Elsewhere, writers have described a shrinking of sentence length in the average newspaper since the nineteen-thirties, probably because of radio.
In short, Cain follows the Alice-in-Wonderland rule of sentence first, trial later.
It's all about what color you are, and what you're selling, and where you're selling it that determines the kind of sentence you get.
On Monday, the Swiss said that the US authorities simply had not clarified the issue of length of sentence and therefore had not made a convincing case for extradition.
Now that translates rather amusingly, Richard III is rhyming slang for bird, bird is prison slang for length of sentence - what it means is don't do your sentence twice over.
No length of sentence will ever bring my son back, but at least Telford is off the streets and it will save some other mother going through what we have been through.
The mother of one of the girls said the length of sentence was "disgusting" because her daughter would have to live with it for the "rest of her life" and the whole family was under a "dark cloud".
"The jury verdict form does not indicate the number of jurors who voted for a sentence of life or the number of jurors, if any, who voted for a sentence of death, " Adams said.
In the case of a determinate sentence, a prisoner is generally entitled to be released from prison on licence having served a specified percentage of his sentence.
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"In the meantime, the execution of death sentence of four convicts shall remain stayed, " said a panel including Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice AR Dave and Justice Vikramajit Sen.
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It is rarely the case that a prisoner is released on licence immediately upon the expiry of the punishment part of his sentence, and indeed a prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment may never be released from prison.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow and West | Lord Menzies sentence statement
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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He was freed by the Court of Appeal after serving 16 days of the sentence because of "exceptional" mitigation relating to his community work.
My understanding is that Jeffrey still feels quite a deep sense of resentment about various matters, such as the length of the sentence and maybe the result of his trial - that's why he appealed, unsuccessfully, against both sentence and conviction.
If the sentence is upheld, he can still avoid serving prison time by demanding a suspension of the sentence (normally allowed for prison terms of under three years).
McNeill appealed the length of his sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.
Under the extended part of the sentence, a number of conditions can be attached before Wemyss is released on licence.
Rajab's lawyer told CNN he would file an appeal of the sentence after the end of Ramadan holiday next week.
After the passing of the sentence, the family of Gaby said there was "no right or wrong" in the decision taken.
Inside the newsroom, her schoolteacherlike way of elongating words and drawing out the last word of each sentence is a subject of endless conversation and expert mimicry.
Mr Allister said the bill would mean those who had a record of a prison sentence of five years or more would no longer be able to apply for such a role.
Another federal judge in California ordered a man, Gonzalez Rogers, to read books and write book reports as part of his sentence related to charges of attempting to sell grenade launchers.
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Italian national Restivo, 40, has been allowed to go to Italy under a temporary surrender procedure with the guarantee he will be returned to the UK to serve the rest of his sentence for mother-of-two Mrs Barnett's murder, regardless of the outcome of the Italian proceedings.
He served 27 years of his sentence and was released early from prison on the grounds of good behaviour.
" He asserts that "the context of the sentence as written was the late 1940s, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, not the entire Cold War, as strongly implied in letters and memorandums circulated in the Senate.
If he is given a prison sentence following a U.S. trial, he would return to England to complete the rest of his sentence there before flying back to be imprisoned in the United States.
Perjury and perverting the course of justice carry a maximum sentence of seven years and life respectively.
It aims to ban those convicted of an offence carrying a sentence of five years or more from holding the post of special adviser to a Stormont minister.
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