11.   Government spokesmen indicated the appeals had some effect, hinting that the sentences would soon come under consideration.

12.   Nigerian government spokesmen indicated the appeals had some effect, hinting the sentences would soon come under consideration.

13.   The department found half the sentences came from a handful of states.

14.   The sentence came during the ninth session of the trial and only four months after Turkish commandos abducted Ocalan in Kenya.

15.   The sentence came nearly two months after Strawberry disappeared from a Tampa drug treatment center where he was under house arrest.

16.   The sentence came during the ninth session of the trial and only four months after Turkish commandos abducted Ocalan.

17.   The sentence came after a two-day show trial in July of that year.

18.   The sentence came at the end of a four-month trial that has shocked Egypt, a conservative state where homosexuality is seen as a shameful sin.

19.   The sentence comes just a week after another major stock-market fraud case.

20.   The sentences came at the end of a four-month trial that has shocked Egypt, a conservative state where homosexuality is seen as a shameful sin.