He refused to wear the blue uniform of a common criminal, instead going naked or in underpants.

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At the summit later this month he will make concessions designed to lead to a common criminal law.

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The government insisted he was a common criminal.

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At Swindon Crown Court, Pike admitted a string of charges including burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, common assault, criminal damage and driving while disqualified.

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Vagueness is a common problem in white-collar criminal cases.

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In March of last year Hank Morris and David Loglisci, were charged with 123 counts, including bribery, grand larceny and money laundering in an indictment that said they had turned New York State Common Retirement Fund into a criminal enterprise and netted the conspirators tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks.

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In many criminal cases, the common-law requirement that a defendant must have a mens rea (ie, he must or should know that he is doing wrong) has been weakened or erased.

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Yet the justices granted the detainees only one specific right under Common Article 3: the right to have any criminal charges heard by a "regularly constituted court"--one created by an act of Congress.

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Because of this, those appearing in criminal trials do not have the option of a jury trial, which is common in the United States and other countries.

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All have been equally charged by law enforcement with a litany of offences of kidnapping, unnatural offences, dacoity, robbery, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy and common intention under the Indian Penal Code.

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