Sentence examples for retroactive application of from inspiring English sources

"Inmate populations in the BOP system declined in 2015 and are expected to decline further in 2016 due, in part, to the retroactive application of changes to sentencing guidelines applicable to federal drug trafficking offenses," the company wrote in its most recent annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

McClurg upheld retroactive application of the new law.

'Retroactive application of Lee would overturn every state conviction obtained in good-faith reliance on Schwartz.

Justice Stevens went on to consider the argument against retroactive application of the 1996 law to Mr. St.

The State, however, has not challenged the retroactive application of Mullaney in this case.

We fulfill our judicial responsibility by requiring retroactive application of each new rule we announce.

The first case involving non-retroactive application of state law concerned interpretation of the Mississippi Constitution.

(Mr Sánchez de Lozada, who is in the United States, has said he cannot get a fair trial in Bolivia).But in a recent letter to Congress, Mr Racicot expressed concern about the anti-corruption bill's reversal of the burden of proof and retroactive application to former heads of state.

Retroactive application after years of welcoming foreign participation decreases future predictability.

Under the Chevron approach, the customary rule of retroactive application is appropriate here.

But in some circumstances retroactive application may prompt difficulties of a practical sort.