Sentence examples for was initially sentenced to from inspiring English sources
Brown was initially sentenced to a year of domestic violence counseling.
He was initially sentenced to death for apostasy but was released from jail in September.
The elder Hammond was initially sentenced to three months in prison and his son to a year and a day.
He was initially sentenced to life in prison but the supreme court increased the sentence to death on appeal.
Not among the better-known dissidents, he was initially sentenced to three years for "disrespecting authority", increased to 25 after he took part in prison protests.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was arrested in 2002 for alleged involvement in a bomb attack in Chengu, the capital of Sichuan province, and was initially sentenced to death.
Mr Fahmy and fellow Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were initially sentenced to serve between seven to 10 years, over allegations they spread lies to aid the Muslim Brotherhood.
No permits were granted, however, and in one case two elderly women who had applied to protest were initially sentenced to reeducation by labour, though this sentence was later canceled.
The three journalists – Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed, and Mohamed Fahmy, whom Clooney represents – were initially sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail last June by the controversial Egyptian judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata.
When 14 members of the Sisterhood were initially sentenced to 11 years in prison [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/07/egypt-frees-21-female-protesters] for protesting last winter, it was not just the severity of the jail terms that raised eyebrows: it was that they were in the streets at all.
"They said: 'Does the report criticise the army, the judiciary, or the government?' We said: 'Well, yes.' They said: 'Well then, you're risking arrest.'" The journalists Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Fahmy were initially sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail in June 2014.
