Sentence examples for offences received from inspiring English sources

The person arrested with him and charged with the same offences received a 10-year prison sentence, despite having prior arrests related to drug trafficking.

In 1994 Congress introduced a "safety-valve", which allowed judges to ignore mandatory minimums for certain non-violent informants, but its stringent terms disqualify most people convicted of drug-related offences.Drug offenders are nearly half of all federal prisoners, and most people convicted of federal drug offences received mandatory-minimum sentences.

Just over 40 years ago the Sexual Offences bill received Royal Assent and became an act of law.

He pleaded guilty to a Level 1 offence and received a formal reprimand from the match referee Roshan Mahanama.

Winston's solicitor, Rory Mac Neice, spoke of his "great concern" that he had asked the panel to explain how such a ban could be proportionate to the offence, but received no reply.

It would allow an MP to be recalled if he or she was convicted of an offence and received a sentence of less than 12 months (MPs are already disqualified from parliament if they are jailed for longer than 12 months).

For his second offence he received an eight-year ban, reduced to four on appeal, and returned to racing in 2010.

Eleven staff were subsequently convicted of offences, six receiving jail terms.

Under the IRB tariff system "low-end" offences can receive four weeks, while top-end punishment can range from 11 to 52 weeks.

Persons convicted of Liquor Act offences can receive a criminal conviction (Queensland Government, 2010).

The court also heard that Mr Goodman and Mr Mulcaire were both convicted of phone hacking offences and both received prison sentences.