Xantus's murrelet has been split into two species: 1  Scripps's murrelet, Synthliboramphus scrippsi. 2  Guadalupe murrelet, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus.
California's Three Strikes Law. The Three Strikes law significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of felonies who have been previously convicted of a violent or serious felony, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a prison sentence.
Section 3 of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act 1996. Section 3, or the definition of marriage, of the law is the portion of the act that legally defines a marriage in terms of federal uses as the union explicitly of a woman and a man.