Sentence examples for serve the time from inspiring English sources

If convicted and sentenced to prison, Mr. Gabriele will serve the time in an Italian prison, because the Vatican does not have one.

In addition, if Mr. Hicks were convicted and sentenced to a jail term, American officials would consider letting him serve the time in an Australian prison.

He was scheduled to serve the time at the Sussex County Juvenile Detention Center in Frankford, The Star-Ledger reported yesterday.

Caroline Starmer, 28, was told that she avoided being imprisoned "by a whisker" as she was given an eight month suspended sentence, meaning that if she violates conditions in the next two years she will serve the time.

As the county supervisor who pressed for the ordinance, Jeff Stone, likes to put it: "You do the crime, you will serve the time, and now you will also pay the dime".

A graduate student charged in the car crash that killed the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was sentenced to five days in jail, but a judge recommended he serve the time on a supervised work program.

Just serving the time isn't enough.

He served the time with a certain flair, in a wallpapered cell, entertaining visitors daily.

The court, however, immediately released the executives, Yakov Goldovsky and Yevgeny Kovshits, because they had already served the time during the trial.

An additional 148 prisoners will become eligible for release once they have served the time prescribed by the new law.

"Luke has served the time deemed appropriate by the judicial system and that chapter is now closed.