Sentence examples for conviction cost from inspiring English sources
The conviction cost him his job and law license.
The wrongful conviction cost Cook County nearly $13 million in damages to Mr. Williams.
He lost his mayoralty and was jailed for some months.That conviction cost him his right to stand for election, and now— at least until the ban on him arguably expires early next year to become prime minister: that post can go only to a member of parliament.
Correction: May 5 , 2001 Saturday An article and a picture caption on Thursday about a law denying federal aid to students convicted of drug charges gave an erroneous surname in some copies for a Cincinnati man whose conviction cost him college aid.
His conviction cost him his career as a boxer, his family and his freedom, and yet he never uttered a word of bitterness.
Repeat convictions cost up to $5,000, and may lead to a community service orders or anti-littering lectures (only given in Chinese), to curb repeat offenders.
At J. C. Penney, a felony conviction would cost Allen I. Questrom his severance only if it involved "theft or moral turpitude".
If found guilty, the maximum fine he faces is about $4,000, but a conviction could cost Terry the captaincy of his club and national team, his reputation and his ability to earn endorsement money.
Griffiths, staying true to form and going beyond the call of duty to criticise the process, has helpfully described the trial as "a complete waste of time and money", painful indeed for the international taxpayer – mainly in the US – who have shelled out the $50m or so his conviction has cost.
Alternatively, if a serious sex conviction should cost a footballer his entire career (along with the professions routinely closed to sex offenders) then a similar vigilance should, surely, be applied to discernible sleazebaggery in any other profession, from whistleblowing to royal work, where clemency might be mistaken for approval.
In all, the study said, those wrongful convictions have cost Illinois taxpayers $214 million, and the amount will probably increase to $300 million once 16 pending lawsuits are settled.
