Sentence examples for been criminalized for from inspiring English sources

Homosexuality has been criminalized for most of the last century there, and head of state Ramzan Kadyrov has imposed harsh Islamic religious law, endorsing family "honor killings" of women, for example.

People should not be criminalized for poverty.

However, as clarified above, no minor will be criminalized for any sexual activity under this bill.

The racial disparity was extraordinary: White people and black people use marijuana at roughly equal rates, but black people are 3.7 times more likely to be criminalized for doing so.

Human rights groups in Argentina have demanded for her release, a call echoed by Amnesty International which has said Sala "is being criminalized for peacefully exercising her rights to freedom of expression and protest".

If those couples weren't able to get their day in court earlier, it was because they had to live in a shadow; homosexual sex was criminalized for a long time in this country, too, in some states as late as 2003.

A first and familiar suggestion, implicit in the way I have talked throughout of criminalizing 'conduct', is that 'mere thought' should not be criminalized: for thought is private; only action or conduct is public.

Cocaine was criminalized for similar reasons, only this time the backlash was directed against black Americans.

Another issue, the report says, is people could be criminalized for small amounts of overproduction.

Can you even imagine -- your neighbor, your friend, your sibling or your child being criminalized for being who they are?

And at the end of the day, I mean, you don't want to be criminalized for being poor.