Sentence examples for prosecuted on the basis of from inspiring English sources

I was prosecuted on the basis of Briscoe's lies.

Thousands of cases were prosecuted on the basis of this lab's work".

Sam Millsap, a former Texas prosecutor, now crusades against the death penalty because a man he prosecuted — on the basis of a single eyewitness — was put to death.

He played down the idea of granting people blanket immunity, although he said that witnesses who gave evidence had been assured that they could not be prosecuted on the basis of their evidence.

While defendants who are prosecuted on the basis of intelligence wiretap evidence may be able to challenge the use of the evidence, Ms. Beeson said the civil liberties groups' central concern was for those "innocent targets" who, under the law, may never find out that they had been the object of surveillance.

However, as he continued to review the evidence, he found serious problems of proof, including an instance where an illiterate Afghani juvenile was being prosecuted on the basis of his "confession" written in a language he did not speak.

Then again, what if the race-blind want to preserve their ideal by prosecuting on the basis of intent, thereby using someone's already preconceived notions against him?

"The DPP informed the committee that she could only prosecute on the basis of evidence, the police said that they could only investigate on the basis of referral, and the health professionals told us that they could not refer cases because their members were not fully trained and aware of the procedure," it states.

Yet, it is the rare prosecutor who will prosecute on the basis of the polygamy laws, despite the fact those laws are utterly clear and repeatedly have been upheld against constitutional attack.

Consequently, the brief continues, defendants in rape and murder cases "might well be prosecuted solely on the basis of eyewitness testimony," which is notoriously unreliable and could lead to convictions of many "innocent individuals".

"He had been granted 'use immunity' and was then prosecuted, supposedly on the basis of independent evidence," Ratner says.