The long sentence was a message, activists said, that the previously untouchable and brutal military structures need to be held accountable.
The judge sentenced him to no less than 1 to 3 years in jail, a pretty long sentence at that age.
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At age 17, fearing a potentially long sentence, the college football prospect followed the advice of his attorney and pleaded no contest to assaulting a Long Beach, California, high school classmate in 2002.
Prosecutors can believe, or state, all they want that a long sentence for Jiau is a message for Wall Street, but there is no support that long sentences deter other people from committing crimes.
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In reviewing court records, Ms. Berger fought with prosecutors from before her indictment until she was finally sentenced March 5, 2013, as to why she was being singled out for such a long sentence when the others involved had received something significantly less.
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"I think you need to rehabilitate prisoners, and maintaining links with society - such as the right to vote - is an important part of that process, " he said, but added anyone serving a long sentence for "rape, murder or terrorism" should be barred from taking part in elections.
You will be sentenced with Likcani who will definitely be facing a long custodial sentence.
Yet Syria is a staunchly secular country, where membership in the Muslim Brotherhood carries a long jail sentence.
The authorities have warned that without his co-operation and a guilty plea the case could be treated as terrorism and he could face a long jail sentence.
After being asked to type in a five-sentence-long code sequence, the students get restless and start cracking jokes.
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Attorney General Dominic Grieve had asked the Court of Appeal to rule on whether his sentence was long enough.
The Speaker of the House sent us a proposal that was two pages long that included one sentence on revenue.
Say won't have to serve his sentence as long as he doesn't commit a similar crime within the next five years.
Though the Atlanta sentence has long been decided, Rudolph's victims and their survivors, who filled the approximately 300 seats in the Richard B.
Alongside these civilities, he could also terminate long friendships in a single sentence.
Indeed, so long as Skilling receives a sentence on equal terms as Ebbers', the justice system will have achieved parity.
Jeremy Jenkins, for Chidgey, argued at the appeal hearing that the sentence was too long and succeeded in winning a reduction.
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Mr Smith, who represented the mother in the trial at Nottingham Crown Court earlier this year, said her sentence was too long.
The Journal editorial plucked one sentence from a long interview Khosla gave the San Francisco Chronicle last week and blew it out of proportion.
Whether the artist deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as the long-time stars of the art world is a matter of personal taste, but the sale of "Chinese Girl" appears to have cemented his reputation as a commercial, if not critical, success.
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Interestingly, the prosecutor and magistrate today both raised, in abstract terms, the possibility of the charges against Oscar Pistorius being reduced from murder to culpable homicide - something which could mean a fine or suspended sentence rather than a long jail term.
"This serious prison sentence should go a long way towards convincing would-be terrorists that they can't hide behind the scenes, lend support to the violent aims of terrorist organizations, and escape detection and punishment, " said Gary Shapiro, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
Outside court, with Ms Doherty's relatives surrounding him, Detective Chief Inspector John McVea from the PSNI's serious crime branch said no sentence was going to be long enough for the victim's family, but he was pleased they had had some degree of justice for Rodgers' ruthless and brutal sectarian actions.
The judge, Recorder RA Britton warned him he would "get a custodial sentence - it is just a matter of how long".
Sinclair, who has a long history of sexual violence and is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Mary Gallacher in 1978, is suspected of being a serial killer who is also responsible for the deaths of at least six other women, including Ms Scott and Ms Eadie.
It is permissible to represent someone who is guilty, as long as the attorney is merely seeking to prevent him from receiving an unjust sentence.
Failure of a test usually means an instant short spell in jail, and it is hoped that such a dramatic sentence will shock people out of re-offending - thereby reducing long-term prison numbers and cutting off alcohol-related crime at the source.
Hearing Microsoft's name and "in-car stereo" in the same sentence should elicit any forms of surprise, as we've long since known that Redmond was looking to up the ante of automotive entertainment in a bevy of Ford vehicles later this year.
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