Punishment is meted out to the offender because this is what he deserves in response to his infraction of the criminal law. |
She says that the charge from that incident was a misdemeanor, an infraction that would not seem enough to establish her as a threat to aviation. |
The House bill would make it a federal misdemeanor crime, rather than merely a civil infraction, to violate immigration laws. |
Yet even on board, perhaps we could be hauled off for some unexplained and minor infraction of an unknown regulation. |
In general, it means that whenever a public body exceeds or abuses the powers vested in it the courts may intervene to correct the infraction. |
You bet, but never to the point where I would hesitate to inform on them for the slightest infraction. |