Sentence examples for penal term for from inspiring English sources

For the Les Mis cleanskins, here's a heavily spoilerish synopsis: Jean Valjean is a convict who completes a long and cruel penal term for stealing a loaf of bread.

The treaty, the law and the penal code carry specific terms for the extradition process". Juan Pablo Badillo, who represents Guzman, said his legal team already has filed six legal appeals in an effort to delay or obstruct the extradition process.

A neat copperplate note records: "Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to extend her grace and mercy unto said Elizabeth Ann Staunton and to grant her a pardon … on condition of her being kept in penal servitude for the term of her natural life". In the event she served only six years – probably a shorter term than she would have received today.

At the start of Hilary term my second year, I was given penal collections for refusing to attend a practice examination at the college.

(He also criticised penal reformers for not being plain-spoken).

It does not have any penal consequence for you.

A 487, the penal code for grand theft.

These women came from a penal colony for repeat offenders.

When he was fifteen, he was sent to a penal colony for vagrancy.

The otryad has been the basic building block of Russian penal institutions for eight decades.

Strikers were threatened with fines of £5 a day; strike leaders, with penal servitude for life.