Sure, I understand we call them “civil”, but we are sending people to jail over these offenses, so they are criminal offenses, no matter what we call them.
“Sure, I understand we call them “civil”, but we are sending people to jail over these offenses, so they are criminal offenses, no matter what we call them.”
The constitution specifies criminal offenses. If the writers of the constitution had wanted to include civil offenses they would have.