Sentence examples for arbitrary prosecution from inspiring English sources

Yet his blundering over the past year -- the lethal incompetence at Beslan, the arbitrary prosecution of Khodorkovsky and, most recently, the ungainly and disastrous intervention into Ukraine's presidential election -- has resulted in an annus horribilis for him.

While I agree with Jimmy Carter and Michael Posner (letters, June 14) that securing the proper safeguards against arbitrary prosecution is a key element in support for the proposed international criminal court, an additional factor must be pursued now, while negotiations are ongoing: transparency.

The rescission of the Cole Memorandum is a very big deal for the cannabis industry and its investors, as arbitrary prosecution by U.S. attorneys could stifle the industry if Congress doesn't renew the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer rider, hopefully with expanded language.

These laws, as do laws protecting "morality" or "decency," impede HIV outreach and treatment, and also create a risk of selective or arbitrary prosecution.

Arbitrary prosecutions allegedly cannot be pursued based 'solely' on 'race, ethnicity or religion,' but they can be based solely on political viewpoints.

It should mean that those cultivating and transporting cannabis on behalf of an association are not prosecuted for doing so and that those operating cannabis clubs do not risk arbitrary prosecutions with arbitrary outcomes.

Its aim is to provide a modicum of systemic stability by discouraging arbitrary arrest and prosecution.

Deutsche Bank, which has called the prosecution "arbitrary and incomprehensible," declined to comment today.

Weiquan lawyers have faced various challenges to their work from the Chinese government, including disbarment or suspension, violence, threats, surveillance, arbitrary detention, and prosecution.

The proposed bans will only lead to arbitrary and contested prosecutions which increase polarisation, not reconciliation.

Although China's criminal laws, like those of every country, are in need of constant improvement, if faithfully implemented they could yet offer its citizens significant protection against arbitrary detention, arrest and prosecution.