1.   The law and order lobby, in contrast, focuses on deterring the offender with ever harsher punishments.

2.   Harsher punishments are being handed out to drunk drivers.

3.   Already, some local leaders talk about possibly tightening the law to allow harsher punishment of juveniles.

4.   As the nation has embraced harsher punishment for violent criminals, those states that still have boards have moved to restrict their authority to less serious criminals.

5.   Block has said he believes that harsher punishment will be effective in lowering the crime rates.

6.   Bloomberg said he expected that judges would then mete out harsher punishments to some of those who are repeatedly convicted of misdemeanors.

7.   A clergyman in Yekaterinburg said Nikon had sought to avoid harsher punishment by asking to be transferred to a monastery northwest of Moscow.

8.   But in Germany the entrance barriers are higher, the rules more complex and the punishments harsher.

9.   Clinton also promised harsher punishment for welfare recipients who refuse to work.

10.   In a telephone interview, Ms. Gorelick said she had struggled with the decision regarding Potts and considered a harsher punishment.