61. Saudi Arabia is an arch-conservative Muslim nation under whose laws the preaching of Christianity is a crime punishable by up to one year in prison and deportation. 62. Selling land to Jews is a crime punishable by death in Palestinian-ruled areas. 63. That makes it a crime punishable by long prison terms to possess even Marxist literature. 64. That happened because a more crime-conscious Congress and administrations of both parties passed many new laws which greatly expanded the number of crimes punishable by death. 65. The governor of New Jersey signed a new state law Tuesday that makes terrorism a crime punishable by death. 66. The government says persuading others not to vote is a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. 67. The law added kidnapping resulting in a killing to the list of federal crimes punishable by death. 68. The military chiefs of staff asked prosecutors to charge her with defaming the military, a crime punishable by prison sentence, Sabah and Milliyet newspapers reported. 69. The publisher could be charged with slandering publicly a national or ethnic group, a crime punishable with up to three years in prison. 70. Under existing laws it is a crime punishable by death to insult Islam or its prophet Mohammed. |