31.   Ahrens faces a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison.

32.   Both face federal kidnapping, carjacking and weapons charges that carry maximum sentences well beyond life in prison.

33.   But in previous cases, charges amounted to little more than misdemeanor trespassing, which carries a maximum sentence of six months, Ong said.

34.   But the Texas suspects have been charged with murder alone, the maximum sentence for which is life in prison.

35.   Case said Shulman had no prior criminal record and faced a maximum sentence of five years.

36.   Class E felonies include larceny, theft of property and forgery, and carry a maximum sentence of four years.

37.   Corrigan faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison if convicted of child abuse.

38.   Criminally negligent homicide, on the other hand, carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison.

39.   Criminally negligent homicide, which is the state crime, draws a maximum sentence of four years.

40.   Currently, only a few inmates convicted of violent crimes in New York State serve more than two-thirds of their maximum sentences before being released.