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The term crimen pessimum [ "the foulest crime"] is here understood to mean any external obscene act, gravely sinful, perpetrated or attempted by a cleric in any way whatsoever with a person of his own sex. "
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The two workers face numerous charges including for the crime of "unlawfully, intentionally and seriously impairing the dignity of another", known as crimen injuria, for pulling down Mr Terre'Blanche
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The two workers face numerous charges including for the crime of "unlawfully, intentionally and seriously impairing the dignity of another", known as crimen injuria, for pulling down Mr Terre'Blanche
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I remarked on analogies between the ‘War on Terror’ and the 16th and 17th-century European witch-hunts, noting a parallel relaxation of rules of evidence in the face of a “crimen exceptum,” and a parallel tendency of governing authorities to grant themselves a “sovereign exception” from the laws they shape and administer.
Fraud and Fearmongering in the “War on Terror” : Law is Cool 2009
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Si ello fuera el caso, el gerente general de una empresa podría ser acusado si un trabajador suyo cometiera, de forma aislada, un crimen.
Global Voices in English » Peru: Ex-President Fujimori Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison 2009
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Los hermanos Castro siguen perpetuando el crimen mas odioso de la era moderna con el encarcelamiento de milliones de gente en una isla!
Global Voices in English » Brazil: “President Lula is a nerd” 2009
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El crimen que cometieron los que no quieren la paz.
Wednesday Poetry: Songs from the UCA « Planning the Day 2009
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Deberian ser avergonzados todos los lideres del mundo entero, por no haber protestado ya hace años por este crimen y egocentricismo de parte de dos bandidos y sus lacayos.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: “President Lula is a nerd” 2009
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Pues ambos [artistas] se animaron a declarar que el caso Atenco era un crimen de Estado.
Global Voices in English » Mexico: Foreign Artists Commenting on Internal Matters 2009
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This states that it is the CDF (the Vatican department that enforces orthodoxy) which must deal with the use of the confessional for sexual exploitation and with the abuse of pre-adolescent children, which is described in the document as crimen pessimum, the worst of all crimes.
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