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United States holds that a pardon doesn’t restore to a person property already seized or paid to the government, and a $40,000 fine I’d paid as part of my sentence was sitting in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He was given a life sentence with the possibility of parole and remains in prison.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He was told all of the charges he had admitted carried a custodial sentence and the court would consider immediate custody.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Had a jury agreed with them, Salazar would have served his sentence while receiving mental health treatment in a state hospital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Three years into a thirty-year sentence, the Soviet spy battled boredom and loneliness with letters to his wife and daughter, crossword puzzles, and chess in the prison yard.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Yet he went on correcting, as he had done for several previous editions, cutting and replacing words, rearranging sentences, even adding a new chapter to the sixth edition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Conducted this week by correspondent Eric Cortellessa and top editor Sam Jacobs, the 11,000-word interview is in some ways an unremarkable artifact of the president’s usual tics: run-on sentences, bluster, insults, lies.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
The total length of their sentences has not changed - just the date when they become eligible to start serving part of that sentence in the community.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
They received sentences of 13 to 25 years in jail.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I thought they’d—I thought you might be—” He found he couldn’t finish any of those sentences.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Among them was Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto-finance wunderkind sentenced in 2024 to 25 years in prison for fraud.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The court, however, sentenced her to a three-year prison term, with two of the years suspended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
A year later, Pike was sentenced to death, while Shipp - who was 17 at the time - was given a life sentence with the possibility of parole.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He was later sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges, but released in 2024 as part of a high-profile prisoner exchange.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fannie was sentenced to six months in jail, and the union did not have enough money to post her bail.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
Judge Freya Newbury said victims would be given the chance to deliver impact statements at a sentencing hearing, which is likely to take two days.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Linton, who had tears in her eyes when she turned to her family after the verdict was read, faces life in prison at a December sentencing hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Burnham said if the scheme was scrapped, prisons would become full and the courts would have to stop sentencing new criminals.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Iza is awaiting sentencing in the Central District of California on charges of conspiracy against rights, wire fraud and tax evasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Even while living in the Chelsea Hotel while waiting for my sentencing, I spent more time looking into the mirror at my wounded face than I did into my notebook.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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