a) What the verdict hinges on is how reliable the landlady's testimony is seen to be.
b) Whether the imprisoned serial killer will ever be released is a question only the Justice Minister can answer.
c) They put the girl's string of thefts down to the fact that she had been treated badly at school.
d) Why he suddenly threw away a very promising career in the police is anybody's guess.
e) How to prevent prisons from becoming overcrowded is obviously a consideration when judges are sentencing.
f) What to do with regular recidivists is clearly a problem.
g) People are thinking constantly about how to make the punishment fit the crime.
h) The state really has to decide once and for all what is to be done with juvenile offenders.
