21.   Shevardnadze has regularly granted amnesty to large numbers of prisoners, insisting that relatively few have gone on to commit repeat offenses.

22.   Straw told the House of Commons he wanted to stop repeat offenses by introducing rigorous supervision of those released after short sentences.

23.   The death sentence will also be imposed for armed drug trafficking and repeat offenses of growing opium poppies, he said.

24.   The penalty would double for repeat offenses, the statement said.

25.   The same would apply in the case of a repeat offense involving stimulants.

26.   Most Danish lawmakers are in favor of chemical castration of convicted rapists as a means of preventing repeat offenses, parliamentary sources said Tuesday.

27.   The most common repeat offenses were motor vehicle theft, possessing or selling stolen property, larceny, burglary, robbery and possessing or trafficking in illegal weapons.