Sentence examples for convicted on the testimony from inspiring English sources

Then again, criminal kingpins are often convicted on the testimony of morally dubious underlings.

"Bacanovic was convicted on the testimony of Stewart's assistant and his own assistant".

The former inmate, Thomas L. Goldstein, was convicted on the testimony of the aptly named Edward F. Fink.

The men were convicted on the testimony of a single crack-addicted prostitute, who worked for the police as an informer.

When Mr. Williams came to trial two years later, he was convicted on the testimony of the only witness to come forward, a 12-year-old girl.

Mr. Wong, who was serving time for armed robbery, was convicted on the testimony of two witnesses, and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

A first step is to help public defenders' offices obtain police disciplinary data to better represent defendants who might otherwise be convicted on the false testimony of a police officer.

Mr. Drake, who was convicted on the basis of testimony from an eyewitness and two jail house informers, says he is the victim of mistaken identity.

Before that time, in the absence of corroboration, a person could be convicted on the victim's testimony alone only if the victim had told someone else about the offense within six months, a requirement known as an "outcry" provision.

But it was ultimately designed to prevent a very basic kind of injustice: ie people being convicted on the basis of testimony that had not been subject to cross-examination.

Many were convicted on the basis of testimony that was later admitted to be false.