petition
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Two of Gabriel’s cousins spoke at a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing to demand that the mother’s resentencing petition be denied.
From Los Angeles Times
In a state Supreme Court petition filed Friday, Bonta called the case an “unprecedented constitutional emergency” and called on the court to order an immediate stay on Bianco’s investigation.
From Los Angeles Times
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has already petitioned the country's Supreme Court against the law.
From BBC
Across the tech industry, employees who previously thought little of signing their names to petitions or calling out their leaders in all-hands meetings reassessed the risk.
Her division has reviewed a slew of police consent decrees and has successfully petitioned judges to dismiss two—in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky. Investigations have also been closed in Phoenix; Trenton, N.J.;
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
