Sentence examples for convict life from inspiring English sources

The public was interested not in the routine of convict life but in the details of strange new flora and fauna.

It begins as a picaresque account of low-life London and proceeds through the whole gamut of convict life, escape, bushrangers, and life among the Aboriginals.

This has been happening for a while in the realm of the historical docu-drama (Tasmanian-made and Irish-made stories of convict life on the island, most notably) and there have been occasional feature films.

Commissioned by the Australian Journal to write a serial about convict life, Clarke produced his masterwork, His Natural Life (also known as For the Term of His Natural Life, but the antecedent For the Term of was inserted without authority after his death), the story of Rufus Dawes, a man falsely convicted of a crime, who falls into the degradation of the convict world.

Homosexuality often attracts violence in the harsh climate of convict life, so maintaining a low profile is essential to survival.

The church does not deny government a right in principle to take a convict's life.

Convicts serving life sentences for gruesome crimes focused on their breath, much like the Buddha taught more than 2,500 years ago.

All five men now await hanging, having already served longer terms than most prisoners convicted for life, who usually serve about 14 years.

I've found some terrific source books, including a 25-cent paperback of quiz questions assembled by two Massachusetts convicts serving life sentences for murder.

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda but the bill would increase the penalty for those convicted to life in prison.

As a result, these women were harshly convicted with life sentences.