Sentence examples for protracted appeals from inspiring English sources

Tribal elders and generals, political scientists and former lawmakers, the main thing they had in common was that they had lost, at least according to preliminary results — which will not be final for weeks, pending a protracted appeals process.

In the wake of protracted appeals involving the terror suspects Abu Hamza and Abu Qatada, as well as the alleged computer hacker Gary McKinnon, concern has mounted about cases lasting as long as eight or 10 years.

And then there are years of protracted appeals.

A complex and protracted appeals process, possibly involving the European Court of Human Rights, looms.

Later, during the protracted appeals against their convictions, DNA evidence that might have exonerated Woodfox and Wallace went missing.

Offering a first glimpse at what is likely to be a protracted appeals process, they said the two-year-long state trial had been riddled with procedural errors and would be thrown out on appeal.

For Microsoft, a protracted appeal is a two-edged sword.

Even Mr. Megrahi's death may not end the saga of Flight 103, according to the Scottish government, whose decision to release Mr. Megrahi required him first to formally abandon a protracted appeal.

"While we continue to believe that the European Commission decision was based on an incorrect determination of the relevant market definition, we do not believe that the interests of our shareholders and our company would be served by undertaking a protracted appeal," NYSE Euronext said in a statement.

The savings would come from putting an end to long death penalty trials that require spending on extra lawyers, investigators and experts for both the prosecution and the defense; protracted mandatory appeals that take a decade or more even for those wrongly convicted; and special prison housing that triples the normal costs.

Now, ending the program — and risking a deluge of protracted parking-ticket appeals — could generate about an additional $50 million a year, according to the Finance Department.