61.   At less than a year, the suspended sentence was no longer grounds for automatic deportation.

62.   Because prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, the only sentence is life in prison with no chance of release.

63.   Because Skakel was charged as a juvenile, a death sentence has never been a possibility in the case.

64.   A death sentence would be all but unprecedented for a mentally ill woman who killed her children.

65.   A much harsher sentence is due the Panthers still in place.

66.   A juvenile sentence might have been possible had Brazill been convicted of third-degree murder or manslaughter.

67.   A Judith Butler sentence is a timber truck loaded with redwood.

68.   A generation ago, that sentence would have been gibberish.

69.   A recent Rand study found that mandatory minimum sentences are far less effective than drug treatment in reducing crime.

70.   A supporter of mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, Bailey said drug courts and alternative sentences are not appropriate for major drug dealers.