Sentence examples for be sentenced to less from inspiring English sources

Experts believe Stewart will be sentenced to less than five years in prison - possibly around 18 months.

NEWARK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday upheld the corruption convictions of Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, and his onetime mistress, but indicated that Mr. James probably would be sentenced to less than the 15- to 20-year prison term that prosecutors are seeking.

He was sentenced to less than four years in jail.

Roca had faced up to 30 years in prison, but was sentenced to less than half that.

The eventual Recall Act which did pass gave local parties the power to oust an MP if they are sentenced to less than 12 months in prison.

Had he remained an MP and been sentenced to less than 12 months, he would have been entitled to stay on in the Commons.

People convicted of misdemeanors are sentenced to less than a year in local jails, while people convicted of felonies are sentenced to a year or more in state prison.

In an effort to promote rehabilitation, which is the principle focus of the Chinese juvenile system, the sealing of juvenile criminal records will also be applied nationwide for those who have been sentenced to less than five years' imprisonment.

Mr. Polanski's team may do so by arguing either that his crime does not qualify for extradition, because he was originally to have been sentenced to less than a year in prison, or that he has already effectively served his sentence, during a 42-day psychiatric evaluation.

Technically if an MP is sentenced to less than 12 months there is no compulsion to resign – it's only when the sentence is indefinite or for more than one year that the seat becomes vacant – but in reality the constituency party, and local and national public opinion, will make it impossible for them to stay.

Court records show that after his arrest, he provided so much information about his own involvement with drug trafficking, which stretched back more than a decade, and about his Pakistani suppliers, that he was sentenced to less than two years in jail and later went to Pakistan to conduct undercover surveillance operationsfor the Drug Enforcement Administration.