American to just criticize the government and are guilty of the crime? I guess this just depends on how you look at this situation. This question can have many answers. If your looking at this from a world view it can be easy to make these claims with facts and merit. But from another view here in the states people can see these things the way others do they are blinded by everyday life. Hope this was able to answer your question.
Treason
The alien and Sedation acts :)
they were upset, congress passed a law making it a crime to criticize the government or to interfere with the war effoert
Act of treason
The congress passed a law making it a crime to criticize the government or to interfere with the war.
no
The Sedition Act, passed in 1918. The law made it a crime to criticize by speech or writing the government or Constitution.
The defendant is not guilty of the crime they are accused of.
The preposition for guilty is "of." For example, "He was guilty of the crime."
The preposition "of" typically goes with "guilty," as in "guilty of a crime."
In the American system of justice, punishment for a crime cannot be visited on anyone but the guilty. The family of the guilty is not charged nor is a penalty imposed.
A culprit is someone who is guilty of a crime, or other misdeed.