51.   Ajan said the IWF is the only federation which imposes automatic life bans for a first steroid offense.

52.   Bezerra was sentenced to two years in prison, but the judge commuted the sentence to two years of community service because it was his first offense.

53.   But first offenses involving small amounts are usually handled as misdemeanors, with no jail time and fines of a few hundred dollars.

54.   But he said that view was not upheld by the FINA doping panel, which ruled it as a first offense.

55.   But Wipraechtiger said the mild sentence was in line with decisions in other espionage cases and appropriate for a first offense.

56.   Defense attorney Farid el-Dib argued in court Wednesday that the debauchery charge faced by most of the defendants is not punishable by law on the first offense.

57.   Even if the penalty is reduced to two years for a first offense, the rule against a second offense will remain a lifetime ban.

58.   Existing IOC guidelines are much simpler, recommending a maximum two-year suspension for athletes committing a first steroid offense.

59.   For the first time, carrying a weapon will be added to the list of misdemeanors for which children can be expelled on a first offense.

60.   Henry was charged with the first offense on Wednesday.