At the point he informed on Horner, he was facing a minimum sentence of 15 years for trafficking.
Mr Justice Owen recommended Martin serve a minimum sentence of nine years in a report to Home Secretary Jack Straw.
The minimum sentence given to a man who murdered an office worker will not be changed, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
In another case, some commissioners wanted to give judges greater discretion in sentencing for residential burglary, which under Illinois law carries a four-year minimum sentence.
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The Old Bailey judge also gave Edgington a minimum sentence of 20 years, which will run concurrently, for the attempted murder of Kerry Clark, 22.
The consumption charge holds a minimum sentence of four years.
There was no mandatory minimum sentence under prior federal law.
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Of those IPP prisoners who had passed their minimum sentence, some 276 of these were still behind bars more than two years later as of 5 February this year.
Instead, they exercised their prerogative to find the doctor guilty of second-degree murder, which requires no evidence of premeditation and carries a minimum sentence of ten years in prison and a maximum of 25.
The minimum prison sentence will be three years, according to Abu Dhabi-based newspaper, The National.
Questioning the integrity of the king would carry a minimum prison sentence of 10 years, according to Amnesty.
Their lawyers are asking the court to set a minimum term sentence instead.
Because a determinate prisoner is released at the half way point in his sentence, a life sentence with a minimum term is the equivalent of a determinate sentence of double that length.
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At an earlier hearing, he was given an indeterminate sentence for a minimum of six years for the latest crime, to run concurrently with his life sentence.
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Anwar was given a minimum 23-year sentence for the killing in 2008 of Sanam Navsarka.
But the judge said because they were found in association with drug activity, she had to impose a minimum five-year sentence.
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The bill would allow federal judges to bypass federal mandatory minimum sentences if the sentence is too lengthy or if it simply does not fit the crime.
Home Secretary Theresa May used newly-introduced powers which allow foreign prisoners who have served the minimum part of their sentence to be deported if they have no right to remain in the country.
Mairead's husband, Mick Philpott, is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 15 years.
Megrahi was serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years after being convicted in 2001.
Betteridge's three-year minimum term in his indeterminate sentence came to an end in December 2008 without a Parole Board review having taken place.
Remanding Cavan into custody, the judge adjourned fixing the minimum tariff until pre-sentence probation reports, psychiatric reports and a victim impact statement have been compiled.
Owen was given an indeterminate sentence with a minimum term of three years but he later challenged this and was given a six-year jail term instead.
Mr Cortiglia has pledged to introduce free weekend travel on the Underground and a minimum five-year prison sentence for knife crime if elected mayor on 3 May.
Barton, whose brother is Manchester City footballer Joey Barton, and Taylor face a mandatory life sentence and the minimum tariff for racially motivated murders is 30 years.
Baby Peter's 27-year-old mother was given an indefinite sentence with a minimum term of five years at the Old Bailey in May after pleading guilty to causing or allowing her son's death.
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