Sentence examples for statute in effect from inspiring English sources

Although Mississippi has the death penalty, prosecutors could not seek it because the capital punishment statute in effect at the time of Mr. Evers's murder was later ruled unconstitutional.

He also noted that critics of the Byrd bill, which calls for stiffer penalties for crimes motivated by race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, argued that it might weaken a statute in effect since 1993.

He was complaining that the government was forcing him to speak its thoughts, and the Court agreed with him, ruling that "New Hampshire's statute in effect requires that appellees use their private property as a 'mobile billboard' for the State's ideological message".

Though the statute remains in effect, a broad swath of the Catalan public feels it has essentially been gutted.

In Furman v. Georgia, the Justices struck down all of the death-penalty statutes then in effect, halting executions in the United States.

It is thus apparent that at common law, at the time of the adoption of our Constitution, and throughout the major portion of the 19th century, abortion was viewed with less disfavor than under most American statutes currently in effect.

Michael C. Skakel lost his last chance to avoid a trial in the 1975 slaying of his neighbor Martha Moxley when a judge ruled today that the statute of limitations in effect at the time did not apply to the case.

While the article noted telecommunication companies' apprehension in working with a government surveillance program, it didn't mention that the pre-existing FISA statute, which remains in effect, explicitly allows such cooperation.

There was also an attempt to set up a single European company-statute, which was, in effect, killed by Spain.The takeover directive risks the same fate.

Although much of the current debate around red flag laws has revolved around their ability to disarm a potential mass murderer and give them time to cool off, Kivisto said that in states where these statutes have been in effect the longest, they've been used primarily on people who appear to pose a threat only to themselves.

"Our position," said the state's chief capital defender, Kevin M. Doyle, "is that a person may not be capitally prosecuted under a statute that wasn't in effect when he was alleged to have committed his crime".