Sentence examples for instead of being charged from inspiring English sources

Instead of being charged with a crime, Padilla was transferred to a Navy brig in South Carolina, where he is being questioned by military interrogators and has been forbidden contact with outsiders.

Instead of being charged a half-cent to 3 cents a minute to have one of its Google Voice calls connected to a local number in these places, Google was assessed 12 or 14, or even 25, cents a minute, Mr. Whitt said.

Then he got off with a $50 fine, instead of being charged with a felony.

Instead of being charged with mutiny, the instigators were charged as being absent without leave (AWOL) and the doomed battalions were eventually permitted to remain together for the forthcoming battle, following which the survivors voluntarily disbanded.

Instead of being charged with a crime, he wrote in a Facebook note about the incident and was taken to see an FBI agent named Philip Christiana, who threatened to throw the book at him unless he turned informer on his friends.

Instead of not being charged, you are charged repeatedly and dragged endlessly -- your life in a state of suspension -- through various bureaucratic judicial processes, the actual courts, and endless appeals thereof, so that even if sooner or later you come out the other side exonerated, you will still have been punished for your "crimes".

The biggest obstacle is not getting admitted; instead, it is being charged out-of-state tuition when applying to public institutions, even if they have lived in North Carolina most of their lives.

"Instead, there is a range of interest rates being charged at a specific point in time for a specific price".

Concierge practices generally do not accept insurance, either; instead, members are charged thousands of dollars annually for unlimited access to their doctors.

Instead, he was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two second-degree weapons charges, all of which result from his arrest in Linden, New Jersey, on Monday.

Instead, he is charged with being part of a conspiracy to support al-Qaeda from inside America and to murder Americans overseas.