21.   An earlier death sentence was overturned on appeal.

22.   Ashcroft said the Justice Department would oppose efforts to overturn the sentence or force a new trial.

23.   But the state Supreme Court cited the secret taping when it overturned the sentence this year.

24.   But that sentence was overturned and a new trial ordered.

25.   Court ruling to overturn death sentence wins praise in Europe.

26.   Despite protest from members of his own party and the opposition, Cubas signed a presidential decree to overturn the sentence handed down to his former running mate.

27.   Eshed also slammed Amnesty for failing to note that the death sentence was quickly overturned by an appeals court.

28.   Havana also is trying to elicit American support to overturn prison sentences given earlier this month in Miami to five Cuban agents for espionage.

29.   He said the phrase suggests the justices ignored facts that merited overturning the sentences, which Freeman denied doing.

30.   He was twice sentenced to death, but both sentences were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, most recently last June.