Sentence examples for penalty apply from inspiring English sources

The familiar arguments against the death penalty apply to cases like his, some with special force.

Was the death penalty applied in Guinea?

Nowhere in the Western world is the death penalty applied as frequently as in Texas.

Just to understand how the penalty applies practically requires a flow chart.

It is a fundamental principle of democracy that citizens obey the law or incur whatever penalty applies to its breaking.

The death penalty applies only to cases of adultery, and one newspaper claims that this was Mr Hofer's problem.

In effect, all nonpoor legal residents pay the penalty, but people who purchase health insurance get their penalty applied toward their health insurance premiums.

The death penalty applies to crimes including murder, rape, adultery, apostasy and witchcraft, and the rate of state killings is increasing.

In 30 states and the District of Columbia, there now is either no death penalty, or the death penalty applies only to people who were 18 or older at the time of their crimes.

At the argument of the Roper case in 2004, Justice Antonin Scalia said the rationales offered against the juvenile death penalty applied just as forcefully to sentences of life without the possibility of parole.

The death penalty applied to violations of the edict.