Sentence examples for contempt prosecution from inspiring English sources

Chilcot never dispatched section 21 orders with interrogative questionnaires demanding answers on pain of contempt prosecution.

The fact Trump has chosen to undo the outcome of a contempt prosecution that was only recently and successfully pursued by his own Justice Department signals another rule-of-law boundary breached — that of Justice Department independence.

"Were there a clear, specific and unequivocal order of the court which commanded the disclosure of this information, we are satisfied that a criminal contempt prosecution" would be appropriate, the investigator, Henry F. Schuelke, and a colleague who assisted him, William Shields, concluded.

Others think there may still conceivably be a chance that media coverage could present a high enough risk of prejudice to a trial to trigger a successful contempt prosecution, but media law expert Dario Milo at solicitors firm Webber Wenztel says it would need to a "pretty egregious breach".

He said the contempt prosecution was a politically motivated attempt by then-President Barack Obama's administration to undermine his re-election bid.

At the argument two weeks ago, in a case about criminal contempt prosecutions, Ms. Kagan said a decision by one federal prosecutor's office to drop criminal charges need not bind another office, prompting another sharp exchange with the chief justice.

During the televised proceedings, Zhang openly showed contempt for the prosecution, feigning sleep and refusing to answer questions.

In addition to discipline for unprofessional conduct, the range of post-admission sanctions extends from judgments for contempt to criminal prosecutions and disbarment.

There will be no retrial and the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, will consider whether newspaper and broadcast editors must face contempt of court prosecutions.

What is famously known in South Africa as the "sub judice rule", which allows for contempt of court prosecutions if media reports could prejudice a trial, is still, in theory at least, part of South African law.

Imagine trying to build an administration when you are being subject to subpoenas and threatened with contempt of Congress prosecutions.