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Legal experts say the latest ruling is different, functionally outlawing cash bail in most cases, and strictly capping the amount in others.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Others require “humane and dignified treatment” while outlawing services performed in an “incompetent” or “cruel manner.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

At times, the panic it induced in opposition defences - who were still getting to grips with 2024 law tweaks outlawing deliberate blocking of chasers - was even relished.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The next town over, Pittsfield, passed a bylaw outlawing baseball to protect the windows of its meetinghouse—all the way back in 1791.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Certainly, outlawing barbaric punishments was evidence of progress in penal practice, and perhaps of progress in American civilization as well.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover