prison

Example Sentences

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It saw the possible maximum prison sentence for the most serious cases of animal cruelty in England and Wales increase to five years.

From BBC

But Ms. Siddiq became embroiled in a corruption scandal in her parents’ homeland, Bangladesh, where this week she was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison.

From The Wall Street Journal

In April 2009, while Epstein was still serving a prison sentence, he messages Lord Mandelson to say: "ahh... here we go again".

From BBC

"Eight years in prison for Maja T. is disproportionate," he wrote.

From BBC

It seemed to me that greed was just as much of a prison as poverty, only worse.

From Literature