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The state penal code also allows sheriff’s officials to offer inmates to stay in custody for up to 16 additional hours or until normal business hours, whichever is shorter, so the inmate is released during daytime hours.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca is facing 30 charges, which include felonies that carry potential sentences of up to 50 years in prison under Indiana's old penal code, Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said during a news conference Wednesday.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
To that end, the book includes advocacy tools as well as penal codes, laws, and rights pertaining to reproductive rights.
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Victoria Law,
Washington Post,
6 May 2026
Cuba’s penal code sets the minimum legal age of criminal responsibility at 16.
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Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca is facing 30 charges, which include felonies that carry potential sentences of up to 50 years in prison under Indiana's old penal code, Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said during a news conference Wednesday.
—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
To that end, the book includes advocacy tools as well as penal codes, laws, and rights pertaining to reproductive rights.
—
Victoria Law,
Washington Post,
6 May 2026
Cuba’s penal code sets the minimum legal age of criminal responsibility at 16.
—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for penal code
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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