Sentence examples for escape sentencing from inspiring English sources

Last September, more than 31 years after he fled Los Angeles to escape sentencing, he was arrested in Zurich by Swiss authorities pending possible extradition to the United States.

But supporters of Mr. Polanski have said that this has been true many times since he fled the United States in 1978 to escape sentencing in a sex-crimes case involving a 13-year-old girl.

Moreover, parolees routinely escape sentences for their newly committed crimes by volunteering to "get rolled up" and returned to prison for six months for violating their previous sentence.

Earlier this year, Roxanna Saberi, an American journalist working in Iran was accused of espionage and detained narrowly escaped sentencing due to the rallying of the international community.

They arrested Maggie Jourdan, but she escaped sentence.

Escaping sentence after his case was dropped at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution (1917), he was in favour with the new regime and was appointed professor of philosophy at Moscow University in 1920.

Two others, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, have refused legal counsel and asked to become prosecution witnesses, which could allow them to escape harsher sentencing.

He may escape jail: sentences will be decided only at the end of the case.

Even when such cases are investigated, the killers often escape prison sentences.

OTHERS GET SWIFT JUSTICE Nineteen Plead Guilty, Hoping to Escape Heavy Sentences In Drive Against Crime.

Even if they lose their appeal it is thought that both will escape prison sentences in favour of a fine.