Sentence examples for sham trial from inspiring English sources

Pussy Riot went on hunger strike in protest at their sham trial and sham justice.

It seems no sham trial is complete without a sham lawyer.

This is problematic, especially given that the likelihood of a sham trial would be high.

The regime has scapegoated expendable officials, seeking to quell international furor by staging a sham trial.

The message the five were sending was clear, Luthuli said: "We are not going to participate in your sham trial".

After a sham trial, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor and shortly after that, apparently was injured.

He was subjected to a sham trial, where no evidence or witnesses were presented, and sentenced to life in prison.

Moreno-Ocampo dismissed those efforts as "sham trials".

Sham trials saw hundreds of summary executions of political opponents.

Initially, they were often killed immediately; later they tended to face torture and sham trials.

"Prisons, disqualifications, sham trials, house arrests, court cases — been there, done that," Ms. Sharif said.