41. Immigration officials say they are only enforcing the law, which will soon impose tougher penalties and extend their powers to detain and deport foreigners. 42. In another section, the platform asserts that increasing the number of police officers and imposing tougher penalties, including capital punishment, have helped reduce crime. 43. In Puerto Rico, there were growing signs of opposition to the tougher penalties now being imposed on Vieques demonstrators. 44. Indeed, Cellucci said public outrage over past crimes had helped promote the cause of bail reform and tougher penalties for juvenile crimes. 45. Instead, it wants the state to crack down by tightening the allowable blood-alcohol level and by hitting repeat drunken drivers with tougher penalties. 46. It endorses tougher penalties, including the death penalty, for violent criminals. 47. Kollar-Kotelly, who was assigned the case last fall, must decide whether to impose tougher penalties than those included in the Justice Department settlement. 48. Last November, New York State lawmakers enacted tougher new penalties that allow the police to arrest repeat motor vehicles offenders in their homes and seize their cars. 49. Meanwhile, the Student Judicial Affairs Committee, which could have opted for a much tougher penalty, suspended the players for one game. 50. Most of the cases processed by summary disposition in the last two years have resulted in the committee calling for tougher penalties than those proposed by the schools. |