Fortunately for Michael, Federal District Court Judge Spencer Letts was put in charge of his final sentence appeal.

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Let the courts and public opinion cast the final sentence and have someone else come in and fix the problems.

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You need to accept failure as part of life and not a final sentence on who you are as a person.

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The final sentence of this excerpt is key.

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The Supreme Court is due to make a final ruling on his sentence within the next 30 days.

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Under Virginia law, Millette has the final word and can reduce the jury's recommended sentence, but it is rare for a judge to do so.

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Sometimes a poem can consist of a single sentence, the impact of which builds and gathers force in anticipation of its final line.

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His family filed a petition for clemency to commute the 20-year sentence, a request that was denied by President George W. Bush in one of his final acts in office.

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