statute

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“It violates what the statute says as a matter of text and history, and just how it’s been understood since the Civil War basically.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But the statute of limitations on manslaughter, the charge most police officials and experts believed was appropriate in this case, had long expired by then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

That is partly because the 301 statute was written to address the practices of “ ‘a foreign country,’ using the singular,” Wolff wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

United States, that prisoners cannot seek compassionate release under the 2018 statute intended to allow exactly that relief, even if they show that their original convictions were inaccurate or unfairly decided.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Between the passage of Alabama's new death penalty statute in 1975 and the end of 1988, there had been only three executions in Alabama.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson