The old law was too tough, but the new one may make crime-fighting harder.
One way to encourage more fine-tuning of policing to local conditions would be to make crime statistics more readily available.
The sheer volume of notes that had to be stolen to make a crime lucrative was a deterrent.
Whatever happened to make street crime fall, it had nothing to do with putting more men in prison.
"I prosecute if you make a crime, and I don't consider whether you are pro this camp or another, " he said.
It is analogous to believing that the way to make domestic crime disappear in America is for law-abiding citizens somehow to change their behavior, perhaps by offering concessions to the criminals.
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Congress quickly acted with a new proposal, the Stolen Valor Act, which would make it a crime to lie about military service or make false claims about receiving military medals with the intent of benefiting from those claims.
And the panel also voted not to make it a crime to be in the country illegally.
The ban was in place that would make it a crime to sell violent games to minors.
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These difficulties - not to mention social differences - make comparison of crime rates between countries difficult.
One backbench MP has even tried (and failed) to make it a crime for a journalist to name arrested people without official permission.
This would be a logical next step: border bureaucracy and endemic crime make it horribly difficult for any Russian firm to maintain fast and reliable supply lines of components from abroad.
Separate versions of federal bills on the issue passed the U.S. House and Senate this year, that would make it a crime to take a minor across state lines for an abortion.
Should congress or state legislatures intervene like some states have and make it a crime to impersonate another person or entity on a website for an improper purpose or should the marketplace of ideas provide any needed check and balance?
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Other jurisdictions, notably New York City, make it a crime for owners or custodians to leave the weapon in such a manner that it is out of his or her immediate possession or control without making it inoperable by employing a safety locking device.
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"There is legislation being considered that would make insulting parliament a crime, " she said.
Being charged with a crime can make it difficult for people to get US visas.
To choose to make one type of crime a priority often diminishes the resources available for others.
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Profiting off of crime should make us uncomfortable, I think, especially when it involves pocketing taxpayer money.
For general inquiries or to make non-emergency crime complaints people should dial 101.
He said the job of the Met was simply to deal with crime and make the streets of London safer.
Laws on corporate crime often make the accountability of individuals insufficiently clear.
Tennessee Republican state Rep. Joe Carr wants to make it a state crime for federal agents to enforce any ban on firearms or ammunition.
"Criminals engage in organised crime to make money, " said David Ford.
Sonnier also said the decision highlights the need to make trademark counterfeiting a crime in Canada and to grant Customs officers in Canada ex-officio authority to seize counterfeit goods at the border.
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Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, said she was crafting a bill that would make it a federal crime to sell tickets to the historic event.
Those who have suffered as a result of crime can make individual victim impact statements outlining the impact the offence has had on their lives, but concerns about the wider impact on a community can now also be considered.
Thus, we need -- as is being proposed -- to toughen the laws on "straw man" purchases and firearms trafficking and to make it a federal crime to transport a gun into a state where possession of that gun would be illegal.
Some of these people do what we expect of them: They run for office, pass legislation, start a business, get hired or fired, commit a crime, make an arrest, get in accidents, hit a home run, overthrow a government, fight wars, sue an opponent, put out fires, prepare for hurricanes, and cavort with people other than their spouses.
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