1.   They will have to pass shorter sentences.

2.   He argued that nonviolent drug offenders should receive shorter sentences.

3.   Three other accused received life sentences, and nine received shorter sentences.

4.   He says it leaves prosecutors no alternative but to resort to methods such as plea bargaining, where defendents plead guilty in exchange for shorter sentences.

5.   Again, executives who effectively cheated every grocery store in the country received shorter sentences than if they had robbed just one.

6.   Canada has no death penalty and convicted criminals typically serve much shorter sentences than they would for similar crimes in the United States.

7.   Consider that, nationally, men who kill their women average much shorter sentences than women who kill their men.

8.   Federal laws encourage drug suspects to trade accusations against friends, neighbors and relatives in exchange for shorter sentences.

9.   He believes in shorter sentences with fewer privileges, that hard time is the best deterrent to crime.

10.   In exchange for her admission of guilt, prosecutors did not oppose her request for a shorter sentence.