(1) They call the arrests racially disproportionate and too prevalent in a city where possessing small amounts of pot was partly decriminalized almost 40 years ago.
(2) Thirty-four U.S. jurisdictions have fully implemented the major provisions of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, calling for the decriminalization of public drunkenness.
(3) Illegal drug programs, decriminalization and research on cultural obstacles were within the broad range of issues addressed under services and care.
(4) Decriminalization of the use and the possession of the drug could help law enforcement officers, the courts, and the user.
(5) These studies also reveal the advantages offered by a system of decriminalized or legalized prostitution.
(6) Findings suggest that as a consequence of decriminalization, the psychological adjustment of homosexual men will increase and sexually transmitted diseases and public solicitation will decrease.
(7) Alongside the immediate arrest of Darren Wilson, we must demand the demilitarization of law enforcement as well as the decriminalization of the black body.
(8) The global online campaigning organisation Avaaz presented a petition to the Paraguayan congress with half a million signatures calling for the decriminalization of abortion for women under 15 years of age.
(9) This progressive feminist method aims to decriminalize prostituted women without legitimizing the men who buy them.
(10) The contemporary debate over decriminalization mimics in almost every respect a debate that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s.
(11) However, a more scientifically adequate information base, as well as political courage, is required before those seeking decriminalization are likely to succeed.
(12) Updated at 5.04pm GMT 4.55pm GMT The parliament voted 310-54 to decriminalize the count under which Yulia Tymoshenko was imprisoned, the Associated Press reports, “meaning that she is no longer guilty of a criminal offense”: “Free Yulia!
(13) Additionally, decriminalization reportedly eased somewhat the problems of the homosexual community and allowed the police to devote more time to the investigation of what generally are regarded as more serious criminal offenses.
(14) On the other hand, the so-called "decriminalization" measures did result in substantial savings in the criminal justice system.
(15) Despite the dire predictions of many, the responses indicate that, among other things, decriminalization has had no effect on the involvement of homosexuals with minors, the use of force by homosexuals, or the amount of private homosexual behavior.
(16) A majority of Americans now live in states where marijuana has either been legalized or significantly decriminalized in recent years.
(17) The article discusses the Dutch criminal code of 1886, the criminalization of homosexual contacts involving minors in 1911, the criminalization of male homosexuality from 1941 to 1945, and the progressive relaxation of the law since World War II, resulting in the decriminalization in 1971 of homosexual contacts involving minors and the draft in 1981 for a bill that would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals.
(18) Illinois is among of a growing list of states experimenting with decriminalizing marijuana.
(19) Holder deserves credit for his self-critique of government racism and for pushing reforms, notably in trying to restore felons’ voting rights , to work with Congress on voter ID sanity , to oppose data-driven sentencing , to reduce sentences for low-level drug offenders , to decriminalize HIV exposure , to ease up on legal pot (maybe), and to direct his Department of Justice to investigate the Ferguson police shooting – an example his civil rights department will pick up in the Walmart shooting and, perhaps, beyond.
(20) As NORML's Erik Altieri told me this week, the only way local growers and sellers who act in full compliance with their state's laws can be confident they won't face federal charges is if Congress passes HR 499, which would decriminalize marijuana at a federal level.
Legalize
Definition:
(v. t.) To make legal.
(v. t.) To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
(2) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(3) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(4) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
(5) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.
(6) This article discusses the advantages, clinical uses, limitations, and legal aspects of this mydriatic antagonist in optometric practice.
(7) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(8) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
(9) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
(10) The HKSAR government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong."
(11) According to the Howard League for Penal Reform, which is backing the legal challenge, every year 75,0000 17-year-olds are held in custody.
(12) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(13) What’s needed is manifesto commitments from all the main political parties to improve the help single homeless people are legally entitled to.
(14) We believe our proposal will save taxpayers about £4m and reduce by about 11,000 the number of legally aided cases brought by prisoners each year.
(15) Defendants on legal aid will no longer be able to choose their solicitor.
(16) We now look forward to a judicial process which will apply impartial analysis and clear legal standards."
(17) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
(18) While it’s not unknown to see such self-balancing mini scooters on the pavement, under legal guidance reiterated on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service all such “personal transporters”, including hoverboards and Segways , are banned from the footpath.
(19) We are confident that the European commission’s state aid decision on Hinkley Point C is legally robust,” a spokeswoman for Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said last week.
(20) At present, anyone can bring a legal action for an indefinite period over a posted article.