11.   Maybe we need to go back to the days when a jury decided guilt and a judge handed down the sentence.

12.   MSNBC had background stories and other pieces ready to go as soon as the judge handed down her verdict.

13.   Nevertheless, the judge did hand the defense a rare, important victory by allowing her testimony later.

14.   The judge handed her a tissue.

15.   The judge handed him a fresh battery from the two-month supply that Bodek had provided her.

16.   The judges handed down their arrest order after a brief conference, not explaining how they had chosen the five officers they ordered arrested.

17.   The judge handed the office to Joe Carollo, the incumbent who had lost to Suarez.

18.   A provincial Supreme Court judge handed down a decision that stated the law preventing same-sex couples from adopting was unconstitutional and discriminated against all unmarried couples.

19.   After the judge handed down the verdict, friends and family of the defendants began to cry.

20.   But since the defendants were young and wanted to continue their studies, the judges handed out lighter sentences.