In the US, up to five, although most penalties are in the form of fines.
Under US laws, a criminal copyright infringement could get you up to 6 years in prison for a first offense and 10 years for any subsequent offense, but you could also be charged with 1,000 simultaneous offenses, meaning (in theory) 6,000 years for your first offense.
It varies from country to country; in the US, the maximum jail time is 5 years.
Most infringement cases are resolved with fines instead of prison sentences.
Madoff got 150 years in jail.
The maximum he could receive would be to serve the remainder of his sentence in jail - UNLESS - the probation violation involved committing a new offense. Then, if convicted for that crime too, he could also serve the sentence for that crime in addition.
He In jail for about 10 to 20 years
He was in jail for 9999 years (he got very brored)
The number of people who go to jail for plagiarism is relatively low. Plagiarism is typically considered an ethical or academic violation rather than a criminal offense. However, in cases where plagiarism involves copyright infringement on a large scale or for financial gain, legal action may be taken which could result in criminal penalties.
If it is Kidnapping in the first degree in violation of P.L. 135.25, the sentencing possibilities are an indeterminite sentence with the minimum time in jail being a sentence of between 15 and 25 years, and the maximum expiration being life in prison. Meaning you can get somewhere between "15-life" and "25-life." If it is Kidnapping in the second degree in violation of P.L. 135.20, and you have no prior felony convictions, it will be a determinite sentence of between 5 and 25 years.
There is no provision for prison sentences; the law restricts punishment to fines of not more than $2,500 per incident.
7 years
About two years