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Despite noting the couple violated the public’s trust and that the husband lied on the witness stand, a federal judge on Wednesday gave the Wades strikingly lenient sentences: three years of probation for Carolyn, including 90 days of home confinement, and 90 days of prison time for Tracy.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
But one case with a connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol remains, and the Texas woman involved still faces the prospect of prison time.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2025
In 2024, another court case held rapper Young Thug at the mercy of the State of Atlanta, all while coming to a plea deal that granted the rapper fifteen years of probation instead of actual prison time.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
In seeking prison time, prosecutors are citing interviews with four women who Stephen Shipps taught years earlier while a professor at the elite UNC arts campus.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
But one case with a connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol remains, and the Texas woman involved still faces the prospect of prison time.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2025
In 2024, another court case held rapper Young Thug at the mercy of the State of Atlanta, all while coming to a plea deal that granted the rapper fifteen years of probation instead of actual prison time.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
In seeking prison time, prosecutors are citing interviews with four women who Stephen Shipps taught years earlier while a professor at the elite UNC arts campus.
—Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Prison time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20time. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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