The prosecutor said that not every instance of unwanted sexual conduct rises to the level of a crime under New York penal law, and Lopez's acts did not but didn't explain why.

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In his report, Donovan said that not every instance of unwanted sexual conduct rises to the level of a crime under New York penal law, and Lopez's acts did not but the prosecutor didn't explain why.

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The states are ceding many blocking powers, but in return for new ones from the federal level, particularly in higher education, the penal system and civil-service law.

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Whatever cost-benefit analyses are presented to them, the public, or at least that vocal section of it whose cries for law and order make penal reform electoral suicide, resent this expenditure.

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Senegal has ratified international conventions for the protection of women's rights, and voted in 1999 a law, which amended the Penal Code by introducing other forms of violence and emphasizing sanctions.

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While prostitution is not illegal in France, profiting from the prostitution of another person is against the law, according to the French Penal Code.

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