Sentence examples for provided criminal from inspiring English sources

Five of the states also provided criminal fines or imprisonment for passengers who tried to sit in cars from which their race excluded them.

In 1857 it provided criminal penalties for witnesses who refuse to answer questions, although in Kilbourn v. Thompson (1881), the Supreme Court held that Congress may not inquire "into the private affairs of the citizen".

This caused an outcry from businessmen, whose profits Scaevola had kept within bounds; he was prosecuted for "extortion" in 92 and convicted after a trial in which Roman publicani and businessmen unscrupulously used their power among the class that provided criminal juries.

As Vernon J. Geberth, a former Bronx homicide commander, wrote in his textbook "Practical Homicide Investigation," which is used to train detectives in hundreds of police departments: "The Internet has provided criminals and those with bad intentions a whole new arena to play in".

Illegal guns, most of them sold legally to straw buyers by a very small percentage of crooked gun dealers, have provided criminals with literally hundreds of thousands of high powered weapons.

It also provides criminal penalties for those who force women to wear it.

For far too long, the federal government has neglected its responsibility for regulating the companies that provide criminal background checks used to screen job applicants.

This year, the state bar association's house of delegates, its policy-making body, endorsed the idea of providing criminal court juries written charges.

In announcing Mr. Santiago's appointment, Mr. McGreevey said he supported legislation providing criminal penalties for racial profiling, a measure that failed in the last legislative session.

The Sixth Amendment provides criminal defendants with the right both to confront accusers and to seek out testimony that might prove their innocence.

Also on Friday, the Legal Aid Society, which provides criminal defense lawyers for most of the city's poor defendants, said it was demanding that the city turn over information about the cases under review.