31.   Once common at shareholder meetings, the ranks of the sokaiya have been thinned by tougher police tactics and harsher penalties against implicated executives.

32.   Some states are adopting child-homicide statutes, which also call for harsher penalties.

33.   Suggesting that harsher penalties should be introduced for tax evasion, Menem said the most serious offenders should be jailed.

34.   That year, the Texas Legislature redefined the offense of hazing and created harsher penalties.

35.   That could result in harsher penalties, but legal experts said that the grounds for trying Mitchell as an adult were extremely limited.

36.   The banks also face harsher penalties starting in April if they fail to meet international capital-to-asset ratios.

37.   The bill would expose parents to criminal prosecution if their children use their guns and would set harsher penalties if the firearms are used to commit a crime.

38.   The city could have subjected Merrill to harsher penalties, for instance, banning it entirely from underwritings.

39.   The classification allows for harsher penalties.

40.   The new law also imposes harsher penalties on those who use firearms during the commission of a crime.