How can you even suggest it's otherwise when American workers are still subject to arrest under conspiracy laws if they so much as mention a strike?

Some academics have pondered whether virus authors could be charged under conspiracy laws.

The group decided to take the novel step of applying conspiracy laws previously used mainly against the Mafia.

This is a departure from other conspiracy laws, like the racketeering statutes that are often used against organized-crime figures.

"The government's case against these defendants," he wrote, "stretches federal racketeering and conspiracy law to the breaking point."

There is no conspiracy law, so mob bosses are hard to prosecute.

In addition, the review says, "corruption and lack of a conspiracy law hinder effective enforcement."

Massachusetts' conspiracy law is broader than most other states in the nation, as it does not require a direct act.

The special conspiracy law was aimed directly at organized crime.

The department is saying, in effect, that violations of the conspiracy law are more difficult to prove than previously argued.