Sentence examples for of getting locked up from inspiring English sources

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Moynihan has yet to be sentenced, but when in the witness box he said he exaggerated his crimes to cops in hopes of getting locked up for ten years.

I was as scared of standing up in front of a room full of people as I was of getting locked up.

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Every day brought a new story of someone getting locked up or killed.  .

At the time I talked to him, his only chance of not getting locked up for at least five years was threatening to sue the cops for pulling his pants down on a street corner.

"I can't see him backing down," he said, before explaining his frustration about the "conservative interpretation" of the offense-breach of the peace-that Stephen keeps getting locked up for.

"I'm just tired of rich white people smoking pot with impunity and poor kids and black kids getting locked up because of it," Steves said.

"I can't see him backing down," he said, before explaining his frustration about the "conservative interpretation" of the offence - breach of the peace - that Stephen keeps getting locked up for.

In their discussions with Mr. Hynes, Ms. Hughes and Ms. Fabi drew upon a growing body of knowledge that suggests that women are getting locked up these days faster than ever, and that many times, their children are paying the price.

The two charts show that women are getting locked up for some of the same reasons as men.

And I don't want to get locked up for the rest of my life".

Getting locked up has also been found to increase the odds of future incarceration.

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