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  2. Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do - Wikipedia

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    Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country is a 1993 book by Peter McWilliams, in which he presents the history of legislation against what he feels are victimless crimes, or crimes that are committed consensually, as well as arguments for their legalization. [1] [2] The book is divided into five ...

  3. Overcriminalization - Wikipedia

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    Overcriminalization is the concept that criminalization has become excessive, meaning that an excessive number of laws and regulations deeming conduct illegal have a detrimental effect on society, particularly with respect to victimless crimes and actions which make conduct illegal without criminal intent on the part of the individual.

  4. Victimless crime - Wikipedia

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    Many activities that were once considered crimes are no longer illegal in some countries, at least in part because of their status as victimless crimes. One example is the British sturdy beggar laws that applied the death penalty to unemployment. Two large categories of victimless crimes are sexual pleasure and recreational drug use (drug ...

  5. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    Volumes of the Thomson West annotated version of the California Penal Code; the other popular annotated version is Deering's, which is published by LexisNexis. The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences, among other things, in the American state of California.

  6. Capital punishment for non-violent offenses - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment for offenses is allowed by law in some countries. Such offenses include adultery, apostasy, blasphemy, corruption, drug trafficking, espionage, fraud, homosexuality and sodomy not involving force, perjury causing execution of an innocent person (which, however, may well be considered and even prosecutable as murder), prostitution, sorcery and witchcraft, theft, treason and ...

  7. 2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia

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    She reported that out-of-state crime rings use children, as they are even less likely to be prosecuted, and that even when police make arrests, charges are dropped or downgraded by the district attorney. [36] According to the Public Policy Institute of California, [37] violent crime in California rose by 5.7% between 2021 and 2022.

  8. Legalization - Wikipedia

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    Proponents of libertarianism support legalization of what they regard as victimless crimes, such as recreational drug and alcohol use, gun ownership, and prostitution. In U. S. immigration context, the term "legalization" is colloquially used to refer to a process whereby a person illegally present in the country can obtain lawful permanent ...

  9. Crime in California - Wikipedia

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    Number of crimes per 100,000 persons in 2004 (crime rates) [5] Violent crime rates Property crime rates Total Rank Population Violent crime Homicide Rape Robbery Serious assault Property crime Burglary Larceny Motor vehicle theft 35,893,799 551.8 6.7 26.8 172.1 346.3 3,419.0 685.1 2,030.1 703.8 11,970.8 26