1.   His first conviction was quashed on appeal, but he was eventually sentenced and spent a total of two years in jail.

2.   It was the first conviction of a white police officer on charges arising from such killings.

3.   A recidivist should be punished more severely than a first offender because he has failed to mend his ways after a first conviction.

4.   Burnham said that calls for suspending or banishing players after a first conviction were based on emotion and not reason.

5.   His first conviction was two years ago, and the hearing Thursday was the final one in a series of separate sentencings.

6.   If young punks were horsewhipped in public after their first conviction, fewer of them would harden into lifelong felons.

7.   International tribunals for the Balkans and Rwanda have been handing down sentences, including the first convictions for rape as a war crime.

8.   In what was believed to be the first criminal conviction in an accidental air crash, both prosecutors and SabreTech declared victory.

9.   It marked the first conviction of an ATF agent in Kansas City.

10.   It obtained its first conviction in December in San Diego.