Sentence examples for significant crimes from inspiring English sources

In the context of transitions to democracy, some scholars concentrate specifically on the significance of trials in response to collective and politically significant crimes, such as those involving human rights abuses by officials.

"Ongwen's trial covers significant crimes, but does not extend to horrific LRA abuses committed outside Uganda," she said.

Bill Blair, the city's police chief, said that 68 of the people arrested were involved in "very significant" crimes and that the action had "dismantled" three criminal gangs.

"Latin America absolutely leads the way in terms of national authorities trying to prosecute significant crimes," Mr. Seils said, citing trials in Argentina, Chile and Peru.

She paid steep fees to an attorney, who never pressed to have her case administratively closed, which, during the Obama Administration, was a common way for undocumented parents who'd committed no significant crimes to resolve their cases.

Tory MP Priti Patel said such a debate was long overdue and that she favoured restoring capital punishment "for the most serious and significant crimes" – a position echoed by party colleague Andrew Turner.

And some analysts say groups like the Doe Network could be a significant crime-fighting source.

There is a large and significant crime scene and there is a large police presence in the area.

Cameron said he understood McKinnon was accused of a "very important and significant crime" but said he hoped "a way through" could be found.

It has dropped only modestly since (despite participating in significant crime decline that the whole nation enjoyed starting in the mid-1990s).

By the late 1990s, New Orleans not only finally began experiencing the significant crime declines that had been occurring in major metropolises like Los Angeles and New York City, it also had the largest decrease in crime among 50 major US cities.