1.   She told the defendant that serious crimes warrant serious penalties, and that a significant prison sentence was required for purposes of general deterrence.

2.   The six men and six women on the jury took four hours to decide whether the crimes warranted the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

3.   Unemployment is low, and crime barely warrants counting.

4.   Crime warrants punishment, but rehabilitation must remain a goal.

5.   Shaheen said yesterday that while she respects the views of death-penalty foes, some crimes warranted execution.