Sentence examples for instead of being guilty from inspiring English sources

For example, the sale of illegal narcotics would remain untaxed (instead of being guilty of income tax evasion, drug dealers would be guilty of failing to submit sales tax), but they would face taxation when they used drug proceeds to buy consumer goods such as food, clothing, and cars.

Among other fundamental issues, Judge Henley asked for analysis of whether the men could be sentenced to death if they pleaded guilty instead of being found guilty by a panel of military officers.

"Instead of being innocent until proven guilty, you are guilty until proven innocent.

Referring to himself in the third person, he tells of writing "a too-hurried editorial" in which he implied that a councillor cleared of a complaint might instead have been guilty of it.

Instead, Musk was guilty of that cardinal Twitter sin: Not clicking through and assuming the whole story is the headline or 140 character summary.

He was ordered to pay a bond instead of being convicted after pleading guilty and showing good behaviour.

But many in the Chinese scientific community think that the three scientists may instead be guilty of a lesser offense of foolishly trying to two-time their employer.

"Instead both parties are guilty of neglecting the living standards concerns of working families by allowing George Osborne's welfare cuts to be rolled out, either in full with the Conservatives or largely intact under Labour's plans.

"Instead, a defendant is guilty of torture only if he acts with the express purpose of inflicting severe pain or suffering on a person within his control".

It's not that we're innocent until guilty; instead we are guilty until proven innocent.

Instead of being mad, she began feeling guilty that she started this whole thing in the first place.