imprisonment

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Francis Fitzgibbon, defending, said his client understood his sentence would be one of imprisonment, adding he had been a "responsible family man" in the years since.

From BBC

She was sentenced to 12 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 18 months in September 2025.

From BBC

Former president Chun Doo-hwan, who ruled South Korea in the 1980s as a military dictator, was sentenced to death for leading an insurrection, though this was later reduced to life imprisonment.

From BBC

He has "not been sentenced to death" and if he is convicted, "the punishment, according to the law, will be imprisonment, as the death penalty does not exist for such charges", it added.

From Barron's

A copy of the order seen by the BBC says that disobeying it could lead to imprisonment, fines or assets being seized.

From BBC