Sentence examples for are being convicted from inspiring English sources

Since they depend on both the number of reported crimes and the number of perpetrators found guilty, tumbling conviction rates can mean either that fewer people are being convicted or that the police are being told of more crimes.

People are being convicted on eyewitness accounts alone, and it is a scary thing, when you see these consequences".

Crime in our community has in fact decreased and for the most part women are being convicted for minor, non-violent offences.

The Daily Telegraph notes that when convictions under the 2003 Communications Act and the Malicious Communications Act are added up, five people a day are being convicted for trolling.

"Councils should be transparent with residents about how many tickets are being issued with CCTV and how many criminals are being convicted," said Nick Pickles from the Big Brother Watch group.

This was said to be partly down to longer sentences but also more prisoners are being convicted and sentenced to custody at an older age - including for historical offences, such as sex offences, that took place 20 or 30 years ago.

If we were hearing cases and everyone was being convicted without regard to the merits of the case, then you'd begin to wonder".

"If they're being convicted there must be a reason for that," she says.

He was being convicted in the court of public opinion and he worried about getting a fair trial.

"He's been convicted of serious crimes," Captain Morrow said.

He's been convicted of abducting a girl in Norfolk and murdering her.