Sentence examples for been prosecuted for violating from inspiring English sources

But as lawyers studied the provision on Thursday, many of them noted that its language made clear that Mr. Paterson could not have been prosecuted for violating it.

For example, residents cannot have contractors do work on their homes; some homeowners have even been prosecuted for violating the ordinance.

Update: I posted this blog on Friday morning, November 22, and at the time, no U.S. wind energy company had ever been prosecuted for violating federal bird protection laws.

Robinson will be prosecuted for violating a statute that prohibits "unjustifiably" harming animals.

Prosecutors said the case was the first instance of a bank's being prosecuted for violating those laws.

Though Mr. Madadi has diplomatic immunity and therefore cannot be prosecuted for violating the smoking ban aboard aircraft, he could be expelled from the United States.

As I recount in my book, at the union's instigation Lochner was prosecuted for violating the law in 1899 and fined twenty dollars.

In response to El Nacional's morgue photo, it announced that it would request that the paper be prosecuted for violating children's right not to be exposed to violent images.

He and the paper were prosecuted for violating the child's "honour, reputation [and] private life".Venezuela's four privately owned national TV channels showed bias in their coverage of the country's bitter political conflict of 2001-04.

A third provision would have created a "statutory defense" for agents who conducted surveillance under "lawful authorization" from the president or attorney general, meaning they could not be prosecuted for violating federal law, according to the draft.

A woman who obtained a protective order against her ex-husband cannot be prosecuted for violating the order by inviting him to their child's birthday party, the State Supreme Court ruled.