Inexplicably, they point to falling crime rates, not as evidence that keeping criminals locked away in jail prevents crime, but as proof that imprisoning offenders is unnecessary.
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Some pay-day lenders reportedly threaten to use the criminal justice system to prosecute delinquent borrowers for writing bad cheques, a crime that carries a jail sentence in many states.
The bill makes sedition a crime that can carry a jail sentence.
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Once on the streets, and with only meagre health care, it is often only a matter of time before a mentally ill person commits a crime and is sent to jail.
She had been strangled and her boyfriend was wrongly jailed for the crime and served six years in jail.
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The bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development threatened to have me thrown in a Mexican jail for the horrible crime of standing in the public lobby of a hotel and giving advice to low-tax jurisdictions.
Penalties for kidnapping, theft and white-collar crime were also toughened, with longer jail terms prescribed.
Even before Judge Cavallo made his ruling, 20 military leaders had been charged with the abduction of hundreds of babies from women who gave birth in jail before their disappearance: a crime not covered by the amnesty laws.
The prospect of rotting away in jail without ever being charged with a crime may have weighed on the minds of terror defendants.
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The strict rules of formal probation that tripped up the actress and led to four probation violations in the past two years are now gone, but she could face 245 days in jail if she is convicted of another crime before the theft probation ends on May 24, 2014.
His victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, told BBC Wales he felt the jail term handed down to Richards for the crime against him was "totally inadequate".
Even outside jail, most rape victims do not report the crime, notes Mr DeBlasio, and they are unlikely to be confined to a cell with their assailant.
The 49-year-old was sentenced by a court in Sofia last month to seven-and-a-half years in jail after being found guilty of heading an organised crime gang and money laundering.
The Barrios Altos crime was an honest intelligence mistake and the people responsible are in jail and have repeatedly expressed their regrets.
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We have to wait until they commit a crime and another law enforcement agency arrests them and puts them in jail before we can even talk to the immigration agents.
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Scotland on Sunday reports that a senior police officer has launched a stinging attack on the criminal justice system, claiming that the number of people in jail is a "national disgrace" and that policies on youth crime are not working.
During her three-year-plus as state attorney of the 4th Judicial Circuit, Jacksonville's Duval County jail has seen an increase in the population, despite a drop in crime in the city.
After the dismissal of the case, Mr Crawford, who spent 18 months in jail, said he would be seeking compensation after being imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.
Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC said the jail term was a deterrent to others and reflected the serious nature of the crime.
Tarpinian was indicted for the misdemeanor crime of practicing law without a license, with a possible sentence of 90 days in jail.
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In a 1992 case involving the Gambino crime family and the garment industry, Spitzer let the defendants plead to lesser charges and avoid jail time in exchange for getting out of the business entirely.
With the prosecution resting on a civil complaint charging Gold and Silver Reserve, Inc. with operating as an unlicensed money-transmitting business, Jackson finally acquiesced in July 2008 and plead guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering (a victimless crime) and operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business rather than the alternative threat of 20 years in jail and a half million dollar fine.
Any future appeals are likely to involve people who remain in jail after similarly long durations, because prisoners are only usually given parole after accepting responsibility for the crime.
However, the prosecutors could, in theory, ask that they be returned to jail if there is a risk that the defendants might escape, or that they could repeat the crime or interfere with the evidence, Di Mario said.
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