Sentence examples for despite being convicted from inspiring English sources

Despite being convicted of theft, at court her solicitor assured her that she would not be going to jail.

Despite being convicted, Mr. Bradley is not required to resign; state law bars those convicted of a felony from holding public office.

This was later reduced to a fine and, despite being convicted of fraud in 2003, she has reascended the ranks of the ANC.

Despite being convicted by a German court in 1999 for denying the Holocaust, the Jean-Marie Le Pen continued to make controversial and anti-Semitic statements.

A shock twist was developing in Alaska as the Republican Ted Stevens clung to a narrow lead in his race, despite being convicted on corruption charges last week.

Egypt's former finance minister, Youssef Boutros-Ghali, is living openly in London despite being convicted of corruption and profiteering in his home country, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.

The UN committee's recommendations came amid revelations that four Indigenous men with disabilities were imprisoned indefinitely in the Northern Territory, despite not being convicted of any crime.

Browder spent three years incarcerated in New York's Rikers Island prison despite not being convicted of a crime, suffering physical abuse and going on to develop schizophrenia-like symptoms.

Kalief Browder, a 22-year-old man who was jailed at the age of 16 on a robbery charge and spent three years at Rikers despite never being convicted of a crime, committed suicide this month, prompting even more national outcry about conditions at the facility.

A ransom demand was made to the FA chairman, Joe Mears, but despite a man being convicted of "being concerned in a larceny after the fact" and "demanding money with menaces", there was no evidence linking him to the raid in Westminster, and the identity of the thieves – just as in Rio in 1983 – never came to light.

Girls are still being abused in Rochdale despite nine men being convicted of running a child sex ring in the town, a health worker has said.