Sentence examples for rare convictions from inspiring English sources

Zambia recently won rare convictions against former military commanders and Regina Chiluba, the wife of its former president, on corruption charges.

The rare convictions under the law have involved goods from the former Soviet Union, Mexico and Japan -- including artificial flowers, hand tools, tea, electric fans and diesel engines.

The rare convictions of ex-Khmer Rouge fighters appear to reflect a new determination by the government of the prime minister, Hun Sen, that augurs well for the delayed UN-backed genocide tribunal.

This rare conviction going almost unnoticed is a missed opportunity of literally criminal proportions.

Five men and women in Uganda have been jailed over female genital mutilation, a rare conviction in a countrytrying to stamp out the practice.

Lawyers credited revelations from a "love triangle" for producing a rare conviction for insider trading today, as the former Belgo boss Tim Power admitted leaking price-sensitive information about the sale of the restaurant chain.

ATHENS — The former mayor of Greece's second city, Salonika, and two of his top aides were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of embezzling almost 18 million euros, or $23.5 million, in public money — a rare conviction in a case involving the political corruption that has contributed to the country's dysfunction and economic decline.

The former mayor of Greece's second city, Salonika, and two of his top aides were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of embezzling almost €18 million, or $23.5 million, in public money — a rare conviction in a case involving the political corruption that has contributed to the country's dysfunction and economic decline.

With the first prosecutions under way in the UK and Guinea-Bissau, an increased focus on strengthening the law in Kenya, and a rare conviction in Uganda, positive moves are being made in several countries to implement laws that ban female genital mutilation (FGM).

It's an extremely rare conviction for a medical practitioner.

"The police do seem to take very decisive action when they have any evidence of an officer doing this type of thing but, he was off duty at the time," notes Ho, suggesting this was a rare conviction.