11.   If found guilty of the criminal charges, sect leaders could be sentenced to up to three years in jail.

12.   In Beijing, a gang leader was sentenced to death Tuesday for robbery, the Beijing Evening News reported.

13.   Independent religious leaders have been sentenced to terms in prison or work camps.

14.   Its leader was sentenced to death in June.

15.   Its leader was sentenced to death.

16.   Kurdish rebels threaten to step up violence Tuesday after their leader is sentenced to death.

17.   Kurdish rebels threatened to step up violence Tuesday after a state security court sentenced their leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to death.

18.   Seven Azerbaijani opposition leaders were sentenced Tuesday to forced labor for taking part in a bloody protest over presidential elections that they said were undemocratic.

19.   The draft law would allow courts to sentence hooligan leaders who invade playing fields to up to five years in jail.

20.   The hearings dragged on for nine months before the Kiev city court finally sentenced group leader Fidel Komar to nine years in prison.