1.   And in many ways, he delivered with a budget that will reduce spending and taxes, toughen welfare requirements and lengthen sentences for hardened criminals.

2.   Clack noted in particular that legislators have upgraded some crimes to felonies and have lengthened sentences for some crimes.

3.   Earlier this year, the Legislature approved a Pataki plan to lengthen sentences for repeat violent offenders.

4.   He said judges should be given the power to lengthen sentences for crimes based on racial, sexual, religious or gender hatred.

5.   It would lengthen sentences for first-time violent felons, and eliminate their right to parole.

6.   Last year, Wilson associated himself with highly popular moves to lengthen prison sentences for repeat criminals and eliminate government services to illegal immigrants.

7.   Pataki wants to eliminate parole for all violent felons and to lengthen prison sentences for a range of crimes.

8.   Pataki wants to end parole for all violent felons and to lengthen prison sentences for various crimes.

9.   The administration says the intent is not to lengthen sentences but to inject more certainty into sentencing.

10.   The prison and jail populations have soared not because the police are catching more violent criminals, but because sentences have been lengthened and probation severely curtailed.