Five years ago, the average sentence for the possession of narcotics was 12.2 months.

The average sentence given to convicted trafficking offenders was 45 months.

In 1986, the average minimum sentence for such crimes had risen to 25.6 months.

Judge Gifford's average sentence in such cases is about seven years, according to court records.

There was an eight month difference between the average sentences handed out in these two conditions.

The average sentence for students in this year's class is 15 years to life.

In Elizabethan times, the average sentence was 50 words long.

The average sentence in the county for such cases in 1990 was 12 years.

Four years ago the average sentence for the sale of drugs was 26 months.

It houses inmates who are serving an average sentence of 5 years.