Sentence examples for is prosecuted as from inspiring English sources

In many cases, such violence is prosecuted as conventional crime.

The police are another concern; trespassing is prosecuted as hooliganism and carries a fine.

An assault designated as a hate crime is prosecuted as a charge one degree higher than it would be otherwise.

It's certainly possible to libel someone online, said Joel Reidenberg, a professor at Fordham Law School, but it would be very hard to find examples where libel is prosecuted as a crime.

Marking property with graffiti is normally a misdemeanor, punishable by a year or less in jail, but is prosecuted as a hate crime with a more severe sentence when racial epithets are used.

Issa could face stiffer penalties at trial if the shooting is prosecuted as a hate crime.

If those leaders can be prosecuted, then I am ready to be prosecuted as well".

Mr. Chirac himself cannot be prosecuted as long as he is president.

The courts ruled last year that he could not be prosecuted as long as he was president.

Those who participated in the Saints' bounty pool should be prosecuted as well as fined or suspended.

But he added: "We do have a view that it should be prosecuted as humanely as possible".