Sentence examples for frivolous charges from inspiring English sources

Many were arrested or indicted on frivolous charges.

I am not going to walk away from it because people are making frivolous charges".

As a further safeguard against frivolous charges, the ICC's "pre-trial chamber" must decide at the start whether there are reasonable grounds for prosecution.

He said he was "very pleased" that "these honorable people that served on that ethics committee have dismissed those frivolous charges brought against me -- a reference to the panel's decision to dismiss the most serious charges of bribery and special favors.

Back then, it was common for cops to arrest black people on frivolous charges, then give them fines they couldn't pay.

"Carmen Ortiz is a prosecutor run amok, with a long and well-known track record of filing unscrupulous and frivolous charges," said Segal, a former Rhode Island statehouse representative.

But Mr. DeLay said that he had done nothing wrong and that his political enemies had spent more than a decade coming up with "frivolous" ethics charges against him.

In at least one case, a bank closed an account when it determined its customer was a "resident" of Iran because she had been thrown in jail on frivolous espionage charges.

The outcome could range from finding the charges frivolous to recommending a full hearing.

The conviction of three journalists from the Al-Jazeera English network over a week ago on frivolous and unproven charges, coming after the sentencing of nearly a thousand prisoners to death in just a few trials, has put that reputation into considerable jeopardy.

The client may be entirely worthless, the charges frivolous and the damage to the accused very great, yet the attorney can not be made responsible, although he advised the suit contrary to his convictions of right.