11.   At a weeklong session, senior legislators prepared a law that would lengthen prison sentences for members and organizers of cults.

12.   Officials are asking whether Goldberg hid assets and lied about his ability to pay, and prosecutors have filed court papers asking that his sentence be lengthened.

13.   The appeals verdict lengthened the sentence Priebke received in July from a lower military court.

14.   The government also has toughened bail conditions, reduced parole options and lengthened prison sentences for serious offenses.

15.   The same week, lawmakers revised the penal code to expand the death penalty and lengthen sentences for common crimes.

16.   A high court review lengthened the sentence in January by another year, after which Pakpahan lodged an appeal with the Supreme court.

17.   With a few exceptions, notably Germany, the trend to lengthen sentences continued and the number of inmates imprisoned for serious offences continued to mount.