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Offenses under United States federal law are grouped into different classes according to the maximum term of imprisonment defined within the statute for...

In Mainland China, there are 46 crimes punishable by death. These are defined in the criminal law of China, which comprehensively identifies criminal acts...

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple...

prohibited in Botswana. Possession or import of such material is illegal and punishable by a fine or up to four years imprisonment. In Egypt, it is illegal to...

sodomy and rape by instrumentation. All crimes listed here are also punishable by California’s “One-Strike Law”, Penal Code 667.61, which has a list...

up to 30 grams, punishable by a $25 fine. Pittsburgh December 2015 City council voted 7–2 to decriminalize up to 30 grams, punishable by a $25 fine. Harrisburg...

men is illegal in 9 of the 18 countries that make up the region. It is punishable by death in four of these 18 countries. The rights and freedoms of LGBT...

allow capital punishment, and each has its own terminology for an offence punishable by death. In most states, the term "first-degree murder" is used; others...

the government or military. Male homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan, punishable with up to life in prison. Pakistan's economy ranks 24th globally by purchasing...

provisions, the promotion (including normalisation) of homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years and fines. The bill is highly popular...

siblings. Sex with a descendant is punishable by up to six years imprisonment. Sex between siblings is punishable by up to two years imprisonment. In...

government defines a felony as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. If punishable by exactly one year or less, it is classified...

of "penal fouls", punishable by a direct free kick or penalty kick depending on where the offence occurred. Other fouls are punishable by an indirect free...

years for offences which are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment for life; 20 years for offences which are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment...

is punishable by prison up to three months or a fine from 10,000 DZD (ca. $78.50) to 25,000 DZD (ca. $196) or both. Insult (injúria) is punishable by...

In England, burning was a legal punishment inflicted on women found guilty of high treason, petty treason, and heresy. Over a period of several centuries...

public benefit." Any act of spreading discord among employees will be punishable by imprisonment, and in all cases, foreigners will be deported. Homosexual...

can be a unifying political message. In English law, high treason was punishable by being hanged, drawn and quartered (men) or burnt at the stake (women)...

before a tribunal as directed in a summons. In the United States, FTAs are punishable by fines, incarceration, or both when committed by a criminal defendant...

willfully disobeying a lawful order of one's superior. It is generally a punishable offense in hierarchical organizations such as the armed forces, which...