Sentence examples for been given a sentence from inspiring English sources

The music producer Phil Spector has today been given a sentence of 19 years to life in prison for the murder of the Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson in 2003.

"All those watching her being killed should have been given a sentence," said Shamsullah Ahmadzai, the head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission office for the Kabul region.

Since then, officials have established that Owino is in fact being held in prison in Guangzhou and has been given a sentence of execution which has been suspended for two years pending a review of her case.

"He has been given a sentence that will keep him out of society for the rest of his life and denials, at this point, will not help him". .

Instead of serving 2.5 years in prison followed by a hugely successful acting career, Allen would have been given a sentence of life without parole.

"Lei Zhengfu was given a sentence of 13 years.

He was given a sentence of life plus eight years.

Meanwhile, only a fifth of cases were given a sentence.

Of those, 49 were given a sentence of less than three months; one person was given a sentence of somewhere between three and six months.

Sollecito was given a sentence of 25 years in the original trial.

Scott Peters, who was turning 28 the next day, was given a sentence of 25 to 50 years.