11.  Russo said Mashkow did not claim membership in ELF and hoped that his remorse would allow him to avoid jail time.

12.  She apparently managed to avoid serious time behind bars, records show.

13.  Sources familiar with the investigation said authorities were told he boasted about killing McLaughlin to avoid prison time on gun and drug charges.

14.  Such a plea would help him to avoid jail time, said sources familiar with the investigation.

15.  They have no bus money and, with the heavy security, it is nearly impossible to jump the trains and avoid jail time.

16.  Two weeks after he was charged, Warrick pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, and he avoided jail time in his sentence.

17.  Pleading guilty to the one-count misdemeanor plea would enable Deutch to avoid prison time and would eliminate the threat of a criminal indictment on felony charges.

18.  But for assisting the government with its investigation into other real estate flipping cases, Foreman avoided jail time.

19.  But the fourth-placed club needed a goal just before the final whistle by former German international Olaf Marschall to avoid extra time.

20.  Defense attorneys repeatedly attacked the government witnesses as confessed criminals who will say or do anything to avoid jail time.