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Drummond has served prison time for robbing a convenience store and threatening to go after jurors.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
At the time, Giles envisioned justice looking something like prison time for the four men who prosecutors say were responsible for his death.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
No prison time for anyone there, no real punishment?
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Judges revoked his probation in both cases and ordered him to serve his prison time in December 2018 for the Wyandotte County conviction and in March 2019 for the Johnson County conviction.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
At the time, Giles envisioned justice looking something like prison time for the four men who prosecutors say were responsible for his death.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
No prison time for anyone there, no real punishment?
—David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Judges revoked his probation in both cases and ordered him to serve his prison time in December 2018 for the Wyandotte County conviction and in March 2019 for the Johnson County conviction.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Prison time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20time. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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