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Donna, her son Charles Adelson, Charles’ ex-girlfriend and two hitmen have been convicted for their roles in conspiring to murder the 41-year-old Markel, an esteemed academic with expertise in criminal law, in July 2014.—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025 This is federal criminal law that applies to service members around the world.—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Some of the commandments overlap with criminal law, such as prohibitions on murder and theft, but others do not.—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025 But using the criminal law to punish political opponents as retribution inflicts far greater damage.—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for criminal law
: public law that deals with crimes and their prosecution compare civil law
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Substantive criminal law defines crimes, and procedural criminal law sets down criminal procedure. Substantive criminal law was originally common law for the most part. It was later codified and is now found in federal and state statutory law.
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