Elsewhere, writers have described a shrinking of sentence length in the average newspaper since the nineteen-thirties, probably because of radio.
In his excellent 2002 book Media Unlimited, Todd Gitlin noted that sentence length in newspapers, and attention in general, has been shrinking for decades.
Of those who were sentenced to immediate jail time, the average sentence length was nearly 17 months, though many have the possibility of parole.
But Mrs Jackson's lawyer said her plea deal "does not contemplate a sentence of that length".
Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.
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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.
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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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".
Instead the answer is that the length of the sentence is just one factor.
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The BBC's North America Business Reporter Michelle Fleury said the length of the sentence was unexpected.
McNeill appealed the length of his sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.
The family added the length of the sentence imposed "gives us some consolation".
Ministers say all non-EU prisoners convicted of serious drug or gun crimes are now considered for deportation, irrespective of the length of their sentence.
Some 13 European countries, however, have rules for disqualifying some prisoners depending on the crime committed or the length of the sentence.
At the Court of Appeal, lawyers for the Attorney General's Office argued the "deliberate and gratuitous violence" and "degradation and humiliation" of the crime called the length of his sentence into question.
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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.
Such a designation would again likely increase the length of any prison sentence.
The amount of money lost in financial crimes usually plays a significant role in the length of any prison sentence.
Although the length of the prison sentence for holders of lavish weddings has yet to be decided, a Marriage Fund official says that one such wedding has already been reported to them.
There appears to be a correlation to the dollar amount stolen and the length of the prison sentence, so it is unlikely that Bailey will be spending the rest of his life in prison.
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Long term offenders will continue to be monitored by the probation service for about the same length of time as their prison sentence - for example, an offender given an 18 month sentence will serve nine months in prison, and nine months on licence in the community.
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