21. But that earlier law also contains a clause that would impose prison terms for people who traffic in material about drugs or other products that produce abortion. 22. But their similarities also show the stresses on defendants facing long prison terms. 23. But the impending changes seem to have provoked officials around the country to speed up the prosecution and sentencing to long prison terms of political dissidents. 24. But the judge declined to reduce their prison terms. 25. But they avoided prison terms for their crimes, which involved taking kickbacks from contractors and vendors who served the buildings. 26. But with polls showing that most Americans favor long prison terms for drug trafficking, attempts to persuade Congress to reconsider the laws have gone nowhere. 27. Certainly many have been ordered to die for crimes, like bribery, that would bring only brief prison terms in the West. 28. Children too easily learn that they can get away with breaking many laws, only to face long prison terms when they go too far. 29. Critics say prosecutors, for political reasons, will choose prison terms over drug treatment programs. 30. Four men named on Friday are Tunisians serving prison terms in Italy, where they were convicted of trafficking in weapons and explosives. |
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