The phrase "standing trial for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used when someone is being tried for a criminal offense. For example, "John is standing trial for fraud."
A8 Beslan Officers Stand Trial The top supervisors in the Beslan, Russia, district police station are standing trial for criminal negligence for failing to take adequate steps to protect School No. 1, which was seized by members of a Chechen militant group in the fall of 2004, leading to the deaths of nearly 200 of the town's children.
At last! Tony Blair is standing trial for war crimes.
Yet within two months, he was standing trial for first-degree murder.
Dozens of opposition activists are standing trial for attempting to hold rallies in Baku.
Both are standing trial for cheating at gambling and accepting corrupt payments.
Some are standing trial for being propagandists for the Ergenekon conspiracy.
Mr. Miller is standing trial for a second time; his first trial ended last November in a hung jury.
Both are separately standing trial for procuring prostitutes for Berlusconi, who stepped down as prime minister in November.
Another youth activist, this time a Harvard graduate and parliamentary candidate, is standing trial for draft evasion charges.
Pistorius, 27, is standing trial for the murder of his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp, and three separate firearms charges.
The footnote has been corrected to show that the original was not wrong to say Berlusconi is standing trial for paying an underage prostitute.
