Sentence examples for sought conviction from inspiring English sources

Mr. Welch initially sought conviction on charges that could have put Mr. Drake in prison for 35 years, winning an indictment in April 2010.

But he said he would appeal the verdicts on the Turkish defendants, for whom he had sought convictions.

More than 400 indictments were issued in recent years alleging willful harm to minors as prosecutors sought convictions against a regime that no longer existed.

The two witnesses were granted immunity from prosecution in return for their testimony against Jacobs, after police and prosecutors adopted a strategy known as "kickers and stabbers" as they sought convictions.

Mr. Solomon said his office would again seek conviction on the same charges -- murder, felony murder and conspiracy -- and would ask a new jury to return the death penalty on grounds that in 1994 the rabbi, now 60, offered to pay an accomplice $30,000 to kill his wife, Carol, 52.

Now, prosecutors in Arizona will seek conviction for the felony charge more often, resulting in stiffer sentences.

In the rate manipulation cases, critics have clamored for more potent penalties, seeking convictions against parent companies.

Some officials briefed on the case have said the prosecutors view their task in seeking convictions for the Sept. 11 attacks as a historic challenge.

Its fierce opposition to clearing Garry's name illustrates a difficulty inherent in seeking justice for wrongful convictions: the offices that seek convictions are, years later, the same ones tasked with fairly assessing whether they might have been wrong.

Didn't the problem stem from the government's own decision to seek convictions on broad charges that international law didn't recognize as war crimes, he wanted to know.

The proper role of a prosecutor is not to simply seek convictions, but to see that justice is done.