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  2. Capital punishment by country - Wikipedia

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    Current laws allow the death penalty for treason; espionage; murder; arson resulting in death; attempting a death-eligible crime; recidivism for a felony punishable by forced labor for life; terrorism; political acts and military offences such as bearing arms against Syria in the ranks of the enemy, insubordination, rebellion, desertion of the ...

  3. Legal status of human sterilization by country - Wikipedia

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    [10]: 64 The original 1997 law punished contraventions with a prison sentence of one to ten years [9] and the updated law as of 5 September 2019 sets a prison sentence of at least 3 years. [10] The prison sentence is a maximum of three years if the sterilisation is involuntary, under Art. 156 §2. [9] [10]: 64 Portugal

  4. List of murder laws by country - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the laws of murder by country. The legal definition of murder varies by country: the laws of different countries deal differently with matters such as mens rea (how the intention on the part of the alleged murderer must be proved for the offence to amount to murder) and sentencing .

  5. Capital punishment for non-violent offenses - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment for offenses is allowed by law in some countries. Such offenses include adultery, apostasy, blasphemy, corruption, drug trafficking, espionage, fraud, homosexuality and sodomy not involving force, perjury causing execution of an innocent person (which, however, may well be considered and even prosecutable as murder), prostitution, sorcery and witchcraft, theft, treason and ...

  6. List of dangerous snakes - Wikipedia

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    The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) is considered the most venomous snake in the world with a murine LD 50 value of 0.025 mg/kg SC. [82] [83] Ernst and Zug et al. 1996 list a value of 0.01 mg/kg SC, which makes it the most venomous snake in the world in their study too.

  7. Capital punishment in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Swiss military law, however, still provided for capital punishment for treason and certain other military offenses such as desertion in the face of the enemy. During World War II, 33 people were sentenced to death for spying for Nazi Germany, 15 of them in absentia. Seventeen of those condemned were executed before the end of the war.

  8. Drug and precursor laws by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    Drug and precursor laws Germany: Anlage I [8] Anlage II [9] Anlage III [10] Sweden: Narkotikastrafflagen. Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om förteckningar över narkotika [11] Lagen om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor. List of substances [12] Kontroll av narkotikaprekursorer [permanent dead link ‍] (up to date list of laws) New Zealand ...

  9. Legal status of psilocybin mushrooms - Wikipedia

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    [73] In June 2002, Japan Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry added psilocybin mushrooms to Schedule Narcotics of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drug Control Law, possibly in preparation for the World Cup, and in response to a widely reported case of mushroom poisoning. Use, production, trafficking, growing or possession of psilocybin mushrooms is now ...