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When the sentence was announced, the man said in Arabic: "I went to Syria, but it was my mother who chose for me. What is my fault?"
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The judge, Mrs Justice Brunner KC, told Richardson that there was only one sentence for murder, namely life imprisonment.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Young, upon taking office in 1847, promptly pardoned an Antirenter serving a life sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Since the botched execution, Pike's lawyers have repeatedly called on Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence to life in prison.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
On May 16, 1963, the Soviet newspaper Pravda noted: “The sentence has been executed.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
She also sentenced each to 20 years in prison for additional crimes, but said the men would serve the sentences concurrently.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
As they heard their sentences, the brothers stared straight ahead.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
They finish each other’s sentences and switch up their Google Meet backgrounds, cracking up as an awkward graduation portrait pops up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Prosecutors have requested sentences ranging from four to 12 years for six of the seven defendants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Michael Randle and Pat Pottle were peace activists who had been given prison sentences for their antiwar protests in England.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
In its first verdicts handed down last week, Baghdad's Karkh Criminal Court sentenced nine men to jail terms of up to 20 years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Richardson is due to be sentenced on Monday.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In the novel, Myshkin does not present the harrowing experience as his own but as the firsthand account of an acquaintance who had been sentenced to death for a political offense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Banica was sentenced to three years and nine months and was also told upon release he would be deported.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Most people branded felons, in fact, are not sentenced to prison.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
"Your conduct was monstrous," said Judge Valerie Caproni before sentencing them.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The sentencing capped a steep fall from grace for the brothers, who once led a highflying life of parties, Hamptons jaunts and cruises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Leaving court after the sentencing, Brown was greeted by loud cheers from dozens of fans, posing for photos with some of them before being driven away in a black car.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
The informant gave Buchanan money and a phone that was tapped by the FBI, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Sergeant Prothero’s sister told Tony as he was leaving the courthouse after sentencing that “Bruce stood for everything that was good in society, and you stand for everything that is evil.”
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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