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All three of those defendants will serve time in prison in exchange for other charges being dropped.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
The pair had initially fought to serve time together in the same facility.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
There are measures already in place to ensure that violent and multiple repeat offenders serve time in jail.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
Brian Brown, an attorney for Jackson-Bolanos, argued his client should not serve time for lying to police.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
The pair had initially fought to serve time together in the same facility.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
There are measures already in place to ensure that violent and multiple repeat offenders serve time in jail.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
Brian Brown, an attorney for Jackson-Bolanos, argued his client should not serve time for lying to police.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Serve time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve%20time. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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