Sentence examples for justification for committing from inspiring English sources

York eventually decides that fighting for freedom - and trying to save the lives of his own men - is justification for committing the awful sin of taking human lives.

This would be a considerable affront to his party leader, Nick Clegg (pictured), for whom the urgent need for austerity was the principal justification for committing his party to government.

We all have the lessons of Nuremburg to rely upon anytime such questions come to mind; "I was just following orders" is never justification for committing crimes against other human beings.

People can make all sorts of justifications for committing a wrongdoing but being forgiven through kindness is not something you can run away from.

"Whatever the motives of the criminals, there is no justification for the crimes committed against civilian persons, especially against women and children".

Egypt's most prominent rights groups criticised the government for using the "purported aim of 'countering terrorism' as justification to commit arbitrary arrests and restrict freedoms".

Michael German, a former FBI undercover agent and now a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, felt that the 2009 report overemphasized the way in which the ideology of right-wing groups turned individuals violent rather than attracting individuals who were looking for a justification for their desire to commit acts of violence.

MR. MILOSEVIC: (In Serbo-Croatian) This trial's aim is to produce false justification for the war crimes of NATO committed in Yugoslavia.

In December, Theresa May warned that, unless there is a physical or mental health justification for the procedure, doctors who provide the service could be committing a criminal offence.

But if the security issues were resolved and no crime had been committed, Mr. Prados said, there was no justification for informing Congress or other agencies that Mr. Petraeus had had an affair.

To succeed, he will have to remind his administration early and often that he is committed to transparency — and that the threat of embarrassment is no justification for secrecy.