• Although gun offenses are generally taken seriously when they are part of crimes such as homicide, aggravated assault or robbery, the act of illegally carrying a gun itself typically doesn't incur significant punishment.

    WSJ: William Daley and Roseanna Ander: Don't Take Your Guns to Town

  • Wal-Mart pleaded guilty to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act in California between 2003-2005 by illegally discarding the hazardous products at its stores.

    BBC: Wal-Mart fined for dumping hazardous waste in US

  • The conviction of a trawlerman illegally fishing within Guernsey's 12-mile limit will act as a warning to others, according to the States.

    BBC: Brixham registered beam trawler in St Peter Port Harbour

  • This rotation occurred after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed and the end of it overlaps the period London has admitted to illegally passing inside information about Skechers to his friend.

    FORBES: KPMG's Inside Trader: What The Auditor, and Skechers, Don't Want To Talk About

  • Despite having a Democratic-controlled Congress at the time, the White House was unable to win passage in 2010 for the DREAM Act, which would have granted legal status to young people brought to the country illegally by their family.

    NPR: Obama Immigration Aide Seeks To Finish Journey

  • The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors -- or DREAM -- Act, would create a path to citizenship for immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children under the age of 16 and have lived in the United States for at least five years, obtained a high school or General Education Development diploma, and demonstrated "good moral character, " the White House said.

    CNN: Joy, criticism greet immigration policy move

  • Linsey plans to file at least one complaint under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations (RICO) act, alleging that Wal-Mart harbored and transported janitorial staff it knew were working illegally.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • One possibility, admittedly speculative, is that the prosecutor concluded that Zimmerman illegally confronted the victim with a weapon without just cause, and that that criminal act led to the shooting.

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  • If voted into law, the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013, would slap anyone caught purchasing a firearm or ammunition with the intent of illegally transferring it to someone else with jail time and a large fine.

    CNN: Bipartisan bill would punish gun trafficking

  • Romney also said he was "taking a look" at Rubio's recent proposal for a conservative alternative to the DREAM Act, legislation that would grant citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants who have been brought to the United States illegally as children.

    CNN: Romney backs extending lowered student loan rates

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