1.   An appeals court upheld his sentence less than a year later, and he spent six months in prison.

2.   Before Martini asked for a speedy execution, the State Supreme Court had twice upheld his sentence.

3.   A California appellate court upheld the sentence.

4.   A federal court in Leipzig upheld the sentence in early November and ordered all three defendants to surrender by mid-December.

5.   His death sentence was upheld a year ago by the state Supreme Court.

6.   If the sentences are upheld, Ms. Parry would become the first Western woman to be executed by the Saudis.

7.   In fact, White upheld death sentences more frequently than some Ashcroft-appointed Missouri judges.

8.   Jones and his staff are now trying to prevent the execution of the three inmates whose sentences have been upheld.

9.   Last week, the sentence was upheld on appeal.

10.   Loving, imprisoned on death row at the Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., federal penitentiary, has had his death sentence upheld by successive military courts.