penal
Example Sentences
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Former prison governor John Podmore said it was "fundamentally unfair" governors were having to deal with a penal crisis they didn't create.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Under the islands’ penal code, a single fender-bender with an endemic animal can carry severe consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
In fall 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 847, which amended the penal code to allow oversight commissions to receive confidential sheriff’s department documents and review them in closed session.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The interim government is prosecuting Atef Najib under the 1949 penal code, a statute written for ordinary murder, not for crimes against humanity.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
