31.   He spent just one month in jail on the first conviction and one year on the second before the king pardoned him.

32.   His first conviction was thrown out on appeal, but he was convicted again on re-trial.

33.   In Italy, light sentences for first convictions are often suspended.

34.   It was the first conviction for a bombing in post-Communist Slovenia.

35.   It was the first conviction of a Colombian general in a major human rights case.

36.   It was the first conviction of one Dutch child in the death of another child in recent memory.

37.   It was the first conviction of sexual assualt as a war crime.

38.   It was the first conviction under the Child Sex Tourism Law.

39.   It was the first such conviction in Armenia for demanding or taking bribes for draft evasion, though the practice is widespread.

40.   Prosecutors called the verdict a landmark and said it was the first conviction for anti-Semitism in Brazil.