violation
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Wang was booed by the crowd for her actions and received a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Duane sent Cozart evidence it would be a violation of medical standards and common understandings of the law’s exception if the hospital didn’t provide Waldorf an induction.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: The Supreme Court held 25 years ago that it is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to execute intellectually disabled people.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
He had pleaded guilty in 2023 and served a four-month prison sentence for an anti-money laundering violation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The Court found the sentences imposed in those cases “reasonably proportionate” to the offenses committed—and not “cruel and unusual” in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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