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He faces a maximum sentence of 160 years in federal prison, 20 years for each count, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.
From Los Angeles Times
“To lose all that we lost, then to have all the reshuffling on the offensive line we had, normally that could almost be a death sentence for an offense,” coach Lincoln Riley said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I was like, ‘Why am I reading this sentence that makes zero sense’?” he says.
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S.
From Salon
The length of her sentence disqualified her from seeking public office.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
