11.   Abortion rights advocates would prefer to see stiffer penalties for attacks on pregnant women.

12.   Activists in Jordan have staged large public demonstrations for stiffer penalties for honor killings, changes supported by Queen Noor and Queen Rania.

13.   Advocates for stiffer penalties say repeat offenders should be removed from society.

14.   Bush also opposes including sexual orientation, along with race and gender, as categories in a hate crimes bill that could be targeted for stiffer penalties.

15.   But he advocates stiffer penalties for both, perhaps as soon as this year.

16.   But outraged families lobbied politicians for stiffer penalties, and their anger could have led to the first congressional hearing on the quality of investigations into military air crashes.

17.   But the change, she said, has little meaning in New York state, which does not allow for stiffer penalties for hate crimes.

18.   By agreeing to the charges, Holcomb will face stiffer penalties if the agency discovers he has violated securities laws again.

19.   Con artists typically are fined, their assets frozen and then are told to stop violating federal securities laws or else face stiffer penalties.

20.   Dixon said the NCAA acknowledges that it is responsible for imposing stiffer penalties and educating students.