71.   The court handed out sentences ranging from three to five years for criminal association related to terrorist activity, receiving false documents and illegal arms possession.

72.   The courts often hand down stiff sentences and defendants do not have the right to appeal.

73.   The maximum sentence the court can hand down is life in prison.

74.   The murder trial of a Hanoi policeman last December began a string of well-publicized cases in which courts handed down harsh sentences for official crimes.

75.   The new courts have already handed down sentences such as floggings, and a convicted cow thief had his hand amputated.

76.   The reports did not say when the court handed down its decision.

77.   Their case was strengthened two weeks ago when a court handed down the first conviction against the boy, on charges of robbery and causing bodily harm.

78.   Throughout Russia, courts also hand down death sentences, and the condemned are executed with a shot to the head.

79.   Throughout Russia, secular courts also hand down death sentences, and the condemned have traditionally been executed with a single shot to the head.

80.   Throughout Russia, secular courts also hand down death sentences, and the condemned are executed with a shot to the head.