Sentence examples for convicted for treason from inspiring English sources

All 20 men were convicted for treason and beheaded.

However much it has since distanced itself from Musharraf's ruinous legacy, it nevertheless cannot abide one of its own former chiefs being convicted for treason.

Boyars could no longer be executed without the knowledge and approval of the Transylvanian Prince and, if convicted for treason, their fortunes could no longer be confiscated.

"Very few Canadians are convicted for terrorism, espionage, treason.

According to Suetonius, some were convicted for corruption or treason, others on trivial charges, which Domitian justified through his suspicion.

These include Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage, convicted of treason for raising a flag.

Amnesty International says 47 people are on death row, including a number of former government officials convicted of "treason" for supposedly plotting to overthrow Mr. Jammeh's government.

The defendants were convicted of treason for trying to overthrow the military junta that has ruled since Mr. Ne Win stepped down in 1988.

The controversy centred on the question of the guilt or innocence of army captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been convicted of treason for allegedly selling military secrets to the Germans in December 1894.

(The legendary Tokyo Rose, convicted of treason for broadcasting Japanese propaganda to American troops but pardoned by President Ford in 1977, runs a small shop there).The North Halsted plans prompted predictable opposition from conservative groups.

After South Korea's transition to democracy, Mr. Chun and Mr. Roh were convicted of treason for their roles in the coup and in a 1980 military crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Kwangju that left hundreds dead.