51.   No appeals are allowed, and the courts usually hand down stiff, quick sentences.

52.   Russian courts also are handing down death sentences, and the condemned are executed with a shot to the head.

53.   Russian courts routinely hand down long prison terms to petty offenders, such as shoplifters.

54.   Russia halted executions later that year, though courts handed down death sentences as recently as February.

55.   Since its inception, the court has handed down nine judgments, with eight convictions and one acquittal.

56.   Since then, the court has handed down seven verdicts.

57.   Swedish courts have handed down sentences ranging from a few months to four years in a steady stream of cases that have clogged court rooms since the clashes.

58.   The appeals court handed Hussein a three-year suspended prison sentence rather than the one-year sentence.

59.   The court also handed down suspended prison sentences to four prominent local businessmen.

60.   The court also handed Seif a six-month sentence for holding unauthorized political discussions at his house.