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Livestreamed crime is a phenomenon in which criminal acts are publicly livestreamed on social media platforms such as Twitch or Facebook Live. Due to the fact that livestreams are accessible instantaneously, it is difficult to quickly detect and moderate violent content, and almost impossible to protect the privacy of victims or bystanders.
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 ...
Victimless crimes draw manpower and funds away from crimes that do hurt innocent parties, and enforcement of the laws is not consistent enough to be an effective deterrent. He also argues that actions to help people deal with problems caused by these illegal activities are effectively prevented by their criminalization—for example, no one ...
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 ...
Initiative Statute, was a referendum passed by voters in the state of California on November 4, 2014. The measure was also referred to by its supporters as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. [2] It recategorized some nonviolent offenses as misdemeanors rather than felonies, as they had previously been categorized. The crimes affected were:
Larry Vickers, a popular creator of YouTube gun videos, may get a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty in October to two federal crimes including a conspiracy to import illegal machine guns.
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
It is illegal to sell, transport, or use fireworks without the “safe and sane” seal. In California, illegal fireworks include: Sky rockets. Bottle rockets. Roman candles. Aerial shells ...