Sentence examples for arbitrary convictions from inspiring English sources

Under the circumstances, according to Weber, a modern individual tends to act only on one's own aesthetic impulse and arbitrary convictions that cannot be communicated in the eventuality; the majority of those who cannot even act on their convictions, or the "last men who invented happiness" à la Nietzsche, lead the life of a "cog in a machine".

Thus, from that cognizer's standpoint, her true belief would be no more than a "stray hunch or arbitrary conviction".

The Court ruled that this was impermissible because it punished him for the state of being addicted, saying this was like punishing someone for "being mentally ill, or a leper," and left him open to arbitrary conviction at any time.

The arbitrary arrest and conviction of Hu Jia has caused outrage throughout the world.

Most recently, the European court labelled Navalny's 2014 conviction and sentence "arbitrary".

The apparently arbitrary nature of Mr. Arnada's conviction has been widely seen as a victory for Islamic conservatives intent on imposing their vision on Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country long known for its religious tolerance.

Failure to provide such information to the patient in the context of informed consent can subsequently (and in court) lead to the investigation and possible conviction of the professional who performed an arbitrary act of ionising imaging.

The former tycoon, who is already serving an eight-year prison sentence for tax evasion, a conviction many see as politically motivated, lamented the arbitrary exercise of power by Russia's rulers.

Time to arrest was chosen over time to conviction because the latter can be confounded by arbitrary factors (e.g., court delay).

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which is appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, said in a letter that the conviction was politically motivated and called for Anwar's immediate release.

In April 2013 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ms Tymoshenko's pre-trial detention had been "arbitrary and unlawful", though the judges did not rule on the legality of her actual conviction for the 2009 gas deal.