Sentence examples for earned time from inspiring English sources

Benson's lawyer, Sam Bassett, said the 28-year-old Benson earned time off his sentence by mopping floors and helping on paint crews.

Due to the extreme situation, scheduled employees will not be expected to use earned time during the duration of this emergency.

John Foreman would not comment on the case Wednesday, but his lawyer, Erik B. Wallin, said the Foreman family wanted state lawmakers to alter the earned time law so that it no longer applied to violent offenders.

Jason's father, John Foreman, has threatened to kill Mr. Woodmansee if he is set free, and others have planned a rally at the Rhode Island Statehouse to protest the so-called earned time law.

Two months after he was rejected for parole, he was released by the State Department of Correctional Services in March, before his term was up, because he had earned time off for good behavior, said Tom Grant, a spokesman for the Parole Division.

Spanish courts originally sentenced Troitiño to more than 2,700 years imprisonment, but he was released in 2011 after serving 24 years because the constitutional limit on serving time when he was first jailed was 30 years, and he had earned time off for good behaviour.

Nassau County workers earned time-and-a-half for the first 12 hours of the storm, at $40 an hour, and then $80 an hour for each subsequent hour.

Crew members earn time and a half, Mr. Doherty said.

Completing homework without complaint might earn time on a Gameboy.

"We don't earn time because I think there is six or seven lets during a match," he said.

The Intel contest is the premier science competition for high school students, so all semifinalists earn time in the spotlight.