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“We hope today’s sentence provides their loved ones with some measure of closure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
When she pronounced the sentence, Jester, now 6 feet 2, bowed his head, bit his lip and nodded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
District Judge Margaret Garnett said the maximum sentence was life in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Up until February 2016, long-term prisoners who had been refused parole were freed automatically after two-thirds of their sentence.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The truth of that sentence zings through me, zillions of times stronger than any shin pain.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
To render ideas as sentences, scribes needed a way to indicate where a reader should stop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
That is the argument, delivered in full sentences, on the record, to a reporter, by the people it benefits.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Short sentences matter-of-factly describe objects in each room—a chair, a table, a lamp—but when the ghost from the cover reappears, its presence goes unremarked upon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And that weakening support is also reflected in the decline in the number of death sentences that are issued by juries.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
I heard her speak in full, lovely sentences from my room across the hall.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced on 18 December.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mangione is to be sentenced at a separate hearing on Dec. 18, which will be determined at the full discretion of the judge.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The couple denied involvement in the plot, but were both eventually sentenced to 30 years in prison.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mangione is set to be sentenced in December.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Once Dasch was sentenced to prison, he stopped helping the government.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Friday said it wants to keep its case going while the federal sentencing of Mangione is pending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It said the reforms were intended to improve the effectiveness of sentencing and the management of offenders in the community.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
While his sentencing was delayed to a later date, Sandoval can only receive life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty under California law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I don’t know how this guy gets away with not being charged with murder,” Broadus’ father told reporters after the sentencing.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
After three trips to New Orleans for sentencing hearings, we still did not have a new sentence for Mr. Carter or Mr. Caston.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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