Sentence examples for jailed instead from inspiring English sources

When Rackham was captured and hung, Bonny and Read escaped the same fate when they "pleaded their bellies" (claimed they were pregnant) and were jailed instead.

Serbian prisoners, while protesting living conditions in the jails, also want to be included in any amnesty and say those close to the ousted government of Slobodan Milosevic should be jailed instead.

During a meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Zapatero also rejected a demand from Iñigo Urkullu, the leader of the Basque PNV nationalist party, for the Madrid government to make some concessions to ETA ahead of the election, notably allowing convicted ETA members scattered across Spanish prisons to be jailed instead within the Basque country.

Since Mr. Schiff already owes millions of dollars in taxes, the government says fining him would be insignificant and has asked that he be jailed instead and that two associates of his, Cindy Neun and Larry Cohen, each be fined $5,000 a day until they, too, comply with the injunction.

We needed more habitable jails instead.

Women abused by their husbands or families too often end up in jail instead of their abusers.

Rather, it has sent lots of non-serious offenders to county jails instead of state prisons (a policy called "realignment").

The New York City police are cracking down on peaceful demonstrators by requiring a night in jail instead of a summons.

That Farc members responsible for war crimes go to jail instead of having a secure place on the senate.

If found guilty, Ms. Gu could face the death penalty, though most party insiders predict she will go to jail instead.

Spending years in jail instead of prison is an increasing possibility now, as California carries out the most far-reaching overhaul of its criminal justice system in decades.