Sentence examples for felonies from inspiring English sources

But her presence here was guaranteed once news broke that she had qualified for Sochi by (allegedly – the case is now in the hands of lawyers) fixing four qualifying races in Slovenia, by hiring skiers to perform badly in them, including in the results athletes who were not even there, and an assortment of other comedy felonies.

Melendez, who was fired and denies wrongdoing, has been charged with three felonies.

He is in exile in Russia having been charged with three felonies by the US government in relation to the leak, including one count under the Espionage Act.

They turned out to be right: the transcript only confirmed Blazer's own admitted felonies, including trousering bribes to vote for South Africa and bribes and kickbacks for selling TV and other rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups.

As for his felonies, he told Bloomberg's reporter that people bothered by that "wouldn't have voted for me anyway".

Mr Gingrich, to the almost audible relief of the administration, believes that only "a pattern of felonies", not "a single human mistake", would justify an impeachment inquiry by the House.

But, says Clifford Rosky, a professor of law at the University of Utah and an advocate of gay rights, it strengthened the legal protections offered to gay people and passed with a thumping majority.In the same session, the state also passed a bill which changed many drug offences from felonies to misdemeanours and redirected money towards treatment for the mentally ill and persistent drug users.

If these safeguards are observed, however, the government argues that the public interest in prosecuting serious felonies such as fraud (the murder charges are not included in the appeal) should outweigh Mr Sell's right to refuse the medication.An equally pressing conflict between individual and collective rights is presented by another case from the same appeals court.

Patricia Dunn, the woman who replaced Ms Fiorina as chairman, stands accused of felonies in a hunt to find leakers on the board and last month resigned.

Prosecutors now claim that she had tampered with evidence.To Harvey Silverglate, the author of "Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent", this is par for the course in America's federal justice system today.

Stealing public funds, accepting bribes, using the power of office to persecute personal enemies these are felonies that should force someone out of politics.