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While in the vehicle, deputies prepared a citation under California penal code 602.1 (B), which covers interfering with any lawful business and refusing to leave the premises after being requested, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail or a fine up to $400, or both.
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Living in fear After years of pushing, Edgardo and his fellow campaigners were rewarded with a bittersweet victory in 2012, when the change to the penal code recognized femicide and upped the maximum sentence to life imprisonment.
—Betiana Fernández Martino, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
Guatemala’s Congress shielded Morales and, in an attempt to protect its own members and allies from prosecution, sought to reform the penal code to curb penalties for engaging in illicit campaign financing.
—Adriana Beltrán, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2018
Until all murder is treated uniformly in the penal code, as a crime against the state instead of against an individual, acquittals for crimes against women and children will likely continue undeterred.
—Nafisa Shah, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2016
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Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Living in fear After years of pushing, Edgardo and his fellow campaigners were rewarded with a bittersweet victory in 2012, when the change to the penal code recognized femicide and upped the maximum sentence to life imprisonment.
—Betiana Fernández Martino, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
Guatemala’s Congress shielded Morales and, in an attempt to protect its own members and allies from prosecution, sought to reform the penal code to curb penalties for engaging in illicit campaign financing.
—Adriana Beltrán, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2018
Until all murder is treated uniformly in the penal code, as a crime against the state instead of against an individual, acquittals for crimes against women and children will likely continue undeterred.
—Nafisa Shah, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2016
See All Example Sentences for penal code
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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