21.   President Boris Yeltsin on Friday signed into law a bill aimed at keeping convicted criminals from gaining influence in parliamentary elections set for December.

22.   The leaders of separatist Chechnya on Sunday welcomed the decision to set up militias, saying it would help keep criminals out of Chechnya.

23.   The vast majority think keeping the death penalty will keep criminals in line.

24.   White collar criminals are kept in maximum security prisons if sentenced to five years or more.

25.   Yeltsin recently signed into law a bill aimed at keeping convicted criminals from gaining influence in the upcoming elections.

26.   They said those identified as criminals would be kept in Italian jails until the situation in Albania improves.