Sentence examples for being prosecuted for violating from inspiring English sources

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

He is being prosecuted for violating that country's organized crime laws.

However, unless one is being prosecuted for violating criminal law, it is not necessary to resolve a dispute "Under Law," unless doing otherwise is illegal or a violation of public policy.

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

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.

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.

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.