They are now serving the maximum sentence allowed, 5 to 10 years in a state youth correctional center.

The prosecutor, George Peck, had asked the court to impose the maximum sentence allowed by law.

She was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, the maximum sentence allowed on such charges.

Convicted in 1992, he drew the minimum sentence allowed under the Rockefeller-era laws - 15 years to life.

The other was the judge's imposition of the maximum sentence allowed for first-degree murder even though prosecutors were willing to see him reduce the charge.

But the new policy states that prosecutors must seek the most severe sentence allowed by law unless there are overriding considerations.

This is the maximum sentence allowed by Norwegian law, and it is the only way to allow for life imprisonment.

The penalty, which included a $20,000 fine, was two years short of the maximum sentence allowed by law for a conspiracy conviction.

Unlike the Inferior Number, it can impose any sentence allowed by law, including imprisonment for more than four years.

The judge determined that those factors outweighed the alleged abuse and gave her eight years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed.