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  2. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The Penal Code enacted by the California State Legislature in February 1872 was derived from a penal code proposed by the New York code commission in 1865 which is frequently called the Field Penal Code after the most prominent of the code commissioners, David Dudley Field II (who did draft the commission's other proposed codes). [1]

  3. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    "420" did not originate from the Los Angeles police or penal code for marijuana use. California Penal Code section 420 prohibits the obstruction of access to public land. The use of "420" started in 1971 at San Rafael High School , where a group of students would go to smoke at 4:20 pm. as found in the chi-rho symbol (ΧΡ) since the 4th century.

  4. Three-strikes law - Wikipedia

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    One application of a three-strikes law was the Leonardo Andrade case in California in 2009. In this case, Leandro Andrade attempted to rob $153 in videotapes from two San Bernardino K-Mart stores. He was charged under California's three-strikes law because of his criminal history concerning drugs and other burglaries.

  5. List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present ...

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    A 16-year-old student was shot in the stomach on the campus of Salisbury High School during a dispute in the school gym. 17-year-old suspect was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm on school property and discharging a weapon on school property. [222] February 10, 2014

  6. Gun laws in California - Wikipedia

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    In addition, (Penal Code §12001.5) bans, by definition, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles. Defined in Penal Code §12020; a short-barreled shotgun is defined as a firearm (designed, redesigned, or altered) to fire a fixed shotgun shell and has a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches or an overall length of less than 26 inches.

  7. Andrew Cuomo - Wikipedia

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    He also delivered Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act; a 2011 tax code that raised taxes for the wealthy and lowered taxes for the middle class; 12-week paid family leave; and a gradual increase of the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. [3] Cuomo received national attention for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York.

  8. Immigration and crime - Wikipedia

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    [88] [original research?] [non-primary source needed] At 4%, male migrants aged 15–64 with non-Western backgrounds had twice the conviction rate against the Danish Penal Code in 2018, compared to 2% for Danish men. In a given year, about 13% of all male descendants of non-Western migrants aged 17–24 are convicted against the penal code. [89]

  9. DMX - Wikipedia

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    Earl Simmons was born on December 18, 1970, in Mount Vernon, New York. [11] He was the son of 19-year-old Arnett Simmons and 18-year-old Joe Barker. [12] Simmons was the middle child of the family; his mother had given birth to a daughter, Bonita, two years prior, and later gave birth to a second daughter, Shayla, and two stillborn sons. [1]