1.   That bill would have allowed juveniles to be prosecuted as adults for drug conspiracy, violent crimes and offenses involving guns.

2.   Boston officials play a key role in a major Justice Department crackdown of an international drug conspiracy stemming from Nigeria.

3.   Chandler was also convicted of drug conspiracy and money laundering for his role in the marijuana ring that cultivated the illegal crop and transported it throughout the South.

4.   DeLuca was also convicted of use of a firearm in connection with a drug conspiracy, a charge on which his wife was acquitted.

5.   Eighteen members of the gang were charged with drug conspiracy and murder in federal indictments in November.

6.   He is now serving a prison sentence for drug conspiracy in Florida.

7.   It would allow juveniles to be prosecuted as adults for violent crimes, drug conspiracies and cases involving guns.

8.   It would give federal prosecutors more flexibility to charge youths as adults in crimes such as drug conspiracies, firearms offenses and violent crimes.

9.   Over the years, Merritt served several prison terms for running illegal lotteries, tax evasion and drug conspiracy.

10.   She faces life in federal prison if convicted on drug conspiracy charges.