They traded their houses for the big house.

"That's one lock he won't be able to pick for ten years." (referring to a lock-picking house burglar who received ten to 20 years in prison, as reported in Reader's Digest, February 1996.)

Instead of living on a 130 acre farm making millions, he'll be living in an 8 by 8 cell making license plates.

It was a great sentence. He will die in prison.

His parole officer hasn't been born yet.

The wrong decision in this case could be a fatal one.