Legislation to Revise and Recodify Federal Criminal Laws: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Sessions on H.R. 6869 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 2883 sider |
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... involved in an undertaking as extensive as revision of Federal criminal law . Federal law presently contains numerous provisions proscribing what is essentially the same conduct . The statutes differ only in the basis for the exercise ...
... involved in an undertaking as extensive as revision of Federal criminal law . Federal law presently contains numerous provisions proscribing what is essentially the same conduct . The statutes differ only in the basis for the exercise ...
Side 5
... involved ? Was a weapon used ? Was this a first offense ? Each combination of factors would result in a certain narrow sentence range . In any given case , a judge could impose a stiffer or lesser sentence than the sentence range calls ...
... involved ? Was a weapon used ? Was this a first offense ? Each combination of factors would result in a certain narrow sentence range . In any given case , a judge could impose a stiffer or lesser sentence than the sentence range calls ...
Side 12
... involved in determining the application of the law but they are not the kind of questions normally thrust upon a jury . We do not ask our civil juries to determine if the matter in controversy exceeds $ 10,000 or if diversity of ...
... involved in determining the application of the law but they are not the kind of questions normally thrust upon a jury . We do not ask our civil juries to determine if the matter in controversy exceeds $ 10,000 or if diversity of ...
Side 22
... involved using a rifle , as I remember , to shoot out certain facilities of a utility company , and that is hardly insignificant conduct . But that is only one . Another area that is going to require careful scrutiny is our conspiracy ...
... involved using a rifle , as I remember , to shoot out certain facilities of a utility company , and that is hardly insignificant conduct . But that is only one . Another area that is going to require careful scrutiny is our conspiracy ...
Side 25
... involved only a common form of fraud . That's the way I feel about a lot of the criminal laws . The At- torney General agrees with you now , but of course Attorney Gen- erals come and go . Madison and Jefferson both thought you ought to ...
... involved only a common form of fraud . That's the way I feel about a lot of the criminal laws . The At- torney General agrees with you now , but of course Attorney Gen- erals come and go . Madison and Jefferson both thought you ought to ...
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Side 303 - Cir. 1938), he wrote that, in order to aid and abet another to commit a crime, it is necessary that a defendant "in some sort associate himself with the venture, that he participate in it as in something that he wishes to bring about, that he seek by his action to make it succeed.
Side 307 - ... But if, after judgment has been rendered on the conviction, and the sentence of that judgment executed on the criminal, he can be again sentenced on that conviction to another and different punishment, or to endure the same punishment a second time, is the constitutional restriction of any value? Is not its intent and its spirit in such a case as much violated as if a new trial had been had, and on a second conviction a second punishment inflicted?
Side 791 - The instinct for retribution is part of the nature of man, and channeling that instinct in the administration of criminal justice serves an important purpose in promoting the stability of a society governed by law. When people begin to believe that organized society is unwilling or unable to impose upon criminal offenders the punishment they 'deserve/ then there are sown the seeds of anarchy — of self-help, vigilante justice, and lynch law.
Side 715 - Nothing in this Act, except as specifically provided for herein, shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike, or to affect the limitations or qualifications on that right.
Side 692 - If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.
Side 544 - The constitutional guarantees require, we think, a federal rule that prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made with "actual malice" — that is, with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.
Side 635 - Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation...
Side 561 - [a] person is guilty of an offense if he agrees with one or more persons to engage in conduct, the performance of which would constitute a crime or crimes...
Side 303 - Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal...
Side 563 - ... intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States...