Sentence examples for and prosecuted on from inspiring English sources

And after spending two years as a deputy minister in a previous Socialist-led government, he was fired in 2007 and prosecuted on extortion and corruption charges.

Mr Peevski had been sacked from a previous Socialist-led government and prosecuted on corruption and extortion charges of which he was eventually cleared.

On Friday, along with announcing the date of the party congress, Chinese leaders said that Bo Xilai, who was felled this year by a seismic scandal, would be expelled from the party and prosecuted on a wide range of accusations, including taking bribes and abusing his power.

"My view on it at the time was these soldiers should have been arrested straight away and prosecuted on what came out of the Saville report.

He was subsequently arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances, incitement of ethnic hatred, and complicity in murder.

Bruce was arrested a number of times in the 1960s and prosecuted for obscenity – on one occasion for using the word "schmuck" (a Yiddish word for penis) in his act.

Three have been rearrested — two on minor drug charges, one for shoplifting — and were prosecuted on the original charges.

The show's manager, producer, and entire cast was arrested and successfully prosecuted on obscenity charges.

Indeed, he defended I.B.M. against antitrust charges and prosecuted Microsoft on antitrust charges on the government's behalf.

As mayor of the capital, he has fired numerous officials from city contractors and agencies and prosecuted them on suspicion of fraud.

"The legal costs of being investigated and prosecuted based on claims with little or no merit could be substantial," said Glenn Hamer, the president of the state Chamber of Commerce, one of the groups suing to block the law.