1.   Some judges have imposed such orders to deal with aggressive protesters who push and shove patients and scream in their faces.

2.   The judge imposed a three-year sentence.

3.   The judge imposed a life sentence.

4.   The impression the public gains is that judges frequently impose unsatisfactory sentences.

5.   At issue is the question of whether judges can impose the death sentence without a recommendation from a jury.

6.   At issue is whether judges can impose a death sentence without a recommendation from a jury.

7.   Because of that, a Johnson County judge Friday imposed the maximum sentence of six years in prison for Sandra S. Wheeler.

8.   A jury typically would recommend sentencing, and a judge would impose it.

9.   A single holdout against execution is enough to make a hung jury, which would automatically require the judge to impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

10.   But the judge imposed limits on the release.