1.   Nor did such sentences mean that the wrongdoers were allowed to rot in peace.

2.   A casual reader might be forgiven for thinking that the sentence meant that the additive could harm them.

3.   A simple life sentence would mean he would immediately be eligible for parole because he already has served more than a decade in custody.

4.   But in much of the rest of the country where parole was ended, the primary goal has been to make sentences mean what they say.

5.   But mandatory sentences mean that more minor villains will stay in prison well past their criminal prime.

6.   But many criminologists dispute the notion that longer sentences mean less crime.

7.   But it allows judges to tell jurors that a life sentence means just what it says.

8.   Detractors, including Middlesex District Attorney Thomas Reilly, said a life sentence should mean life.

9.   Sechelaru pleaded guilty last year to the charge, not knowing that his one-year sentence meant automatic deportation, family said.

10.   The sentence means that Siddig Ali is likely to serve roughly four and a half more years, depending on time credited for good behavior.