Sentence examples for years of good behavior from inspiring English sources

That respect does not come from years of good behavior or morally superior decision-making.

After three years of good behavior, a court dismissed the charge.

The boat builder was a so-called trusty: through long years of good behavior, he had earned the right to stand with us outside the concertina wire.

That usually means that the convicted person will never be executed; after two years of good behavior, he or she might get a life sentence.

He refused, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination and bringing a constitutional lawsuit against prison officials to stop them from revoking the privileges he had earned through years of good behavior.

A self-made tycoon sentenced to death for financial fraud has been resentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, meaning her sentence will probably be changed to life after two years of good behavior.

"I've heard that most of the more important things won't be retroactive, but mainly what I'm hoping for is for the 54-day increase [the maximum credit inmates can claim per year of good behavior] so we do 85percentt instead of the 87.5percentt [of maximum sentences] we currently serve".

He is scheduled for release in March 2013, two years early because of good behavior.

The majority makes much of the fact that the arrests occurred prior to the five-year statutory period of good behavior, but that is of no consequence.

Iran would reenter the international community, as Obama suggested in an interview in December, as "a very successful regional power". A few years — probably around 10 — of good behavior and Iran would be home free.

Mr. Snelgrove remained in prison another year and a half, and was released after prison officials cut nine years off his 20-year term for a combination of good behavior, time served in the prison's least restrictive cellblock and other credits, said Chris Carden, a spokesman for the state prison system.