Sentence examples for penitentiary term from inspiring English sources

July 21 , 2015— A 33-year-old Sarnia man is handed a six-year penitentiary term for selling prescription painkillers worth $22,000 on the street.

This motion was also overruled; and the defendant was then sentenced, upon the conviction, under one of the indictments, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of five years, and, upon the conviction under the other indictment, to a like imprisonment for the term of two years following the expiration of the previous imprisonment.

In these prisons, those who committed crimes could be penitents — hence the term "penitentiary" — then re-enter society as changed people.

The motion in arrest of judgment was overruled, and the defendants were sentenced to imprisonment in a penitentiary for the term of five years.

2. When the instrument is a public instrument, with imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten years, besides which a fine of from 150 to 6,000 marks may be imposed.

Cells were designed to isolate prisoners from all human contact, under the assumption that anyone left completely alone with their crimes would become penitent – hence the new term "penitentiary".

The dungeon eventually became a "hole" for solitary confinement, modeled on Pennsylvania's Quaker-inspired system in which isolation was viewed as a path to reflection and penitence (thus the term "penitentiary").

The final one is rehabilitation--providing the offender an opportunity to better himself through education, reflection (think of the origin of the term "penitentiary"), and other experiences associated with a sentence.

The following will be checked during the background investigation: If the candidate has been convicted or has been pardoned of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for a term of one year or more, including convictions of Class 1 Misdemeanors.

"Equal and exact justice would have taken this officer's life; but imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a long term of years, his loss of rank and position — if that imprisonment be without hope of pardon, as it should be — would be almost an equal example".

When the bank Dyott had established failed, he was sentenced to a short term in the penitentiary.