Sentence examples for prohibited capital from inspiring English sources

The United States Supreme Court prohibited capital punishment for rape in a 1977 case, Coker v. Georgia in which the victim, while only 16 years old, was married and had the legal status of an adult.

Most states now either prohibit capital punishment altogether or ban its use against the mentally retarded.

There is every reason for Kentucky to take the advice and become the 18th state to prohibit capital punishment.

In Connecticut, no death penalty can be imposed if jurors find certain mitigating circumstances that state law declares to prohibit capital punishment.

A country that breached half its overdraft would be required to devalue, to sell some of its gold to the ICB and to prohibit capital exports.

The company intended to shift production to Italy, but the government of that nation, which prohibits capital punishment, demanded a guarantee that none of the drug sold would be used for executions.

As the practice fades at the state level, the billion-dollar question is whether the US supreme court will step into the fray and move to prohibit capital punishment on constitutional grounds.

Then there is the letter to the US government arguing that it shouldn't prohibit capital controls in its trade treaties (you'll find my signature somewhere near the bottom).

For example, Chile's borrowing costs are roughly double those in Argentina, where a currency board prohibits capital controls.

Even with identical language, the Catholic Church believes this command as prohibiting capital punishment, while the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints disagrees.

Despite strong calls for reform from public interest representatives on an official advisory body, the new model maintains the old language prohibiting capital controls, with no exceptions for times of financial crisis.