prison

Example Sentences

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He faces a maximum sentence of 160 years in federal prison, 20 years for each count, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.

From Los Angeles Times

Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S.

From Salon

She was eventually released from prison on health grounds and told to remain at home.

From BBC

She is being held on $2-million bail and faces life in prison if convicted.

From Los Angeles Times

He was detained in Egypt in September 2019, and in December 2021 was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of spreading false news.

From Barron's