Sentence examples for category of crimes from inspiring English sources
But there is a category of crimes that are forbidden regardless of the actor's state of mind: so-called strict-liability offenses.
There, the International Military Tribunal tried 22 major Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against the peace, and a new category of crimes: crimes against humanity.
First, the crime is so heinous that it's in the category of crimes where the seriousness of the crime often trumps consideration of mitigation.
During a parliamentary debate Philip Davies said men were being discriminated against in the British justice system because they tended to receive longer and more frequent custodial sentences than women for the same category of crimes.
Only one category of crimes set forth in the authority's statute is not drawn from international humanitarian law: a hodgepodge of three Iraqi laws, including a 1958 provision that forbids the use of armed force against an Arab country.
Some Republicans wanted the law to include a provision on "mens rea" reform, which would expand the category of crimes in which a defendant's criminal intent is a factor in determining guilt.
(This category of crime isn't just a sharia precept; in America, most states have fetal homicide laws).
In Mott Haven, in the Bronx, every category of crime except for grand larceny has been dropping.
The mayor, a former federal prosecutor, has a reputation for being tough on crime, and New York has seen every major category of crime drop substantially under his administration.
Every other major category of crime was also down, with the exception of rapes, which were up 6percentt, and shootings, which were up 22percentt.
