Sentence examples for as imprisonment from inspiring English sources

The NT prison system is under strain as imprisonment rates have increased by 64% in the last 10 years – more than any other state or territory.

They note that the Koran makes no mention of stoning, and believe that lighter punishments, such as imprisonment or fine, can be considered.

Since then, the US, closely followed by Britain, has fought wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and adopted procedures formerly associated with police states, such as imprisonment without trial, rendition, torture and domestic espionage.

The committee's merciless and illegal treatment of the hapless general entailed unofficial allegations of treason, as well as imprisonment for six months — much of it in solitary confinement — without formal charges or legal representation.

"Ready to Run," from "Fly" (1999), for example, depicts domesticity as imprisonment: "When my momma says I look good in white, I'm gonna be ready this time, oh yeah — ready, ready, ready, ready... ready to run".

And modern British drama has few more powerful scenes than the climax in which Archie is left alone on a bare stage to tell one last story as imprisonment beckons.

Both face up to a year's imprisonment as well as fines.

Members of the commission based their investigation on testimony from 233 victims of torture and imprisonment, as well as witnesses.

Must journalists endure the threat of imprisonment as well as the threat of death or serious injury?

The most serious offenders could get life imprisonment as well as a fine of 20m shillings for killing endangered species.

"I've tried to make this picture of imprisonment as distressing as it is in reality," writes Lyon in the preface.