Sentence examples for circle of defendants from inspiring English sources
Foreign and Cambodian analysts say the government, fearing that a widening circle of defendants could reach into its own ranks, wishes to limit the number of those being tried, harming the tribunal's credibility.
WASHINGTON — The government of the nation's capital was in turmoil this week after the chairman of the City Council, Kwame R. Brown, was charged with bank fraud and violating campaign finance rules, a high-profile move by prosecutors that expands a growing circle of defendants in federal investigations.
In most jurisdictions, the vast majority of defendants who are evaluated for adjudicative competency are deemed competent to proceed.
The court in Bujumbura also acquitted 22 of defendants.
In addition to the securities fraud charges, the jury convicted the two defendants of conspiracy based on the wider circle of tippers and recipients who passed around confidential information.
The government has moved yet again in its effort to crack down on insider trading, filing charges against seven defendants with ties to hedge funds who federal prosecutors say operated as a "circle of friends" by trading information.
Her loving circle of friends.
Cue, "the circle of life".
"A special circle of hell.
A closed circle of "independence".
