Cornyn)--would add, to the existing federal
capital offense of committing a crime of violence in aid of a racketeering (RICO) offense, an explicit venue provision.
68) Through RCM 201(f)(2)(C)(i), the President prescribed that "[a]
capital offense for which there is prescribed a mandatory punishment [spying, premeditated murder, and felony murder] beyond the punitive power of a special court-martial shall not be referred to such a court-martial.
The Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces, noted that neither the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction nor the Secretary of the Navy had authorized the referral and held that the special court-martial did not have jurisdiction to try the non-mandatory
capital offense of sleeping at a post during wartime in violation of Article 113.
The administration says that a review is underway of the case of every person charged with a federal
capital offense, but it's far from clear that the review will be thorough and impartial.
Since this is not a
capital offense, he was allowed to post a bail bond of P500,000.
T)he state of being a non-flight risk is immaterial and irrelevant when the case is non-bailable, (especially) when the offense involved is a
capital offense and the evidence of guilt is strong," the prosecution said.
Mosaic law also makes idolatry or the worship of other gods a
capital offense, along with a host of other crimes, including adultery, cursing one's parents, and sodomy.
On a recent appearance on WABC in New York, I suggested he take his crusade to Afghanistan where Christian missionaries are being jailed for violating the Taliban government's edict that makes preaching any non-Islamic religion a
capital offense.
Would it not better serve our case to impose life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in
capital offense cases?
FDR even considered charging the Colonel with treason, a
capital offense.
In early May, the Palestinian Authority announced it was a
capital offense for Palestinians to sell land to Israelis.
