However, Judge Leon, who had presided over the other mistrials, decided that Bistrong should do a little time in prison and handed him an 18 month sentence.

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Of those black men who do not graduate high school, nearly 60% spend time in prison.

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The government should send a message to Wall Street and those in the expert networks that prison time awaits them if they do not obey the law.

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The protest at pledging an oath of allegiance to the Queen, the arrest at an anti-nuclear demonstration at Faslane, the time in prison for refusing to pay her fine, the anguish of the split in her party do not form part of this story.

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