21.   The crimes, the pattern of crime and the conspiracy with other criminals to commit the crimes all must be proven to convict and impose the harsher sentences.

22.   The judge said the harsher sentence was justified because of the vulnerability of the young victim.

23.   They have said the Department of Corrections violated a constitutional clause that guarantees that inmates cannot get harsher sentences because of laws passed after their crimes were committed.

24.   Tougher laws and harsher sentences for drunken drivers can help -- and they are helping in many states, including Texas.

25.   Today, he lamented, the answer is to build more prisons, mete out harsher sentences, forget about any efforts to rehabilitate.

26.   U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins said that prosecutors had threatened to ask the judge to impose a harsher sentence, based on new evidence in their documents.

27.   Was the life sentence passed in the jungle a way of avoiding a harsher sentence by his true enemies?

28.   But Kleinman said his comments were not meant to imply that the firm thought McDermott deserved a harsher sentence.

29.   By referring the cases to military prosecutors, which work faster than their civilian counterparts, the government may be hoping for speedier investigations and harsher sentences.

30.   Courts also view the abuse of younger children as more egregious, giving harsher sentences since very young victims have a tougher time recovering from the abuse.