31.   Such sentences are handed down without trial.

32.   Stiffer sentences are handed out if weapons are involved.

33.   The bearded, burly TerreBlanche showed no emotion when the sentence was handed down.

34.   The court handed out sentences ranging from three to five years for criminal association related to terrorist activity, receiving false documents and illegal arms possession.

35.   The execution was the fourth in the past two years following an eight-year hiatus, though death sentences are handed down regularly.

36.   The jail sentence was handed down at Glasgow Sheriff Court by Sheriff Alexander Eccles.

37.   The government did not say when the sentence was handed down.

38.   The sentence was handed down as former Barings trader Nick Leeson was spending his second day in a Singapore jail awaiting trial on fraud and forgery charges.

39.   The sentence was handed down by a military court for a book published in support of a conscientious objector.

40.   The sentences were handed down by courts in Cotonou and Porto Novo Friday.