Sentence examples for a punishable crime from inspiring English sources

Homosexuality remained a punishable crime: 270 British soldiers and 20 officers were court-martialed for "acts of gross indecency".

How far away would we be from countries, in which homosexuality is a punishable crime, admitting such evidence in court?

Despite his sordid testimony many expect Strauss-Kahn to be acquitted, citing limited evidence pointing to a punishable crime.

This, after all, is the King who passed the law about putting trousers on cats and dogs, who made laughing too loudly a punishable crime.

If, on the other hand, the prescription reads "Take 50 to die", the doctor is guilty of incitement to commit suicide, usually a punishable crime.

Judge Tomasz Calkiewicz said that Poland could not extradite him on espionage charges because espionage against Germany is not a punishable crime in Poland.

Prostitution is a highly punishable crime in many areas and many clubs will have undercover cops.

Abortion first became a codified and punishable crime in England in 1803 when Lord Ellenborough's Act was passed.

According to the Crimes of War Project, rape has been a punishable war crime for centuries, but this has rarely been observed.

Hilstrom spearheaded a bill to makes putting any bodily fluids into food or beverages blood, semen, vaginal fluid, urine, human shit, you name it a punishable crime, and said bill will finally go into effect as law on August 1.

In either case, he is considered a mercenary, a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison.