Sentence examples for capable criminal from inspiring English sources

Your memoirs will draw to an end, Watson, upon the day that I crown my career by the extinction of the most dangerous and capable criminal in Europe.

US Major Kone Faulkner said Iraq is "a sovereign nation with an elected government and capable criminal justice system designed to protect Iraqi citizens through the rule of law".

It is altogether possible that Trump's mental state is both one that is capable of criminal intent and one shaky enough that our potential nuclear annihilation should not depend on it.

Kant objects to Beccaria's claim by distinguishing between the source of a social contract in "pure reason in me" as opposed to the source of the crime, myself as capable of criminal acts.

In this new and far harsher view, child criminals are virtually indistinguishable from adult criminals: they are just as capable of forming criminal intent, just as morally responsible, just as autonomous in their actions.

Those between 14 and 21 were presumed capable of forming criminal intent and were therefore punishable.

As far as the public (and ultimately the authorities) were concerned, hackers were a frightening new breed of criminal capable of almost anything.

Mr. Karzai said he would support the creation of a legislative branch that has lawmaking powers and an independent judiciary capable of imposing criminal sanctions and resolving civil disputes.

Social networks that do not create an effective complaint management system capable of deleting criminal contents effectively and swiftly could be punished via fines of up to €5 million euros against the individual person responsible for dealing with the complaint, and larger fines of up to €50 million against the company itself.

President Obama included federal support for smart gun research in his recent executive orders, delighting activists who insist that a locking mechanism capable of preventing criminals from firing stolen weapons would surely be popular with gun buyers — if only the gun industry would drop its opposition.

The danger, of course, is that traps, scams and manufactured crimes, while attracting real criminals, are also capable of luring vulnerable non-criminals who would never have gone astray but for the extravagant inducements presented to them.