Sentence examples for convictions received from inspiring English sources

Years earlier, at Alcatraz, he had written an appeal that went all the way to the Supreme Court in which he successfully argued that a judge could not, at sentencing, take into account prior convictions received when the defendant lacked counsel.

In the last month, however, my convictions received a jolt.

Actor Robert Downey Jr., who spent time behind bars in the late 1990s on drug convictions, received a Christmas Eve pardon from Gov. Jerry Brown, effectively removing a black mark from the movie star's checkered past.

Those guidelines suggested Phillips, who had previous criminal convictions, receive 18 to 24 months, and Peace 12 to 18.

After a 2007 High Court ruling overturning a requirement that homicide convictions receive the death penalty was followed by years of inaction, the courts in February 2015 had suddenly begun holding resentencing hearings for people who had been languishing on death row, sometimes for decades.

The news of Turing's conviction received no national attention.

After an Illinois inmate who was serving a 15-month sentence for a drug conviction received a $31,690 settlement for his mother's death, he was forced to pay the state nearly $20,000 for the cost of his imprisonment, leaving him nearly destitute when he was paroled in 2015.

Those who voted for conviction received expressions of approval while those who stood for acquittal reported 'threats.' " After which the Journal gave the names and addresses (of considerable convenience, I imagine, to anonymous letter writers) of two of the pro-acquittal jurors.

He was arrested on April 9 with the ransom cash in his possession, and after trial and conviction, received a 45-year sentence.

As Joshua Rozenberg points out (Defendants should be allowed to waive their right to trial by jury, theguardian.com, 18 June), Sir Brian Leveson suggests reform to the system of appealing against a criminal conviction or sentence received in a magistrates court.

Written by Oren Neeman and adapted by Ami Dayan and Mark J. Williams, "Conviction," receiving its New York premiere at 59E59 Theaters, takes the form of a long confession by that priest, Andrés González (Mr. Dayan).