felony
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Brass and Price are also charged with identity fraud in furtherance of a state felony, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Candidates or senators who willingly falsify financial disclosures can be fined up to $50,000 or prosecuted for making a false statement to the government, a felony.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
In serious felony cases like these, prosecutors often ask for a retrial.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But while in prison, he asked his mom to send him the military aptitude test, only to later realize he was ineligible because of the felony conviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Figuring out how, exactly, to do that is no easy task, however, when your felony record operates to bar you from any public housing assistance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Prosecutors last year charged Owens with 14 felonies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The titular crime in “The Kidnapping of Arabella” isn’t exactly one of history’s great felonies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Four years later, an overwhelming majority of California voters approved Proposition 36, reversing a 2014 change that had commuted some nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Such charges are often treated as misdemeanors rather than felonies, meaning lighter sentences if convicted.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
They are typically charged with felonies and sentenced to prison.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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