Sentence examples for shield statute from inspiring English sources

In the early 1980s Canada also implemented a federal rape shield statute, although part of that law was struck down in 1991 because the justices found that mounting a defense was made too arduous.

Prosecutors have vehemently argued that nothing about the woman's past is relevant and that the information should be excluded by the state's rape shield statute, which is intended to prohibit a rape victim's past sexual behavior from being used against her.

"Revealing the in camera rape shield evidence will not only destroy the utility of this very important legal mechanism in this case, but will demonstrate to other sexual assault victims that they cannot rely on the rape shield statute to prevent public airing of sexual conduct testimony," the majority panel said.

Two cases involved an obscenity stature, two involved evidence in a criminal case, and one reference appeared to each of the following: jury misconduct, deceptive advertising, public records access, trial publicity, defamation, product liability law, the First Amendment Establishment Clause, and a journalist shield statute.

Rape shield law, statute or court rule, introduced in the late 20th century, which limits the ability of the defendant's counsel to introduce the accuser's sexual history as evidence during a rape trial and therefore can prevent the accuser from being discredited by information that is not relevant to the defendant's guilt or innocence.

I am hopeful that the New Jersey Supreme Court will consider The Huffington Post "similar to the types of news entities listed in the [New Jersey Shield Law] statute".

In two cases, the court will address the extent to which whistle-blowing employees are shielded by federal statute.

Grimm's case could be a linchpin on this front, even as other states and localities face off with the federal government over whether existing federal civil rights statutes shield trans individuals from discrimination in education and employment settings.

If it did, the group's records would be shielded under a Missouri statute.

The statute initially shielded Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, from arrest.

The judge then accepts the arguments that ineffective teachers are "disproportionately situated in schools serving low-income and minority students," that "there are a significant number of grossly ineffective teachers currently active in California classrooms," and that California's tenure statutes inappropriately shield ineffective teachers from dismissal.