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Typically, those being released should expect to be electronically tagged and subject to other monitoring conditions for the second third of their sentence.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
After some back-and-forth with his prison sentence, he is currently set to be released in March 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Her legal team has called on the governor to commute her death sentence and allow her to live the rest of her life in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
She received a three-year prison sentence, suspended for three years.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Pita started to speak, but fear devoured her voice and she didn’t finish her sentence.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Occasionally, the style can grate, the pileup of short, declarative sentences and pithy reflections threatening to derail us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He devoted three sentences to Iran, none of them mentioning terrorism or domestic subversion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Human rights organisations have repeatedly raised concerns regarding severe sentences for online speech in Saudi Arabia.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Even if passed, the law would not affect the current sentences for Thaci and the other men, who have already said they will appeal through the established process at the KSC.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Seeing Marjory Muldauer in action, watching her guess first sentences of books with just one or two words for a clue, Kyle knew he didn’t stand a chance.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Its unveiling on Monday is the clearest indication so far of Kabila's direct involvement in an armed movement a year after he was sentenced to death in absentia for treason.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Others uncovered the fraud that got Bakker sentenced to 45 years in prison, a term later reduced to eight years and then five.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
If convicted, the three will be sentenced next week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
A former transport minister in June was sentenced to 24 years in prison for a pandemic-era corruption scheme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The document, which alleged that Walter McMillian was unfairly tried, wrongly convicted, and illegally sentenced, drew a lot of attention in Monroeville.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
“I am going to appeal this case for sure,” Davis told the judge before his sentencing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The sensational trial of Holmes ended in her 2022 sentencing to more than 11 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Konstantinos Diamantis, Connecticut’s former school-construction chief, fled to Greece ahead of his sentencing for extortion and bribery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
They added that sentencing decisions are made by independent judges and magistrates, in line with the sentencing guidelines.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Courts also had rejected claims that crack sentencing laws were racially discriminatory, largely on the grounds that the Supreme Court’s decision in McCleskey v.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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