41.   And rather than thwarting serious crime, the cameras are being used to enforce social conformity in ways that Americans may prefer to avoid.

42.   Any defendant is subject to life without parole if he has been convicted twice of the most serious crimes, including rape, armed robbery and aggravated child molestation.

43.   Arrests of U.S. military personnel for committing serious crimes like murder, rape and theft have dropped by more than half in the last year.

44.   As the United States does, Israel permits the prosecution of its citizens at home for serious crimes committed outside its borders.

45.   At Emory University, administrators send a campus-wide e-mail any time a serious crime, such as a sex offense, robbery or burglary, occurs.

46.   At parades and streets fairs, serious crime has historically been slight.

47.   Because of four prior convictions, that crime was elevated from a misdemeanor to a more serious crime under the three-strikes law.

48.   Before then, the few youths who committed serious crimes were often treated as small but errant adults and sent to prison.

49.   Besides, not much in the way of serious crime happens in the small farming community.

50.   Before the new law went into effect, immigrants convicted of a serious crime were subject to deportation.