21.   It is believed to the first time a life sentence has been given for a crime committed at so young an age.

22.   It seems, Bisbort said, that people who have been given death sentences have time to prepare their thoughts and articulate them better.

23.   Jurors in the Yolanda Saldivar murder trial announced Wednesday evening they were deadlocked over what sentence to give the convicted killer of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla Perez.

24.   No one on either side of the debate is arguing that violent drug dealers should be given lesser sentences or that drugs should be legalized.

25.   Nor is it a sure thing that a tough sentence will be given in Supreme Court.

26.   Nor could the judges stop giving jail sentences even if they wanted to.

27.   Prosecutors asked the jury to give harshest sentence allowed by law.

28.   Several high-ranking government officials were given suspended sentences in that investigation.

29.   Several high-ranking government officials were given suspended sentences.

30.   Stonedale testified that she does not believe that Battaglia will pose a future danger if he is given a life sentence.