1.   A jury of five is all that is required to sentence a member of the armed services to death in a court-martial.

2.   Regardless of the crime, a special court-martial cannot sentence a member of the military to more than six months in prison or impose a dishonorable discharge.

3.   U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker sentenced the members of the Pilot Connection Society after an all-day hearing in San Francisco.

4.   A military court in Hebron sentenced a member of the Islamic militant Hamas organization to life in prison Wednesday for his part in the murder of three Israelis.

5.   A Russian court sentenced two members of a neo-Nazi group to prison on Wednesday on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and murder, a television report said.

6.   A military tribunal sentenced two members of the Muslim militant group Hamas to death on Sunday for killing two Palestinians last year.

7.   A Tashkent court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced six members of a banned opposition party for involvement in deadly bombings earlier this year, a human rights group said.

8.   A top Aum member was sentenced to death in October for the murder of a lawyer and his family.

9.   A Tokyo court sentenced a member of a rightist group to three months in prison Thursday in a payoff scandal involving a major Japanese food company.

10.   Also Thursday, two Aum members were sentenced to prison in a separate case involving the abduction of an innkeeper.