hard time("hard" в данном случае подчёркивает "реальный" срок в тюрьме или колонии в противоположность времени, проведённому в СИЗО или ИВС: He had merely been fined before, but now was sentenced to 90 days' hard time in the county jail.dictionary.comLernos)
rest of his life(His freedom was about to come to an end. He was sure that he would be "grounded" for the "rest of his life".Его свободе наступал конец.Он был уверен,что получит пожизненный срок.Rust71)