Sentence examples for permitted capital from inspiring English sources

At the time, the court noted, of the 37 states that permitted capital punishment, just 12 prohibited imposing it on individuals who were under 18 when they committed the crime.

A 1772 statute permitted capital crimes committed in Massachusetts to be tried in England or a neighboring province if "an indifferent trial cannot be had within" Massachusetts.

The new corporate structures permit capital to be raised from additional sources, including public share offerings.

Singapore wants a clause written in to permit capital controls in extreme situations.

If they can't do that, how can the Supreme Court continue to permit capital punishment under the Constitution?

Is a government which permits capital punishment offending against the right to life as much as one that shoots demonstrators on the streets?

It would have the double benefit of mobilizing idle resources, especially unemployed workers, while low interest rates permit capital projects to be financed very cheaply.

In a statement, the Constitutional Court argued that permitting capital punishment would violate Russia's commitments as a member of the Council of Europe.

If the central bank fixes the exchange rate and permits capital to flow in and out freely, it leaves control of money to external forces and must accept the rate of inflation consistent with its exchange rate.

A society that both considers itself to be benevolent and permits capital punishment ought to spare no effort to use the kinds of technology that would protect the innocent from the kinds of tragic mistakes that Mr. Herbert describes.

Of the 38 states that permit capital punishment, 13 have laws that prohibit the execution of someone who is mentally retarded; in New York that legislation was signed into law by Gov. George E. Pataki.