21.   Though they agreed to the fines, Fireman and Nichols will seek shorter terms from the sentencing judge.

22.   We therefore hold that the Eighth Amendment does not require the State to define the weight the sentencing judge must accord to an advisory jury verdict.

23.   Court records show presidential friend Vernon Jordan intervened in the case, asking the sentencing judge to be lenient.

24.   Justice Michael Stuart-Moore noted that sentencing judge Thomas Gall had jailed See on the basis of his committing buggery.

25.   New sentencing guidelines instituted in September give a sentencing judge power to order restitution for monetary damages that result from violence.

26.   Presidential confidant Vernon Jordan wrote the sentencing judge pleading for leniency.