At his death penalty sentencing hearing, Echols ' psychologist reported that months before the murders, Echols claimed that he obtained super powers by drinking human blood.

At the level of the manor this might be a fairly mundane matter of agricultural policy, but also included sentencing by the lord for criminal offences, including capital punishment in some cases.

At his sentencing hearing, Dahmer expressed remorse for his actions, and said that he wished for his own death.

At Soliah's 2002 sentencing hearing on the bombing, police officer John Hall, who had been in the car on top of the bomb described a little girl who stood feet away with her family:

At her sentencing hearing, Olson's teenage daughter Leila, her pastor, and her husband spoke in her defense, while Olson's mother claimed on the stand that Olson had never been a part of the SLA and spoke against prosecutors and police she asserted had harassed the family.

At Milken's sentencing, Judge Kimba Wood told him:

At a sentencing hearing, the burden of proof is now preponderance of the evidence, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt and hearsay is allowed.

At the urging of his wife, Ponzi pleaded guilty on November 1, 1920 to a single count before Judge Clarence Hale, who declared before sentencing, " Here was a man with all the duties of seeking large money.

At his sentencing hearing on September 14, he again addressed the court, and his speech has become a classic.

At time of sentencing, Ebbers was 63 years old.

At the federal level, highlights have included contributing to the adoption of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses, and changes to the federal sentencing guidelines which reduced crack cocaine offense levels as well.

At the sentencing, Judge Gordon stated that each life lost was valuable ; he strongly asserted that the law made no distinction of age for the crime and that the maximum sentence should be imposed.

At the sentencing, Judge Donald E. Belfi called Ferguson a " selfish, self-righteous coward ".

At his sentencing, fourteen other victims or relatives gave statements, including the widower of Alice Hawthorne.

At the Home Office he was responsible for criminal justice, sentencing and law reform, and annoyed some of his fellow lawyers by suggesting that their fees were too high.

* At sentencing the judge can grant offenders who receive a short-term sentence ( two years or less ) leave to apply for home detention.

At sentencing, Abbie Hoffman recommended that the judge try LSD, offering to set him up with a dealer he knew in Florida.

At Chong ’ s sentencing, Assistant U. S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, Mary McKeen Houghton stated in her sentencing arguments that Tommy Chong " used his public image to promote this crime " and marketed his products to children.

At the time of Dobson's sentencing, The Independent described the Lawrence killing – despite having happened more than 17 years previously – as " one of the highest-profile unsolved racially-motivated murders ".

At his formal sentencing by a judge, Davis provoked national outrage by taunting his victim's family.

At that time, Krupskaya was still awaiting sentencing in Siberia.

At least part of the philosophy behind this kind of sentencing is that providing a service to the community is more beneficial than punishment for its own sake.

At her sentencing hearing Moore stated: " Am I sorry I tried?

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Johnston was the commander of the U. S. Army Department of the Pacific in California.

At the American publisher's insistence, Burgess allowed their editors to cut the redeeming final chapter from the U. S. version, so that the tale would end on a darker note, with Alex succumbing to his violent, reckless nature — an ending which the publisher insisted would be ' more realistic ' and appealing to a U. S. audience.

At 2. 5 troy oz ( 78 g ) gold, this is the largest ( by weight ) coin ever produced by the U. S. Mint.

At that time, the ENIAC was considered to be the first computer in the modern sense, but in 1973 a U. S. District Court invalidated the ENIAC patent and concluded that the ENIAC inventors had derived the subject matter of the electronic digital computer from Atanasoff ( see Patent dispute ).

At a meeting of the U. S. House Committee on Science and Astronautics one day after Gagarin's flight, many congressmen pledged their support for a crash program aimed at ensuring that America would catch up.

* 1969 – At the U. S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.

At its peak, Li ' l Abner was read daily by 70 million Americans ( the U. S. population at the time was only 180 million ), with adult readers far outnumbering children.

At the time, war was considered likely between the U. S. and France.

At one point in the post-WWll / Cold War era, the U. S. Embassy in Bonn was America's largest, " comparable, with its thousands of staff, to the Baghdad embassy today.

At the end of his presidency, Clinton moved to New York and helped his wife win election to the U. S. Senate there.

At about the same time a U. S. businessman, Milton Reynolds, saw a Biro pen in a store in Buenos Aires.

At 253rd Street, NY 9A joins with U. S. 9 and Broadway.

At the time of the Executive Order, for example, the U. S. was not a belligerent in Vietnam, so U. S. advisers serving with the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces would not have been eligible for the award.

At the end of the Mexican-American War, 80, 000 Spanish-Mexican-Indian people were forced into sudden U. S. habitation.

At the request of the U. S. Air Force he began formalizing his Process Maturity Framework to aid the U. S. Department of Defense in evaluating the capability of software contractors as part of awarding contracts.

At this time, it only outlawed U. S. assistance to the contras for the purpose of overthrowing the Nicaraguan government, while allowing assistance for other purposes.

At the close of 2006, the government had exceeded its budget for electricity subsidies, spending close to U. S. $ 650 million.

At the Geneva Conference Eisenhower presented a proposal called " Open Skies to facilitate disarmament, which included plans for Russia and the U. S. to provide mutual access to each other's skies for open surveillance of military infrastructure.

At that time the French and Chinese reconvened Geneva peace talks ; Eisenhower agreed the U. S. would participate only as an observer.

At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, rather than waiting for the draft, he volunteered for the U. S. Army to have some choice in assignments.

Records like " Play At Your Own Risk " by Planet Patrol, " One More Shot " by C Bank, " Al-Naafiyish ( The Soul )" by Hashim, and " I. O. U. " by Freeez became hits.

At the peak of Bruce Springsteen's megastardom following the Born in the U. S. A. album and Born in the U. S. A. Tour in the mid-1980s, there were no less than five Springsteen fanzines circulating at the same time in the UK alone, and many others elsewhere.