He is expected to co-operate with prosecutors in further courts-martial in exchange for a lenient sentence.
Rana's lawyer, Patrick Blegen, argued for a more lenient sentence than the maximum of 30 years, saying the Pakistani-born Canadian did not present a future risk.
In return for a more lenient sentence, Choo has reportedly been co-operating with authorities, and it was his relationship with Ching that ultimately led investigators to focus on Primary Global Research.
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Plea bargaining is common in the US, with defendants often able to secure a more lenient sentence if they admit an offence and co-operate with prosecutors, rather than contest the charges in a trial.
But they were soon overshadowed by thousands of protesters who flooded a major intersection in the capital, Dhaka, upset by what they said was a lenient sentence of life in prison, which actually means just 14 years in Bangladesh.
He said the court had concluded that although the sentences on William and John Connors were lenient "neither sentence was so lenient as to require interference".
An appeal is to be launched into the "lenient" sentence of a taxi driver who murdered an office worker in Swindon.
Jools Townsend, of road safety campaigners Brake said Hughes' offence was "shocking" and called the sentence lenient.
Judges at London's Court of Appeal agreed with Dominic Grieve the sentence had been "unduly lenient" and raised Khosravi's sentence to 11 years.
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During the hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Parrella said the sentence was too lenient.
Linda Day, of Ipswich, has taken on one of the golden retrievers and she felt the sentence was "lenient".
Appeal judges disagreed and said his original sentence was too lenient and increased his jail term to nine years.
Burglary or dangerous driving cannot currently be subject to a prosecution appeal, even where a prosecutor believes that the sentence was too lenient.
On Tuesday, Lady Justice Rafferty, Mr Justice Keith and Mr Justice King, sitting at London's Criminal Appeal Court, concluded the sentence was too lenient.
There will be the inevitable perception (if not the reality) that they will be answerable to their commands if something goes wrong with the trial, the jury fails to convict or the sentence is deemed too lenient.
But the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, has now applied to the Court of Appeal to establish whether the sentence in October was too lenient.
The Attorney General's office said it was considering whether to refer the case to the Court of Appeal, which has powers to increase a sentence if it is "unduly lenient".
McGuckin had earlier been warned that he faced "a substantial prison sentence" for the offence but judge Lord Bonomy said he had been lenient because the 28-year-old was under financial pressures due to illness and a new family.
She said appeal judges decided to impose a four-year term after concluding that the 18-month sentence for offences committed over a 12-year period was "not simply merciful" but "unduly lenient".
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