1.   And, as in the AlliedSignal case, the Treasury is still without the money while appeals drag on for years.

2.   But appeals drag on, as he and his wife remain in exile in the Netherlands.

3.   His legal appeals may have dragged this election on far longer than anyone thought.

4.   Still, appeals can drag on for many years, and it could be a decade or two before Asahara would face the gallows.

5.   Appeals can drag on for as long as a decade.

6.   Any appeal could drag out legal proceedings for years.

7.   Appeals have dragged on for years, and many of the sentences have been short enough to be automatically suspended.

8.   He claims the company bribed the lower court judges, a common practice in China, and his appeal has dragged on for six months without conclusion.

9.   Hundreds of convicted murderers were spared, since appeals can drag on for a decade and longer.

10.   The British ruling effectively ended hangings in Jamaica, where appeals often drag on more than five years.