Sentence examples for legally imprisoned from inspiring English sources
Formally, the cases are applications for the writ of habeas corpus, a Latin phrase directing officials to "present the body" of a confined person before a court to decide whether he is being legally imprisoned.
But prosecutors haven't wanted to acknowledge the larger truth: it is morally and legally repugnant for even one person to be imprisoned following a trial in which a confession obtained by torture was admitted into evidence against him.
By giving Magnussen the laptop, Sherlock and John are now guilty of attempting to sell government secrets and can be imprisoned for high treason, whereas Magnussen remains legally untouchable.
And while there is some doubt about whether he is legally sane now, that doubt requires that he be hospitalized rather than imprisoned, they said.
Mr. Marri, a citizen of Qatar legally residing in the United States, was initially arrested in his home in Peoria, Ill., on ordinary criminal charges, then seized and imprisoned by military authorities.
Thousands have been imprisoned.
Meanwhile, Lacombe was imprisoned.
Some have been imprisoned.
Many local priests were imprisoned.
