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  2. Aggravation (law) - Wikipedia

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    Aggravated assault, for example, is usually differentiated from simple assault by the offender's intent (e.g., to murder or to rape), the extent of injury to the victim, or the use of a deadly weapon. An aggravating circumstance is a kind of attendant circumstance and the opposite of an extenuating or mitigating circumstance, which decreases guilt.

  3. Aggravated sexual assault - Wikipedia

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    Aggravated sexual assault has a statutory definition in Irish law, as set out in Section 3 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1900- " 3. —(1) In this Act " aggravated sexual assault " means a sexual assault that involves serious violence or the threat of serious violence or is such as to cause injury, humiliation or degradation of a ...

  4. Rape laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Md. Code Ann., Criminal Law § 3-303 Life without parole or any other term (only an option if the defendant was under 18) Rape in the Second Degree Md. Code Ann., Criminal Law § 3-304 Up to 20 years Aggravated Rape in the Second Degree Md. Code Ann., Criminal Law § 3-304(c)(2) Life or any term not less than 15 years

  5. What is aggravated sexual battery? What to know about ... - AOL

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    Kansas law defines battery as knowingly or recklessly causing bodily harm to another person, or knowingly causing physical contact with another person in a rude, insulting or angry way.

  6. Aggravated felony - Wikipedia

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    The term aggravated felony was used in the United States immigration law to refer to a broad category of criminal offenses that carry certain severe consequences for aliens seeking asylum, legal permanent resident status, citizenship, or avoidance of deportation proceedings. Anyone convicted of an aggravated felony and removed from the United ...

  7. DOJ sues Tennessee over aggravated prostitution law, citing ...

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    Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the changes proposed legislation about the aggravated prostitution law would make. The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the State of ...

  8. Classes of offenses under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    The classes of offenses under United States federal law are as follows: Offense classes Type Class Maximum prison term [1] Maximum fine [2] [note 1] Probation term [3 ...

  9. Crime against nature - Wikipedia

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    For much of modern history, a "crime against nature" was understood by courts to be synonymous to "buggery", and to include anal sex (copulation per anum) and bestiality.[2] [3] Early court decisions agreed that fellatio (copulation per os) was not included, though mainly because the practice was not spoken about when the common-law definition was established (the first attempted fellatio ...