Sentence examples for convicted for speaking from inspiring English sources

"Ilham's case is an example of someone being convicted for speaking freely," Tohti's lawyer, Li Fangping, said by phone, adding that the defence would appeal against the verdict.

In 1948, the New York affiliate of the ACLU received mixed results from the Supreme Court, winning the appeal of Carl Jacob Kunz, who was convicted for speaking without a police permit, but losing the appeal of Irving Feiner who was arrested to prevent a breach of the peace, based on his oration denouncing president Truman and the American Legion.

"I never had to apologize to convicts for speaking too long, but I do apologize to you all.

In July, Chee was convicted and fined S$3,000 for speaking without the required licence.

He made comedy clubs the last refuge for honesty, but he was arrested nine times and convicted twice on obscenity charges for speaking his mind from the stage.

Thus, speaking in Arizona, he kowtowed to the right-wing primitive Joe Arpaio ― converting a sheriff convicted for lawless racial profiling into a "tireless champion of strong borders and the rule of law" whose presence "honored" him.

I was never convicted for being U.F.F".

In 1993, he was convicted for possession of child pornography.

Nobody has been convicted for the Omagh attack.

"He wasn't convicted for any of those," Illston responded.

He'd been convicted for gross indecency.