1.   Although most of the officers said they had lied to help put criminals behind bars, their perjury ultimately had the opposite effect.

2.   And wastes thousands of tax dollars that could be spent putting other criminals behind bars.

3.   At the same time, Clinton pledged to continue putting more criminals in federal prisons for longer sentences, and building more jails to house them.

4.   But the center-right contends that a pardon could put dangerous criminals back on the streets.

5.   The effort, officials say, has put more criminals in prison and kept others off the street for days at a time while they awaited trial in jail.

6.   They do not believe the slaying was some retaliation against the assistant district attorney for his work in putting criminals behind bars.

7.   Tough new sentencing and parole laws are putting more criminals in prison for ever-longer terms.

8.   Tougher laws are putting more criminals behind bars for longer sentences, they said.

9.   Unlike most western nations, the United States still puts criminals to death.

10.   Vaughn speaks with warmth, style and sincerity, and you want to believe him when he puts his criminal days in the past tense.