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Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Nicolaysen and other attorneys had argued at trial the stalking charge was impossible to prove since the federal penal code requires a defendant to engage in a pattern of behavior to be guilty of the crime.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
McFarlane argued Monday that Walters’ allegations met that penal code definition.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
The charges filed against Gonzales are a state jail felony, the lowest-level felony under the Texas penal code.
—San Antonio Express-News, 15 Jan. 2026
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Nicolaysen and other attorneys had argued at trial the stalking charge was impossible to prove since the federal penal code requires a defendant to engage in a pattern of behavior to be guilty of the crime.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
McFarlane argued Monday that Walters’ allegations met that penal code definition.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
The charges filed against Gonzales are a state jail felony, the lowest-level felony under the Texas penal code.
—San Antonio Express-News, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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