1.   Police fear thieves are turning to car crime because the courts are imposing tougher penalties for burglary and robbery.

2.   The organisation also campaigns for tougher penalties for drivers who kill or injure other road users.

3.   Among the measures, Ashcroft is asking for broader wiretapping authority, tougher penalties for nations that harbor terrorists, and more.

4.   And finally, the bill would expand the authority of the U.S. Postal Service to stop misleading or fraudulent mailings and to impose tougher penalties for first time offenses.

5.   And his legislative agendas relied heavily on bipartisan ideas, from economic development to higher pay for teachers to tougher penalties for criminals.

6.   As a result, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York have imposed tougher criminal penalties on charity fraud.

7.   Attorneys for the nine states seeking tougher penalties against Microsoft praised the request.

8.   Attorneys from those states said they would press the case for tougher penalties in court.