61.   Owens and Rep. Ed Towns, D-N.Y., claim the law discriminates against immigrants with minor offenses on their record.

62.   Police said they had no immediate indication of the instigator or the motive behind the attack against the judge, who tries cases ranging from minor offenses to murder.

63.   A high-speed pursuit, however, is a different story, Wearing said, since pursuits are not permitted in New Haven for minor offenses.

64.   After a brief trial, a jury found him guilty Thursday of the relatively minor offense of threatening violence toward the prince.

65.   After a brief trial, a jury Thursday found him guilty of the relatively minor offense of threatening violence towards the prince.

66.   And most of those convictions, putting aside the Rae Carruth case, were minor offenses.

67.   But Amnesty said some people convicted of relatively minor offenses such as theft also have been executed.

68.   But most of those arrested are suspected of minor offenses such as theft.

69.   But some of the peacekeepers were fined for minor offenses and three were ordered to return home.

70.   Clarifying the extent of police power in roadside stops, the Supreme Court held that officers can arrest and handcuff people even for minor offenses punishable by a fine.