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While the charges could have meant decades of prison time, the men were sentenced to five years total behind bars, with credit for time served so far.
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Marty Roney, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The indictment charged Gorrín with conspiring to bribe Venezuelan officials, including former national treasurer Alejandro Andrade, who pleaded guilty and served prison time in the United States.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Two men who worked as couriers for an illicit delivery service that sold methamphetamine, ketamine and cocaine in the same style as popular restaurant and grocery deliver services were given sentences that did not include any prison time, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
The man convicted in the fatal 2021 attack of an older Thai man in San Francisco, which galvanized a movement against anti-Asian hate, will be able to avoid prison time, a judge ruled Thursday.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Marty Roney, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The indictment charged Gorrín with conspiring to bribe Venezuelan officials, including former national treasurer Alejandro Andrade, who pleaded guilty and served prison time in the United States.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Two men who worked as couriers for an illicit delivery service that sold methamphetamine, ketamine and cocaine in the same style as popular restaurant and grocery deliver services were given sentences that did not include any prison time, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
The man convicted in the fatal 2021 attack of an older Thai man in San Francisco, which galvanized a movement against anti-Asian hate, will be able to avoid prison time, a judge ruled Thursday.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Prison time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prison%20time. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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