Sentence examples for changes of the law from inspiring English sources
Randy Serragio of the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group, asserts that every attempt to enact significant changes of the law has failed because of campaign contributions to lawmakers from the mining companies.
In most countries, sentences would be reduced in the light of changes to the law, but not in the US.
"Do we need a broad, wholesale change of the law?" says Mike Zaneis, the general counsel for the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry association. "The answer is no.
This shows the change of the law was unnecessary; it has only weakened Britain's ability to fulfil its obligations to ensure accountability for war crimes.
"There is a separate issue about whether any change of the law which is adverse to individuals could or should apply retrospectively.
However, according to the results of a three-year survey of 2,000 smokers in Australia, carried out before, during and after the change of the law, researchers said that none of the tobacco industry's dire predictions had been accurate.
But a campaign by MPs and others resulted in a change of the law requiring counts to start within four hours of the close of polls.
That's a great thing – a move that will avoid the unnecessary criminalisation of cannabis users – but doesn't address the thousands of people who would benefit from a change of the law around medicinal cannabis.
That's a great thing a move that will avoid the unnecessary criminalization of cannabis users but doesn't address the thousands of people who would benefit from a change of the law around medicinal cannabis.
