41.   Death-penalty proponents have not proved that executions deter murders or have any advantage over a maximum sentence of life without parole.

42.   Deputy District Attorney Delores Carr thinks all four cases should result in maximum sentences.

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

44.   Deputy District Attorney Robert Schuit sought the maximum sentence of seven years.

45.   Each defendant faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

46.   Each murder count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

47.   Fawwaz faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, the indictment says.

48.   First-degree arson carries a maximum sentence of life, but the standard sentence is less than two years in prison.

49.   Four of the six counts carry a maximum sentence of death.