Sentence examples for a prosecutable felony from inspiring English sources

"Libel is a prosecutable felony in the state of Washington," the e-mail began.

Here's an excerpt: "I understand that libel is a prosecutable felony in the state where FHA operates.

In 1548, the German diet in Augsburg ruled that their murder was not a prosecutable offence.

"The risk is you can create a prosecutable crime that did not exist before," said Jonathan Sack, a New York defense lawyer.

The agents were building what they thought was a prosecutable case against Dr. Ivins, but gaping holes remained.

She said that his testimony probably did not constitute a prosecutable offense but "it might have been potentially misleading".

Never mind that waterboarding has been a prosecutable offense in the United States for more than a century.

The government plans to make "reckless misconduct for senior bankers" a criminal offense, but it did not define specifically what would be a prosecutable action.

"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction," the statement said.

And, he mused aloud, if Mr. James and Ms. Riley had not been romantically involved, there might not have been a prosecutable case at all.

Italy would go a crucial step further, making it a prosecutable crime to enter the nation without papers — something that Mr. Berlusconi himself does not seem to like.