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• Another 1995 law made the laundering of money from drug trafficking a serious criminal offense.
• A powerful bloc of 57 Islamic states is again pushing for the UN to make it a criminal offense to criticise or 'defame' Islam. The Economist: Correspondent's diary
• Every act constituting torture under the Convention constitutes a criminal offense under the law of the United States.
• But the case was abandoned Thursday after magistrates found he had not committed a criminal offense.
• Apostasy is not a clearly defined criminal offense, but it is one of about six so-called crimes against God hadd, plural hudud for which the Quran sets out specified punishments, including the death penalty. Human Rights Watch: Malaysia: Don't Send Saudi Back -- Faces Likely Death Sentence for Twitter Post
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• While such violations of town ordinances are criminal offenses, they are made so by a general act of the Legislature, 3820 of The Code; and while the Mayors of the cities and towns have jurisdiction under sec. 3818 of The Code, any Justice of the Peace also has jurisdiction of such offenses. Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900
• Listening to radio broadcasts from abroad is still a criminal offense in this country.
• If the deportee returns to the USA and is caught, the immigrant will serve the remainder of the original sentence plus prison time for any new criminal offenses. Michael J. McCarthy: Cut Prison Spending First, Not Schools
• It now constitutes a criminal offense to supply a person with narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, or to incite other persons to use such drugs or substances, even when no material or personal benefit is intended.