Sentence examples for prosecution for libel from inspiring English sources
The Duma hastily passed laws harshly penalizing participants in unauthorized gatherings, introducing new controls for foreign-financed nonprofit organizations and reintroducing criminal prosecution for libel.
These attacks led to his prosecution for libel (1907 09), in which he largely proved his statements to the disgrace of William's closest friend, the diplomat Philipp zu Eulenburg und Hertefeld.
The Private Eye editor isn't expected to be polite about libel lawyers - readers of his magazine will know not only of his many libel cases but also of his tendency to refer to the firm of Carter-Ruck as Carter-Fuck - but pleasingly, he'll enjoy immunity from prosecution for libel thanks to parliamentary privilege.
In August he took the unusual step of suing the Crown Prosecution Service for libel: he is seeking £100,000 in damages and claims the CPS has "falsely and maliciously" hurt his reputation.
The veteran Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky is suing the Crown Prosecution Service for libel over a statement it issued in April announcing that he was being charged with child pornography offences.
He initiated Queensberry's prosecution for criminal libel but abandoned the case when evidence incriminating him made defeat certain.
This was in 1976 when she brought a private prosecution for blasphemous libel, the first in living memory.
The case of R v Baillie, a prosecution for criminal libel, opened on 23 November 1778 at 1 pm before Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice, in the Court of King's Bench.
Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty.
Wilde, encouraged by Douglas and against the advice of his friends, initiated a private prosecution against Queensberry for libel, since the note amounted to a public accusation that Wilde had committed the crime of sodomy.
Further, some types of proceedings require the consent of a judge or the attorney general, including prosecutions for criminal libel against anyone responsible for the publication of a newspaper, prosecutions for incitement to racial hatred and prosecutions for assisting suicide.
