71.   The agreement reportedly reached between Pataki and the legislative leaders apparently retains mandatory sentences for most nonviolent second-time offenders.

72.   The conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in state prison.

73.   The crime is punishable by a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

74.   The crime carries a mandatory sentence of death by hanging.

75.   The entry on mandatory minimum sentences, for instance, points out the disparity in punishment for possessing crack and powder cocaine.

76.   The echoes of that debate surfaced again last month, when Gov. George Pataki commuted the prison sentences of three people serving long mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.

77.   The House approved tough mandatory minimum sentences to combat juvenile crime.

78.   The law sets shorter mandatory sentences for possession or sale of smaller amounts.

79.   The majority of them are up on drug-related crimes, and many are there as a result of mandatory minimum sentences.

80.   The mandatory sentence is life in prison.