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Opponents argue that by stiffening penalties we’ll refill our prisons after having dramatically reduced their populations to meet a federal court order.

He said his parents also told him their child had been unwell the night before he was brought to hospital and had been displaying abnormal movements including shaking and stiffening of his limbs.

Harris’ balance of compassion for victims and ire for perpetrators — and her background as a prosecutor — was crucial in helping forge bipartisan approval on a politically tricky issue at a time when Democrats were resistant to stiffening criminal penalties and under pressure to address overcrowded prisons, said Kathleen Kim, a professor at Loyola Law School and a national expert on human trafficking.

"Our findings underscore the importance of preventing high blood pressure and arterial stiffening to promote cognitive and brain health in young people. However, we did observe some contradictory associations," says Doctoral Researcher Petri Jalanko from the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä.

But recently, as members have been caught up in spying and influence peddling scandals, secret discussions about deporting immigrants and controversies over extreme statements, the AfD has faced a stiffening backlash, threatening the inroads it had made into the mainstream.