He was charged with embezzlement and breach of trust last April; the verdict is due in February, and prosecutors are calling for a six-year jail term.
Together they carry a maximum jail term of 150 years, leaving the 70-year-old "Monster Mensch" all but certain to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Last year, five miners received jail terms of between one to three years for damaging a portion of the Ming Dynasty wall while using heavy machinery.
It is the longest jail term handed down for insider trading, and would have been longer except for Mr Rajaratnam's advanced diabetes, which the judge took into consideration.
An American journalist jailed in Iran was freed Monday and reunited with her parents after an appeals court reduced her 8-year jail term to a suspended 2-year sentence.
Lohan, 24, is due to start her jail term in Lynwood, California, today.
A New York teenager narrowly avoided a 25-year jail term for armed robbery thanks to a Facebook status update he posted about pancakes, his lawyer said on Thursday.
The police claimed to Zhang that he would face a lengthy jail term if he didn't pay the fine.
When convictions occur, they lead to long jail terms; and pre-trial detention can last for years.
Ms Sharmila, who has been serially arrested for trying to kill herself-a crime carrying a maximum one-year jail term in india-is an image of their suffering.
On November 4th a military tribunal sentenced 14 soldiers to long jail terms for a checkpoint shooting that killed five women and children in 2007.
He was charged with one count of arson causing death, which carries a maximum 25-year jail term, and one count of intentionally starting a fire, which carries a 15-year term.
The 3 and 1/2-year jail term of Huang's wife, Du Juan, was reduced to 3 years with a 3-year reprieve.
