Sentence examples for infractions from inspiring English sources

On top of that, in 1977 the supreme court ruled that the eighth amendment protection against "cruel and unusual punishment" did not apply to schoolchildren, after hearing a case in which students were hit regularly with paddles for minor infractions, one "depriving him of the use of his arms for a week," and one student was hit so severely "that he suffered a hematoma requiring medical attention".

Now it is up to the federal courts to decide if alleged infractions by MLB, which include a violation of confidentiality agreements, and the Union, which allegedly failed to "fairly represent Mr. Rodriguez's interests" over the course of the nearly year-long saga, warrant a repeal of the suspension.

Conservatives didn't want to face the broader revelation that Ferguson and the surrounding cluster of St Louis-area municipalities were mostly run by white people and financed by the fines and court fees that many black people must pay after being disproportionately targeted by police for petty infractions – a perfect recipe (and solid justification) for resentment.

Environmental activists affiliated with the group were committed to peaceful civil disobedience that can involve minor infractions of law, such as trespass.

There are probably some people trying to argue that we should be demanding Apple make its iPhones in America to avoid infractions of its corporate code of conduct.

Two years ago PricewaterhouseCoopers was found guilty of thousands of infractions of the SEC's conflict-of-interest rules.

Penalties have also been levied on a handful of American firms for various infractions.

Those infractions were relatively minor.

The law would also make buying a gun harder and stiffen penalties for infractions.

But Mr Prates points out that each new rule creates a burden for the regulators as well as for the industry; supervisors cannot hope to keep track of all infractions.

After the 1992 riots it was urged to set up a department-wide computer system, but nothing happened.Mr Bratton's third New York measure drawing on academic theories about the consequences of "broken windows"—was to focus on small infractions of the law, which can lead to greater crimes.