Sentence examples for convictions some of from inspiring English sources

Mr. McGoey, who was also killed, had only recently been released from prison, where he had served time for prior robbery convictions, some of them involving pharmacies.

Mr. Hynes's prosecutors also have come under scrutiny for relying on the problematic testimony of a detective, Louis Scarcella, to win murder convictions, some of which the office is now reviewing.

So far, Mr Starr has spent four years and at least $30m on his inquiries, and has secured a number of convictions, some of them of buddies of the president.

So, just as Palin declared herself "cleared of any legal wrongdoing" when the Troopergate report found her to have violated state laws, Stevens returned to Alaska following his conviction — some of his supporters greeted him in T-shirts bearing the slogan "F*#@ the Feds Vote for Ted!" — and said, "I have not been convicted of anything".

Here are five examples of when joint enterprise laws have been used to secure a conviction, some of which could be affected by Thursday's ruling: The 1952 case of Derek Bentley is perhaps the most famous use of joint enterprise law in the UK, although it is unaffected by Thursday's supreme court finding as it only applies to cases from 1984 onwards.

Following his conviction some of the witnesses against him recanted their testimony and implicated the prosecution's chief witness.

He imposed heavy sentences on those who were convicted; some of the convictions were reversed on appeal, and other sentences were commuted.

So he would probably approve of the closures of all reformist publications in the last few months and the trials and convictions of some of their editors and publishers.

"This is the most complicated case in Mexico," he said in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of Chiapas State, as he prepared to appeal the convictions of some of the men.

He handles death penalty and other high-profile cases and has earned convictions in some of Nashville's most notorious criminal cases.

Franz is a thoughtful observer but largely absent of strong political convictions, unlike some of his colleagues, who throw themselves into Iran's revolutionary protests.