Sentence examples for principal crimes from inspiring English sources

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There is enough evidence to convict each of them of minor offenses related to crimes I and II, but not enough evidence to convict either of them of the principal crimes I or II unless one of them acts as an informant against the other ('finks') for crime I or II.

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The Daily News has the memoir, too, and pulls out an anecdote about how Kennedy lost his first case as a prosector, against a man who had crashed his car leaving Fenway after drinking twenty-six beers at a doubleheader against the Yankees, when the hometown jury acquitted him in minutes after the man's attorney argued his client's "principal crime is that he cheered for the Boston Red Sox".

Given the possible link between baseline criminality and future criminal recidivism, we included dichotomous information from the criminal justice registry about the principal crime in the index verdict for three major types of crime; violent crime, property crime (stealing, shoplifting, robbery), and drug crime.

If only one of them finks for crime I and they both stay quiet for crime II, then the informant will not be charged for crime I but will be fined $10 for crime II, and the informant will testify against the other for crime I, who will be convicted of the principal offense for crime I resulting in a three-year prison sentence and be fined $20 for crime II.

If they both stay quiet for crime I and only one of them finks for crime II, then the informant will not be charged for crime II but will spend one year in prison for crime I, and the informant will testify against the other for crime II, who will be convicted of the principal offense for crime II resulting in a $30 fine and be sentenced to two years in prison for crime I.

Even amongst those crimes, the NCRB statistics takes only the principal offence of the formal complaint (First Information Report) into account.

Other states and federal law treat conspiracy as a separate principal offense, sometimes punishing it more severely than the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.

With this in mind, we aim to highlight general principals of crime science found through an in-depth review of the conservation literature.

Costa and his principal partner in crime, black marketeer Alberto Youssef, signed plea-bargain agreements in August and became government witnesses in 10 separate prosecution cases.

Whereas incitement can only be committed when the defendant incites the principal offender, the crime of "encouraging or assisting" includes helping an accessory.

The fact that a panel of judges representing the 108 governments that are parties to the ICC has accused Bashir of principal responsibility for the crimes committed in Darfur during the past six years undermines the legitimacy of his continued rule.

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