1. Some judges have imposed such orders to deal with aggressive protesters who push and shove patients and scream in their faces. 2. The judge imposed a three-year sentence. 3. The judge imposed a life sentence. 4. The impression the public gains is that judges frequently impose unsatisfactory sentences. 5. At issue is the question of whether judges can impose the death sentence without a recommendation from a jury. 6. At issue is whether judges can impose a death sentence without a recommendation from a jury. 7. Because of that, a Johnson County judge Friday imposed the maximum sentence of six years in prison for Sandra S. Wheeler. 8. A jury typically would recommend sentencing, and a judge would impose it. 9. A single holdout against execution is enough to make a hung jury, which would automatically require the judge to impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole. 10. But the judge imposed limits on the release. |