Sentence examples for for attempting to overthrow from inspiring English sources
The Supreme Court upheld death sentences for 42 soldiers for attempting to overthrow the government in 1997.
However, when General Lavr G. Kornilov, whom he supported, was arrested for attempting to overthrow the provisional government (August 1917), Wrangel resigned his commission and went to Crimea.
Lim, who was 60 at the time of his arrest, was sentenced to hard labour for life in December for attempting to overthrow the North's regime.
Six Vietnamese activists have been jailed for between seven and 15 years for "attempting to overthrow the state", the harshest sentences in years in the communist country.
There has been a running argument among specialists in Iraq about how much significance to assign to Zarqawi, who spent seven years in prison in Jordan for attempting to overthrow the government there.
Twice banished for attempting to overthrow the oligarchical party, he returned in 317 with an army, banished or murdered about 10,000 citizens (including the oligarchs), and set himself up as tyrant.
On Friday, Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant for Fuller, accusing him of "attempting to overthrow the government of the Republic of Turkey," and "obtaining state information that must be kept secret for political and military espionage purposes".
Erdoğan insisted the trucks were carrying "humanitarian aid" for Turkmen in Syria, and personally accused the Cumhuriyet editor of "attempting to overthrow the government" of Turkey.
She was convicted of attempting to "overthrow the constitutional order".
They stand accused of "attempting to overthrow the Turkish Grand National Assembly," "attempting to overthrow the Government of Turkey," "attempting to abolish the constitutional order," and "committing crimes on behalf of an armed terrorist organization without being a member".
