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  2. Larceny - Wikipedia

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    Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also statutory law), where in many cases it remains in force.

  3. Bloody Code - Wikipedia

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    George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, expressed a contemporary view when he said that "Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen." [ 8 ] Grand larceny was one of the crimes that drew the death penalty; it was defined as the theft of goods worth more than 12 pence , about one-twentieth of the weekly wage for a ...

  4. Lesser included offense - Wikipedia

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    For example, the common law crime of larceny requires the taking and carrying away of tangible property from another person, with the intent of permanently depriving the owner of that property. Robbery , under the common law, requires all of the same elements and also the use of force or intimidation to accomplish the taking.

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

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    Offense classes Type Class Maximum prison term [1] Maximum fine [2] [note 1] Probation term [3] [note 2] Maximum supervised release term [4] [note 3] Maximum prison term upon supervised release revocation [5]

  6. Theft - Wikipedia

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    Theft in the first or second degree is a felony. Theft in the first degree means theft above $20,000 or of a firearm or explosive; or theft over $300 during a declared emergency. [88] Theft in the second degree means theft above $750, theft from the person of another, or agricultural products over $100 or aquacultural products from an enclosed ...

  7. Peekskill woman pleads guilty in Manhattan stolen-car crash ...

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    Godwin was indicted a month after the crash on charges including first-degree assault and criminal possession of stolen property and would have faced up to 25 years in prison had she gone to trial ...

  8. Criminology - Wikipedia

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    State crime is a distinct field of crimes that is studied by Marxist criminology, which considers these crimes to be some of the most costly to society in terms of overall harm/injury. In a Marxist framework, genocides , environmental degradation , and war are not crimes that occur out of contempt for one's fellow man, but are crimes of power.

  9. Anna Sorokin - Wikipedia

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    [20] [21] Later that month, a grand jury convened by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. indicted Sorokin on two counts of attempted grand larceny in the first degree, three counts of grand larceny in the second degree, one count of grand larceny in the third degree, and one count of misdemeanor theft of services for the fraudulent loan ...