Sentence examples for a protracted trial from inspiring English sources
In interviews, a number of Shia and Kurds expressed impatience that Saddam is even alive, favoring execution over a protracted trial.
In practical terms, Thiel's financial backing meant that Hogan's legal team could shake off the loss in federal court and prepare for a protracted trial against Gawker in state court.
Croatian women's rights campaigner Sanja Sarnavka defended the girl's decision to accept the €20,000 to avoid a protracted trial that would force her to relive the assault, but criticised the state prosecutor for allowing a financial settlement over a crime that carries a lengthy prison sentence in Croatia.
Dana Fox, who represented the city in the case, said the settlement "provides peace for both sides and avoids a protracted trial that would have been difficult for all".
"Our goal from the outset of these appalling revelations has been to spare the Miramonte community the anguish of a protracted trial, while at the same time being mindful of the financial consequences stemming from settlements.
"Our goal from the outset of these appalling revelations has been to spare the Miramonte community the anguish of a protracted trial, while at the same time being mindful of the financial consequences stemming from settlement," he said in a statement.
Some parishioners said today that they were relieved at Mr. Miller's renunciation of his ministry, because the 150-year-old church would be spared an ugly, protracted trial.
The bizarre and protracted trial of Aung San Suu Kyi has just heard the final arguments of the prosecution and defence.
The protracted trial was testing Hamilton's outlook on life, which Valentina Rice had summarized as "It's all meant to be".
Taking a lesson from the protracted trial of Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague -- two years and running, with no end in sight -- Chalabi says that he has tried to set up rules of procedure that will keep Hussein from turning the trial into political theater.
He now faces the prospect of a protracted criminal trial of his former comrades.
