Sentence examples for prosecuted specifically from inspiring English sources
Defense lawyers at the tribunal protested Mr. Erlinder's arrest last year, saying that he was being prosecuted specifically for his work in trial at the court, which focused on the downing of a presidential jet in April 1994.
The Justice Department also formed the Enron Task Force to prosecute crimes specifically connected to the energy company's bankruptcy, and charged about 30 people connected to the company.
Opponents argued that was an unnecessary precaution, because if a president were "guilty" of treason, he could be "impeached and prosecuted". The Constitution specifically provides for "indictment, trial. . . and punishment" of a president under the criminal laws, in addition to impeachment.
The Supreme Court decision in Elonis will be vital for determining how online harassment and threats are prosecuted going forward, specifically impacting cases like Gamergate, where the majority of the threats against female gamers were made in third-party message boards and on Twitter.
But gun users may not be prosecuted unless their weapons were specifically identified in a 1989 law or covered by a more generic ban added by the Legislature in 1999, the court said.
The Constitution does not specifically say whether a sitting president can be criminally prosecuted, nor has the Supreme Court ruled on the possibility.
But in writing this law, Congress specifically barred prosecuting a journalist who got the name of a covert operative from a government official.
Many of these responded specifically to Paine's attack on the Bible in Part II (when Thomas Williams was prosecuted for printing Part II, it became clear its circulation had far exceeded that of Part I).
Specifically, Keene said he expects people will agree that those who misuse guns should be prosecuted and that "guns should not be kept out of the hands of law-abiding American citizens".
