111.   The amnesty covered people who committed minor offenses, inmates suffering from tuberculosis, pregnant women, invalids and those holding state or military honors regardless of their crime.

112.   The charges range from minor offenses such as bicycle theft to capital crimes like murder.

113.   The majority are serving terms for traffic accidents or economic and other minor offenses.

114.   The program encouraged police to crack down on minor offenses as a way of discouraging more serious lawbreaking.

115.   The report Wednesday said many of those put to death were accused of minor offenses such as theft.

116.   The states have widely varying policies on whether police can arrest people for minor offenses.

117.   The reported said too many aborigines are being arrested and imprisoned for minor offenses.

118.   The three men were charged with a minor offense.

119.   The three men were charged with crimen injuria, a minor offense.

120.   They pointed to what they called repressive practices of Russian courts, which sentence people to several years in prison for offenses as minor as stealing a goat.