Sentence examples for has a maximum term of from inspiring English sources

They also acquitted him of two weapons charges: illegal possession of a gun, which has a maximum term of 10 years, and pointing it toward Mr. Christofi, which has an maximum term of 18 months.

He would be jailed under the terms of the law at the time of the assaults, which date between the late 1960s and 1985, meaning each offence has a maximum term of between two and 10 years.

Ms. Stengel and Ms. Martin said the jury was deadlocked -- eight to four in favor of acquittal -- on the other shooting charge, reckless manslaughter, which has a maximum term of 10 years.

The one difference by which apprenticeship was distinguished from slavery was that it had a maximum term of 14 years – and in fact apprentices were generally freed a lot sooner.

Had Mr. Mohamed been convicted at trial, he would have faced a maximum term of life in prison.

The women could have received a maximum term of 48 years for what Steve Jensen, a prosecutor, described as a "tortuous cruelty of a sickening and depraved nature".

The women could have received a maximum term of 48 years for what Steve Jensen, a prosecutor, described as a "tortuous cruelty of a sickening and depraved nature". But in sentencing them to the minimum punishment, Judge Jane Tidball of Jefferson County District Court, in Golden, said neither of the women, Connell Watkins, 54, and Julie Ponder, 40, intended to harm the girl, Candace Newmaker.

First, it showed that Parliament no longer considered its previous statutes unassailable, as it provided for a maximum parliamentary term of seven years, whereas the Triennial Act (1694) (enacted less than a quarter of a century previously) had provided for a maximum term of three years.

This principle is governed in part by a key feature of the Norwegian sentencing system, which has no life sentences and stipulates a maximum term of 21 years.

In the past, benefit cheats have often been pursued under specific social security legislation which carries a maximum term of seven years.

The artist had faced a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a maximum term of supervised release of one year.