Sentence examples for courts turned down from inspiring English sources
Florida state courts turned down Mr. Porter's request for a new sentencing hearing.
These courts are sympathetic to government lawyers, rejecting petitions with about the same frequency that Mets hitters knock in a run; from 1978 to 2012, the courts turned down 11 of 34,000 requests.
The full federal appeals court turned down a request for a rehearing by a 6-to-4 vote.
On February 12th the constitutional court turned down a petition by the main opposition Democrat Party to annul the recent general election.
Death penalty The court turned down without comment an appeal from a British woman on death row in Texas.
A federal court turned down a separate lawsuit by the same plaintiffs.
The trial court turned down Mr. Castillo's lawyer's request for an additional $600.
The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus".
Over the objections of Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia, the court turned down the Fifth Circuit's request.
Also on Monday, the court turned down an appeal in a capital case, Walker v. Georgia, No. 08-5385.
In other action on Monday, the court turned down an appeal from an inmate on death row in Oklahoma.
