Under our law, there is only one sentence which I can impose in respect of charge two, namely life imprisonment, and I sentence you to life imprisonment.
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It nonetheless hastily convened a mercy commission, which commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
It was virtually a career-ending sentence which Shostakovich only averted by a painful adjustment of his style.
He had been released early from his latest prison sentence which was not due to expire until July this year.
More worrying, one passage reproduces verbatim a sentence which appears in a draft document Mr D'Antona had been working on.
Previously, Ellis admitted affray and received a suspended sentence which has been activated after he failed to comply with another order.
They also read out statements from the victims, which can influence sentence.
"There is literally one sentence which divides us and surely we can thrash that out while employees are back in work earning money and carrying out their duties as normal, " said Mr Le Blanc.
On February 15th Vyacheslav Lebedev, chairman of Russia's Supreme Court, suggested reviving an old Soviet practice under which a maximum sentence for a person charged with different crimes should not exceed the sentence attached to the most serious charge: in Mr Khodorkovsky's case, nine years.
He faces a third count of conspiring to transmit that information, which carries a maximum sentence of five years.
In 1992 Mr Tucker reduced Mr Dumond's life sentence, which allowed for parole.
The judge said his crimes merited a nine-year sentence, which he would cut to seven years following his guilty plea.
U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell issued the sentence, which is sending a loud and clear message of deterrence to Wall Street.
Through his attorney, Daniel Gotlin, Minor offered to plead guilty to a manslaughter charge, which carried a maximum sentence of 15 years.
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"This is not a return to offending at any level comparable to the offence which brought the original sentence, " said Mr Collins.
The two murder convictions both carry a life sentence, which in Tennessee means Lowe will serve a mandatory 51 years in prison.
His center has been closed and he was targeted in a lawsuit that resulted in a one-year jail sentence, which he's now appealing.
There is a possibility that the case could be referred to a higher court which could impose a sentence of up to four years.
On June 27th Mr Gribkowsky was found guilty in Munich of receiving corrupt payments, and given a prison sentence, which he is now appealing.
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It argues that the indefinite nature of a life sentence - which may or may not involve a life behind bars - is unfair and incomprehensible.
The suspect was expected to make an initial appearance before a federal judge Monday on the charge, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Dr Kevorkian, whose medical licence was suspended long ago, was also convicted of delivering a controlled substance, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
The soldier, who said he was given the gun as a present while serving in Iraq, was originally given an 18-month sentence, which was later reduced to 12 months and suspended.
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The parents of a student who was stabbed in the heart as he walked to meet his girlfriend said they have "started a life sentence from which we will never be released".
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The trio's legal team had argued that any sentence under which the offender's rehabilitation cannot lead to a review of release breaches articles three, five and seven of the European Convention on Human Rights.
As Carr observes in a sentence in which the passive voice is used, "a question has been raised whether the news media have done their job in keeping the American public informed" about the drone program.
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Judge Lind refused a defence request to reduce any sentence by 10 days for every day of his nearly nine months of being held with excessive treatment - which would have reduced any sentence by more than seven years, the UK's Guardian newspaper reported.
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These are factors that can add on to the base offense level, which results in a higher sentence.
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