Jeffs will serve his prison terms consecutively and would not be eligible for parole until 2070.

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The new ruling, in a second appeal, means Mr Lim will serve two concurrent 18-month prison terms, and as a result will lose his seat in Parliament.

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Court officials failed to notify the state Department of Corrections that Ebel was supposed to serve two consecutive four-year terms for assaulting a prison guard, so the department let him out early.

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