punishable

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Currently under German law, only the dissemination of such pictures is potentially punishable if it is found to have breached someone's right to their own image.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Sierra Leone, which had one of the world’s highest rates of child marriage, made attending or even being the DJ at the wedding of a child a punishable crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Tastelessness is not punishable by law, and neither is adapting a beloved novel however a filmmaker sees fit.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

And the crime of kissing is punishable by death, raising the stakes as a young sales assistant bonds with a regular customer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

Alabama is among the growing list of states that make the murder of a person under the age of fourteen a capital offense punishable by the death penalty.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson