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Example sentences for: jail

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For starters, Hoodlum elevates Johnson's importance at the expense of Stephanie St. Clair, a k a Madame Queen (Cicely Tyson), an immigrant from Martinique who became a numbers millionaire, and for whom Johnson went to work after his release from jail.
Now Archer is disgraced and faces the prospect of even going to jail for perjury and conspiracy.
The New York Times runs this inside, leading instead with the trend in many states to aggressively enforce truancy laws that threaten parents with fines and jail time.
In describing the tattooed cross Haldeen Braddy is of the opinion that each ray jetting out from the cross represented a six-month stay in jail.
The reason politicians won't be honest about their marijuana use is simple: If they admitted they had enjoyed pot and suffered no adverse effects, this would raise uncomfortable questions about why they don't come out against laws that put people in jail and confiscate their property for doing the same thing.