Sentence examples for a possible jail term from inspiring English sources

If convicted, he faces a possible jail term of up to 20 years.

Those charges carry a possible jail term of up to seven years".

Mr. Terlinden faces a possible jail term if he does not testify by April 6.

Nevertheless, Pistorius returned to his uncle's home on Thursday night with a possible jail term still hanging over him.

The government's decision to charge her came as a "shock", she recalled, and she faced a possible jail term.

The charge carries a possible jail term of up to five years, but there were indications that a plea agreement was in the works.

The resulting bank fraud charge carries a longer possible jail term than the insider trading charges.

"This resolution will give Alexis closure and the ability to move on immediately, without a lengthy trial and possible jail term," Ms. Sussman said.

The ordinance states "no person shall sit, lie or sleep in or upon any street, sidewalk or public way" under threat of a $1,000 fine and possible jail term of up to six months.

The council said asking magistrates to impose conditional discharge sentences - requiring parents to co-operate with the authority or face a return to court and possible jail term - has been much more successful than handing out fines.

Amends the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to increase the possible jail term for refusal to provide an encryption key from two years to up to five years and amends the same act extend the maximum period that intercept warrants can be issued for.