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  2. Title 18 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. [1] The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure.In its coverage, Title 18 is similar to most U.S. state criminal codes, typically referred to by names such as Penal Code, Criminal Code, or Crimes Code. [2]

  3. California criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Regardless of category or specific offense, all valid crimes are required to have two elements: 1) an act committed or omitted In California, and 2) an articulated punishment as defined in Cal Penal Code 15. There are three different types of crimes and public offenses: Infractions; Misdemeanors; Felonies. [3]

  4. Model Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The Model Penal Code (MPC) is a model act designed to stimulate and assist U.S. state legislatures to update and standardize the penal law of the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The MPC was a project of the American Law Institute (ALI), and was published in 1962 after a ten-year drafting period. [ 3 ]

  5. Federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States

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    Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...

  6. Legality of polygamy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [9]: 447–449 [10]: 243–244 However, due to the continuous threat of legislation targeting polygamy and the church, Brigham Young pretended to comply. [8]: 422 On January 6, 1879, the Supreme Court upheld the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act in Reynolds v. United States. [11]: 93

  7. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The American Model Penal Code defines the purpose of criminal law as: to prevent any conduct that cause or may cause harm to people or society, to enact public order, to define what acts are criminal, to inform the public what acts constitute crimes, and to distinguish a minor from a serious offense. [2]

  8. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The Penal Code enacted by the California State Legislature in February 1872 was derived from a penal code proposed by the New York code commission in 1865 which is frequently called the Field Penal Code after the most prominent of the code commissioners, David Dudley Field II (who did draft the commission's other proposed codes). [1]

  9. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    15 years to life (either 15 years to life or life without parole if the defendant served a prior murder conviction under Penal Code 190.05) Second Degree Murder of a Peace Officer 25 years to life (only an option if the defendant was under 18) (Life without parole if any of the following are true: The defendant's intention was to kill, OR