Sentences with phrase «offence than a crime»
Once marijuana use is legalized and regulations are created for government - authorized growing and selling, behaviour such as Mr. Morris's will be more of a regulatory offence than a crime — like fishing without a license.
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«Consequent upon the public confessions of these vicious and notorious killer squad to the killings in cold blood of more than Eleven (11) innocent people in Kwara State and other States of the Federation, the statutory procedure and practice in the Force is that such a heinous crime and capital offence is transferred to the Force Headquarters for further investigation.
We speak as new figures are released showing more than 6,000 alleged hate crimes and incidents were reported to police since the middle of June, prompting a review of how police forces handle such offences.
«Their crime is far worse than the offence of David Lowe of Radio Devon.
Crime rates also tend to be a little lower, including Tay, Ontario which recorded fewer than 100 offences of any kind in 2015, and charged just 31 people.
The same publication reports that sexual offences are less likely to be cleared by police than other types of violent offences, citing that in 2007, charges were laid in about a third of sexual offences reported to police, as compared to charges being laid in almost half of other types of violent crime reported to police.
Finally, the Statistics Canada publication found that sexual offences are, on average, less likely to result in a finding of guilt than other violent crimes.
Amanda Pinto QC, a tenant at 5 Paper Buildings and co-author of Corporate Criminal Liability, questions why the authority has chosen to deal with substantial offences, such as fraud and misleading conduct, as breaches of regulations rather than crimes.
Our criminal lawyers are known for our work in cases of Youth Crime, Fraud and Business Crime and Motoring Offences but our expertise is broader than this, covering every type of criminal allegation.
Other than civil and commercial cases, Ling Ling also enjoys working on complex criminal matters, with a focus on white collar crimes and capital offences.
The Code defines the offence of conspiracy in section 465, but aside from the basic statement that conspiring with anyone to commit a crime is, itself, an offence, the section is more of a sentencing and procedural clause than anything else.