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The suit alleges that UCLA has shut down encampments this year using an incorrect interpretation of California penal code over unlawful assembly.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
In July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government overhauled the country’s 164-year-old penal code with new criminal laws, but the exemption for marital rape stayed on the books.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Mexico started recognizing femicide as a crime in the penal code in 2012.
—Meg Zukin, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
But in 1909, Congress overhauled the federal penal code and excavated the 1870 statute, elevating election conspiracy from a misdemeanor punishable by $500-per-vote fine to a potential felony with a ten-year prison sentence.
—Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
In July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government overhauled the country’s 164-year-old penal code with new criminal laws, but the exemption for marital rape stayed on the books.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Mexico started recognizing femicide as a crime in the penal code in 2012.
—Meg Zukin, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
But in 1909, Congress overhauled the federal penal code and excavated the 1870 statute, elevating election conspiracy from a misdemeanor punishable by $500-per-vote fine to a potential felony with a ten-year prison sentence.
—Sasha Issenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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