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Prior to 1989, Oregon judges would decide whether a convicted felon should be put on probation or sent to prison, and for those sent to prison, set a maximum sentence (known as an "indeterminate sentence.") [16] Based on a subsequent decision by the Parole Board, which used an assessment of good behavior, rehabilitative efforts, and criminal ...
The sentence can be given as a grammatical puzzle [7] [8] [9] or an item on a test, [1] [2] for which one must find the proper punctuation to give it meaning. Hans Reichenbach used a similar sentence ("John where Jack had...") in his 1947 book Elements of Symbolic Logic as an exercise for the reader, to illustrate the different levels of language, namely object language and metalanguage.
An example is a skillful way in which his terrier Tony opened the garden gate, easily misunderstood as an insightful act by someone seeing the final behavior. Lloyd Morgan, however, had watched and recorded the series of approximations by which the dog had gradually learned the response, and could demonstrate that no insight was required to ...
In United States legal terminology dead time is time spent institutionalized by a defendant that does not count as credit toward the defendant's sentence.An example would be time spent confined in a mental hospital while the defendant is being restored to competency to stand trial, or halfway house time pending sentencing can also sometimes be dead time.
A Virginia man was arrested after allegedly trying to steal more than $1,000 worth of items from a Walmart — right in front of dozens of cops who were at the store for a holiday event ...
A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [39] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...
Throughout this time, trained medical professionals conduct a series of prenatal visits with the mother-to-be to make sure her questions and concerns are addressed and to check for any ...
At this time, automatic forwarding of email isn't offered, however individual emails can be forwarded one at a time. 1. Open an email message. 2. On the top of the email, click the Forward icon. 3. Enter the email address you want the message sent to. 4. Click Send.