"Seven and a half years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized.
The latter no longer talk much about criminalizing abortion or forcing women impregnated by rape or incest to carry to term; they talk instead about "partial birth" and "parental notification".
The stigma attaching to such a crime is unlikely to be much higher than for a parking offence, so again the conclusion seems to be that much can be criminalized without any serious assault on the adequacy of a person's options.
"I find the words uttered by Malema constitute hate speech," Judge Lamont said, drawing assertions from other Youth League leaders that the ruling criminalized much of the heritage of the A.N.C. as the leading force against apartheid.
Much behaviour that is criminalized is done under the threat of imprisonment and imprisonment can cut off a very large range of options; or it can reduce them considerably by various forms of disruption or destruction: of family life, deep personal relations, work opportunities, pursuit of valuable outdoor activities, political participation and so on.
Given the clear freedom to choose one's beliefs and the absence of any earthly punishments for leaving the religion of Islam, why is apostasy criminalized in much of the Muslim world?
And the indictment against Mr. Bruno is so sweeping, many in Albany say, that a guilty verdict could, in effect, criminalize much of what passes for business as usual in the hallways of the Capitol.
However, that presumption can be defeated by other considerations to do with the impact of criminalization; in particular, a proper regard for individual liberty will dissuade us from actually criminalizing much wrongful conduct (see Moore 1997: ch. 18, and 2009).
WASHINGTON -- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans joined together to voice support for legislation that would criminalize much of the activity that occupies the Internet.
Instead they should be repairing a legal system that gives this and future administrations too much leeway to criminalize speech and invade our privacy.
