1.   Lord Bingham will consider fresh representations from child killers and others who have not yet served their recommended minimum sentences.

2.   At the initial sentencing, the method for determining the weight of the illegal mixture or substance was the same under the Guidelines and the statute directing minimum sentences.

3.   Before the crime rates fell, many states had begun toughening their criminal justice systems, imposing longer minimum sentences for a wider spectrum of crimes and ending parole.

4.   -- Longer minimum sentences for repeat offenders and mandatory life sentences for the third conviction of a violent crime.

5.   -- Retain some mandatory minimum sentences that the conference bill had eliminated.

6.   A recent Rand study found that mandatory minimum sentences are far less effective than drug treatment in reducing crime.

7.   A supporter of mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, Bailey said drug courts and alternative sentences are not appropriate for major drug dealers.

8.   A similar amount of powder cocaine carries no mandatory minimum sentence and a maximum penalty of one year in jail.

9.   Bush also took the opportunity to criticize the new penal code, which doubles the minimum sentence for violent offenses while reducing it for non-violent crimes.

10.   But he said the court should not feel compelled by logic to extend it to mandatory minimum sentences.