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The initiative amends the state penal code to allow prosecutors to bypass the $950 threshold that separates petty theft, a misdemeanor, from grand theft, a felony.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
The suit alleges that UCLA has shut down encampments this year using an incorrect interpretation of California penal code over unlawful assembly.
—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
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
The suit alleges that UCLA has shut down encampments this year using an incorrect interpretation of California penal code over unlawful assembly.
—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
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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