The phrase "are held responsible before" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in legal or formal contexts to indicate accountability or liability in front of a governing body or authority.
Example: "The defendants are held responsible before the court for their actions."
Alternatives: "are held accountable to" or "are liable before".
MR. COUNSELLOR RAGINSKY: When you made your speech before the Gauleiter, you did not, of course, think that you would be held responsible before the International Military Tribunal for the words which you then spoke.
The severity of the problem of retroactivity decreased after the Nuremberg tribunal established the precedent that there was no need for a highly specific prohibition in order to be held responsible before an international criminal court.
But before we Americans are held responsible for disseminating a Big Mac panic attack around the world, let us take a lesson from the renowned cultural anthropologist Claude L -Strauss L -Strausstly died.
The three officers are being held responsible for decisions before the attack, in particular for failing to properly prepare defenses at the Wanat outpost in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan.
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided Ms. Norton could not be held responsible for problems that existed before she joined the department in 2001.
"The first thing President Putin can do in the face of a governor such as ours is conduct an investigation so that he will be held responsible for what he has done before the coming elections," Mr. Khmurchik said, referring to the gubernatorial elections in the fall in which Mr. Gorbenko is seeking a second four-year term.
Under U.S. law, he explained, even if the jury decides Abu Ghaith only joined the al Qaeda conspiracy on September 12, "the defendant still will be held responsible for any acts that happened before he joined the conspiracy".
Technically, under the law's broad scope, Mr Abu Ghaith could be held responsible for terrorist acts that occurred even before he joined the al-Qaeda conspiracy.
On March 25th the judge reminded jurors that the defendant could be held responsible for terrorist acts that occurred even before he joined the al-Qaeda conspiracy.
