Sentence examples for * punishable acts from inspiring English sources

"We know that moral credibility suffers when one does not responsibly and rigorously deal with such horrendous, punishable acts," Father Langendörfer said.

The "hate crimes initiative" would make brutality motivated by a victim's gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or disability a federally punishable act.

Therefore, the investigation team construed its objective and subjective elements in light of criminal justice notions (i) punishable preparatory acts; (ii) 'ordering' as mode of individual criminal liability; (iii) effective control and command responsibility; and (iv) indirect perpetration as an organized structure of power.

Further analysis, by the International Law Clinic, brings to light that, 'ordering' if considered as a punishable preparatory act, must be consistent with other preparatory acts.

The ICC has no case law on forced displacement or on the punishable preparatory act of ordering.

Therefore, under RS Art 8(2)(e)(viii), an order whether the displacement is carried out or not constitutes a punishable preparatory act.

Private copies are still legal to own and personal use is not punishable; however any public screening is a highly prohibited and punishable act.

It also expanded the definition of sexual assault to be more easily punishable as an act of torture.

In Kenya homosexual sex acts are punishable by up to 14 years in prison, though convictions are rare.

Or to a 35-year-old gay man in one of the many African countries where homosexual acts are punishable with lengthy prison sentences or even death.

The prince of Saudi Arabia, where gay acts are punishable by death, was also witnessed having his penis "stroked" by a male aide.