• be jailed for life – садиться пожизненно
• be jailed for ten years – садиться на десять лет
См. также: be without prejudice to, be on a tight budget, be late, be an hour late
Therefore, no citizen can be jailed, but for a limited time as a pre-trial restriction measure, before all the appeals have been exhausted. (Four Criminal Procedure Case Studies in Comparative Perspective: China - Italy - Russia - U.S.A. by Marco Fabri)
