Sentence examples for was first overturned from inspiring English sources

When Prop 8 was first overturned in the summer of 2010, we celebrated with photos of anti-gay protesters getting unknowingly "Pwned" in public thanks to some pretty clever counter-protests.

Woodfox's murder conviction was first overturned in 1992 because of "systematic discrimination," but rather than leading to his release, that ruling kicked off over 20 years of wrangling by Louisiana authorities.

The disastrous King amendment could affect a wide variety of state and local laws we all depend upon to protect our health and safety, but the provision was first penned to overturn state laws protecting farm animals.

Their first trial ended in a hung jury and a conviction in their second was overturned.

Typically, a little more than 10 home run calls are reviewed each month and about a third are overturned, according to the commissioner's office.

In the nineteen-sixties, black men were often subject to wildly unfair trials, and the first ruling was overturned owing to racist comments made by the original judge.

Alexander's first conviction was overturned by the courts: Florida Attorney General Angela Corey is now seeking a 60-year sentence in her retrial.

"We were lulled into a false sense of security as the first Mullins hotpot was overturned, but we were made to suffer with the other three," Jon Ivan-Duke, from William Hill, said.

The first verdict was overturned after a court ruled that black people had been unlawfully struck from the jury.

In Mr. Elmore's two previous trials (the first conviction was overturned on appeal), investigators also testified that they had found 45 hairs on the bed that they said had been yanked from the defendant by Mrs. Edwards during a struggle.

In an earlier case, Mr. Forde went to trial twice on bribery charges; the first ended in a conviction that was later overturned, and the second in acquittal.