31.   But the court upheld his sentence to hang, Justice Minister Frank Watson said Wednesday.

32.   But the judges upheld the sentences because the trial court also considered the risk of death or injury and threat to national security.

33.   Cornyn expressed confidence the death sentence would be upheld.

34.   Condemned killers will still have a year after their sentence is upheld to file a second appeal.

35.   Duong will be executed by a firing squad if the court upholds his death sentence.

36.   Egyptian courts had traditionally imposed fines for libel, but in past year courts have been imposing and upholding prison sentences.

37.   Goering upheld the sentence, saying testimony from Seles herself would have been needed to convict Parche on a more serious charge.

38.   He also has upheld a sentence that called for the amputation of a hand and foot of a thief in line with Islamic punishments.

39.   He appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the sentence, the newspaper reported.

40.   His death sentence was also upheld by the Court of Appeals.