1.   Changes in the parole system were promised so that serious offenders would serve a longer proportion of their time in jail.

2.   And because the law requires repeat offenders to serve maximum sentences, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Edward Garrison had no choice but to sentence Sanders to life.

3.   Another problem developed, however, because some states like Washington required a violent offender to serve his full sentence and released him without supervision.

4.   Current law requires those low-level drug offenders to serve prison time.

5.   In the not-too-distant next century, the worst offenders will serve more time for their crimes.

6.   It requires first-time violent offenders to serve at least six-sevenths of their maximum term and extends the post-release supervision period.

7.   The Arizona Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday that the sex offenders have served their time and should not be held at the state mental hospital.

8.   Under these laws, many nonviolent drug offenders serve more time than convicted perpetrators of violent crimes.

9.   Worse, say opponents, the laws require small-time nonviolent offenders to serve their sentences in maximum security prisons alongside rapists and murderers.

10.   But under Brazilian law, first-time offenders serve only a third of their sentence and are eligible for work-release after serving only one-sixth.