1.   A spokesman for Bruno said he remained concerned about tinkering with the sentencing rules but favored allocating more money for drug treatment.

2.   Alexander criticized Republican congressional leaders for pushing a bill that would require states to adopt tougher sentencing rules before they can receive federal grants for prison construction.

3.   But Judge Kaplan said he was concerned that the government commission that wrote the sentencing rules had not foreseen such a case.

4.   He is being held on violation of sentencing rules, stemming from an earlier conviction.

5.   He has waged legal warfare over the federal sentencing rules, which sharply curtail the ability of judges to draft prison terms.

6.   If convicted, Allred will face tougher sentencing rules because of legislative changes that went into effect in July.

7.   She has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and is an authority on federal sentencing rules.

8.   The judge wanted to grant him probation but had to put him in jail because of mandatory sentencing rules.

9.   The vice chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission told Congress Friday that judges may view sentencing rules for immigration law violators as too strict.

10.   And prosecutors who won the murder convictions of the two teen-agers, Lionel Tate and Nathaniel Brazill, both said they back changes in sentencing rules.