Example Sentences
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He was told he should "be alive" to the prospect of a whole life sentence when he is sentenced by Mr Justice Pushpinder Saini on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Last month a Saudi psychiatrist and anti-Islam activist, Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, was sentenced to life in prison for that attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
In October 2023, Truelove pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of destruction of property in Virginia and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein was sentenced to six years in prison for tax evasion and mortgage fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
That figure, of course, does not include the thousands who avoid prison but are arrested, convicted, and sentenced to jail or probation.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
