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The Raleigh News & Observer first reported that the plea agreement would have resulted in prison time.
The original charge carried a possible sentence of five years, but misdemeanors do not usually result in prison time.
In Prison Time, he describes walking in on a young man being forced to fellate another prisoner, an act considered rape in several states and many countries.
In State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and accepted a sentence of 7 to 21 years in prison, time he had already served.
In Georgia, some counties try indigent defendants in nonfelony cases without providing lawyers, even when a conviction may result in prison time -- a direct violation of Gideon.
Several people close to the case have said he refused to strike any bargain with prosecutors that might result in prison time for his father, who is 80.
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Mr. Sousa, 41, had spent a fourth of his life in prisons, time he considered a respite from "the lash of addiction".
A $39 million investigation ultimately resulted in zero prison time.
But ultimately, a plea bargain resulted in no prison time for the defendants.
I was blessed that my time in prison was time well spent.
In addition to prison time, Sharper was fined $20,000.
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