Sentence examples for cases of treason from inspiring English sources
When presidential pardoning power was proposed at the convention, an amendment was offered to prevent a president from granting pardons in cases of treason.
They started out by authorizing impeachment in cases of treason or bribery, but George Mason found that too limiting and suggested adding "maladministration". James Madison pushed back, worried that would make a president too beholden to Congress.
Mentions of treason in the central press indicate media attention to actual cases of treason, editorial calls for treason cases, or quotes by political actors invoking the accusation of treason.
The bishops, once they had heard a royal statement concerning current issues, enacted canons relating to church affairs, but they also touched on secular problems, such as royal elections or cases of treason.
In many countries, including Britain and France, the last vestiges of capital punishment survived for rare cases of treason alone: a fact which highlights the fundamentally political character of the death penalty.
In a 1997 study of 139 cases of treason by Americans, for example, two investigators at Brigham Young University, Dr. Stanley A. Taylor and Daniel Snow, found that while ideology propelled many spies in the 1950's and 1960's, in more recent years money, disgruntlement and ego have exerted a stronger pull.
"To me," he added, "it's a clear case of treason".
In 1846, Michigan became the first American state to outlaw capital punishment, except in the case of treason, and public opinion has continued to vacillate on the issue.
Mr Chaudhry's ruling stops short of asking the government to initiate a case of treason against the former president, who is safely ensconced in a flat in London and is immune from prosecution anyway.
The court in session was hearing the case of treason against eight former government officers, accused of plotting to overthrow President Yahya Jammeh.
The law also prohibits the investigation or disclosure of a newspaper reporter's sources except in cases of high treason, espionage, or other related serious crimes.
