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The law required a life sentence for those violating liquor laws for the fourth time. [14] In late 1928 Etta Mae Miller, a mother of four was found guilty under this law, sparking outrage. [15] The first true "three-strikes" law was passed in 1993, when Washington voters approved Initiative 593.
Enacted three miscegenation laws between 1809 and 1913, and a 1952 statute that required adoption petitions to state the race of both the petitioner and child. A 1913 miscegenation law broadened the list of races unacceptable as marriage partners for whites to include persons belonging to the "African, Korean, Malayan, or Mongolian race."
States have various laws regarding marriage between cousins and other close relatives, [203] which involve factors including whether or not the parties to the marriage are half-cousins, double cousins, infertile, over 65, or whether it is a tradition prevalent in a native or ancestry culture, adoption status, in-law, whether or not genetic ...
According to HG.org, here are 15 bizarre laws that might be enforceable in Texas. 15 strange enforceable laws in Texas No. 1: Selling your organs. Tex. Pen. Code. §48.02 says it's illegal to sell ...
[3] [4] Texas is commonly seen as having little government intervention and regulation, while in California the state takes a larger role in public policies. [5] There are also exceptions, discussed as part of the perceived rivalry, in which Texas has increased state intervention against immigration and abortion whereas California has reduced ...
At the moment, trade economies in both Texas and California face some headwinds, including a slowing U.S. economy as a result of anti-inflation efforts, plus cutbacks by retailers and other buyers ...
It’s almost 2025, and that means it’s nearly time for hundreds of new laws to go into effect. State lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom had a busy year, producing and signing stacks of legislation ...
In 2005, the United States Supreme Court held that offenders under the age of 18 at the time of the murder were exempt from the death penalty under Roper v. Simmons. In 2012, the United States Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders.