11.   -- Retain some mandatory minimum sentences that the conference bill had eliminated.

12.   A conviction brings a mandatory sentence of death by hanging.

13.   A first-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole.

14.   A recent Rand study found that mandatory minimum sentences are far less effective than drug treatment in reducing crime.

15.   A supporter of mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, Bailey said drug courts and alternative sentences are not appropriate for major drug dealers.

16.   A similar amount of powder cocaine carries no mandatory minimum sentence and a maximum penalty of one year in jail.

17.   After the verdict was announced, Judge Bruce Mohl of Strafford County Superior Court gave Robert Dingman a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

18.   Al-Megrahi was found guilty by a unanimous vote of three judges and given the mandatory sentence of life in prison.

19.   But he said the court should not feel compelled by logic to extend it to mandatory minimum sentences.

20.   But if the case goes to the jury, and the couple is found guilty of murder, they would receive a mandatory sentence of death by hanging.