Media restrictions were lifted and political prisoners not guilty of common-law crimes were released.

After briefly dealing with the accused's second contention, the court turned to the question regarding the constitutional validity of the common-law crime of fraud.

Michigan has no statute against doctor-assisted suicide, although the state Supreme Court ruled in 1994 that it could be a common-law crime.

Most of the murders were common-law crimes rather than political killings, police said.

He is being tried again because the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that suicide assistance could be prosecuted as a common-law crime.

Since 1812, the Court had held that there were no common-law crimes in federal law.

The state's highest court has indeed ruled that suicide assistance can be prosecuted as a common-law crime.

Abortion was a common-law crime until 1803, when it was made a statutory offence.

Because federal common law incorporated no common-law crimes, the Framers could only have understood to check legislative power.