21.   Stupid dick of the first degree!

22.   And it led to the arrest of Santiago Mendoza who was arrested in May in connection with a first degree murder indictment.

23.   And right there in the forefront of this Dominican-friendly takeover of baseball was Rico Carty, a righthanded masher of the first degree.

24.   Both Spina and Cowin said they support the use of the death penalty for first degree murder cases and said capital punishment is allowed under the state constitution.

25.   A first degree murder conviction carries a punishment of life without parole.

26.   A second charge against the Wyckoff, N.J., native, murder by abuse or neglect in the first degree, stands unchanged.

27.   After he fled, Einhorn was convicted in absentia of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

28.   Carter was charged with five counts, including assault in the first degree, said Lt. Neil W. Dryfe, a police spokesman.

29.   Cling is seeking a first degree murder conviction, which could send him to prison for life.

30.   Each pleaded not guilty this week to four counts of rape of a child in the first degree and four counts of first-degree child molestation.