41.   On Thursday, there was also no doubt about how Sand was going to impose sentences.

42.   Reporters, who once confined themselves to reporting, now speculate about what sentence should be imposed on the sinner Clinton.

43.   She noted that most states allow only juries to impose death sentences.

44.   Some scholars have speculated that the harsh sentence was imposed in the expectation that it would be overturned higher up in the chain of command.

45.   Sixty-eight percent believe the judges of those panels should be able to impose death sentences.

46.   Spurred by public anger over persistent crime, the federal government and the states have been beefing up police forces, imposing tougher sentences and restricting parole.

47.   State District Judge Belinda Hill imposed the sentence that was recommended Friday by jurors who convicted Yates on two charges of capital murder.

48.   Taking into account their age and saying he believed they would not commit such crimes again, U.S. District Judge James Ware imposed minimum sentences.

49.   That act would allow inmates to use statistics to help show patterns of discrimination in imposing death sentences.

50.   The bill would require the judge to impose a sentence of life imprisonment when a jury cannot reach a unanimous decision on a penalty.