11.   He later lost his job as a federal prosecutor after questioning a judge over harsher sentences being given to minority defendants.

12.   He said the harsher sentences for drug dealers proposed by Samper would put Colombia more in line with international standards.

13.   In the Louima case, a successful federal prosecution would mean harsher Federal sentences for officers convicted under the federal civil rights law.

14.   More recently, defense lawyers have argued that the three-strikes law encourages prosecutors to depict state crimes as federal violations solely to get harsher sentences.

15.   Pataki also proposed harsher sentences for people convicted of sexual assault on children, gang violence, gun trafficking, assaults on police officers and crimes that involve guns.

16.   She argued that news accounts raising questions about his actions had given him a motive to impose a harsher sentence on Romero than he normally would.

17.   Symington said he still opposes a hate-crimes bill that would give judges discretion to give harsher sentences for people who commit felony assaults motivated by hate.

18.   That confrontation with history is absorbing enough, but Michael can save her from a harsher sentence by revealing her illiteracy.

19.   The Conservatives, for example, will move to impose harsher minimum sentences on drug dealers and repeat burglars.

20.   The Bushes have proposed harsher sentences for criminals and more boot camps for juveniles.