Nine years seems rather a harsh penalty for a crime that did not itself harm anyone.
Through an executive order, President Roosevelt made the possession of monetary gold a crime in 1933.
"Living together before marriage is not a crime, " Deepika Padukone, a famous actress, recently declared.
It's bad for business when one of your products is used to commit a crime.
All she needs in order to indict is probable cause that a crime has been committed.
"It is not enough simply to avoid being found guilty of a crime, " the policy says.
The U.K. released Mr. Hayes on bail and hasn't charged him with a crime.
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When a crime happens close to home, SpotCrime will send you an e-mail alert.
When a crime report comes in, the scene is assigned a longitude and latitude.
For example: could football coaches be held complicit for failing to report a crime?
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Police investigating the death said there was no evidence to prove a crime has been committed.
Mr Mohamud's lawyers say he may have been led by government agents into committing a crime.
What happens to a player in a similar situation that is charged with a crime?
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After a long inquiry into that night in question, Roethlisberger was not charged with a crime.
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The passage of time... in no way dilutes the seriousness of such a crime.
To be sure, the failure to disclose a Swiss bank account can constitute a crime.
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But after leaving class, Khalil watched her college campus turn into a crime scene on Tuesday.
The Secret Service in March thwarted a crime ring in nine states, arresting 19 individuals.
Lawmakers don't have to prove Blagojevich committed a crime in office to impeach him.
"It is a crime in some states to perform experiments on animals with tattoos, " PETA says.
"You need to consider when there is a crime, there is also a victim, " said Mangiameli.
"Assuming a crime was committed, that takes out a big motive issue, " he says.
Unless they commit a crime here, we are not going to uproot them and deport them.
All she did was report a crime and she expected the service that anyone should expect.
Nor is it a crime to obstruct or conceal personal, embarrassing facts or relationships.
Yuri Zarutsky said he had been detained "for a crime" but refused to provide any details.
Targeting civilians in armed conflict is an intentional act which is a crime under international law.
If you had insurance coverage, would that give you carte blanche to commit a crime?
He felt the red card shown to the United winger was a crime so called police.
It said many people did not realise being spat at or slapped was a crime.
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