's concerted but failed attempts at hacking the Clinton Foundation drew an 18 - month prison sentence, although he may not see any extra time behind bars since he's already serving 42 years for child porn.

This would be a 25 - year sentence on top of that, so clearly the judge meant that this individual was to stay behind bars for the rest of his life.»

He recalled former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara «s lawsuit against the city for the abusive conditions at the jail, the city's subsequent acceptance of a federal monitor and the plight of youths like Kalief Browder who found themselves unable to afford bail and held behind bars for months, even years, awaiting trial.

An upstate man was sentenced to 35 years behind bars Thursday for selling ultra-potent «Breaking Bad» - branded heroin that killed 3 people, authorities said.