Prove it. Show it. Don't bother quoting the law ... show the successful, standing prosecutions, fines and time -- if you can.
Whether or not one is convicted of the subject "crime," the trauma to one's self (not to mention one's family and friends) of being indicted, arrested, processed, arraigned, dealing with and being indebted to a lawyer, tried in a court of law, unemployed, publically labelled a criminal, etc. etc. is most likely to be quite substantial.
If you don't believe me, then you do and review a Google search of "Linda Tripp prosecution." Or simply use some common sense....