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Meanwhile, the boy has been under the care of his great-grandfather, Calvin Taylor, who told NBC affiliate WAVY in December that he was disappointed the child's mother was given such prison time on the felony child neglect charge.
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Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
The law currently allows judges to add prison time to sentences, based on various factors.
—Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
The pair of indictments came after the collapse of a plea deal last summer that would have allowed Biden to avoid a possible felony conviction and prison time, as well as the negative headlines of a trial coinciding with his father’s reelection campaign.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
British billionaire Joe Lewis says he should be spared prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading and instead be put on supervised release for three years and fined $5 million.
—Robert Burnson, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
Those sentenced so far have been ordered to pay back their loan proceeds and have received no prison time.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
The criminal charges faced in Georgia by the attorneys who haven’t taken plea deals also carry the threat of prison time if they’re convicted, with defendants facing between five and 20 years in prison on the racketeering charges against them alone.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
But obstetricians and maternal-fetal medicine specialists aren’t the only doctors who don’t want to practice in Idaho, under the threat of prison time and professional ruin.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Years later, when Ms. Dugdale was facing prison time, Ms. Murdoch wrote letters urging leniency.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
The law currently allows judges to add prison time to sentences, based on various factors.
—Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
The pair of indictments came after the collapse of a plea deal last summer that would have allowed Biden to avoid a possible felony conviction and prison time, as well as the negative headlines of a trial coinciding with his father’s reelection campaign.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
British billionaire Joe Lewis says he should be spared prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading and instead be put on supervised release for three years and fined $5 million.
—Robert Burnson, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
Those sentenced so far have been ordered to pay back their loan proceeds and have received no prison time.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
The criminal charges faced in Georgia by the attorneys who haven’t taken plea deals also carry the threat of prison time if they’re convicted, with defendants facing between five and 20 years in prison on the racketeering charges against them alone.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
But obstetricians and maternal-fetal medicine specialists aren’t the only doctors who don’t want to practice in Idaho, under the threat of prison time and professional ruin.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Years later, when Ms. Dugdale was facing prison time, Ms. Murdoch wrote letters urging leniency.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Prison time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20time. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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