Word: misdemeanors
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...sale of firearms in an emergency; the CDC quickly dropped the word firearms from its list of materials the government could control. Then religious and pro-family groups rebelled against forced treatment and vaccination; so several states considering the legislation took out provisions making refusal to be vaccinated a misdemeanor. Gay activists feared that the bill might permit states to quarantine people who have HIV or AIDS. The CDC responded by narrowing its definition of a public-health emergency. But the most crucial aspect of the bill--the ability to quarantine citizens who may pose a health threat to others...
...Father X, who claims he had undergone extensive counseling and treatment and was on the road to recovery when he was arrested, eventually pleaded guilty to one felony charge of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14 and one misdemeanor count of molesting a child, and was sentenced to eight years in prison. While serving his time, he wrote two books, both critiques of the American corrections system, under the pseudonym A. Companion. He was released on parole a little more than a year ago. Now in his 60s, he must register...
...defendants. The critics, of course, told only half the story. What they failed to mention is that the individual in question had played a much smaller role in the crime than one of his co-defendants, who copped a plea and was charged with a misdemeanor. Pickering’s aim was not to defend cross burning, but to express concern for the apparent injustice of sending a lesser criminal to prison for seven and a half years while the ringleader got off with no jail time at all. In the end, Pickering sentenced the man to 27 months...
They will be charged with violating a city ordinance against blocking traffic, which is a misdemeanor, and will likely face a minor fine, said Cambridge Police spokesperson Frank D. Pasquarello...
...coach, Jun Myung-Kyu, took the postgame rap for getting the flag out there so fast: "I thought he had won.") There was about this tableau the air of a boy who had been bad, who knew he had been bad, and who was trying to put the misdemeanor behind him as fast as possible, hoping no one had noticed - hoping it would vanish. Kim's flag-dropping protest was half-hearted at best, and his precipitous disappearance from the scene was as telling as it was well-advised...