Sentence examples for technical offense from inspiring English sources

Cranmer's trial for treason was but a pretext; the queen and her advisers did not intend him to die for the technical offense of having supported Northumberland's insane conspiracy but meant to destroy him for his long-standing offense in promoting Protestantism.

The Thebans, who since 364 had influence over the preponderance of votes in the Delphic Amphictyony, persuaded it to condemn Phocis (autumn 357) to a huge fine for the usual technical offense, "cultivation of sacred land". The hope was that if, or rather when, Phocis was unable to pay, Thebes would be awarded the conduct of the ensuing Sacred War.

Its penalties have been, New Zealand assistant coach Steve Hansen pointed out, for fouls, and not McCaw-style technical offenses.

First, it has proved impossible to draft and keep up-to-date a criminal code that unambiguously encompasses all conduct intended to be deemed criminal; there are technical offenses or offenses that public opinion no longer regards as culpable.

He acknowledged that Smith had struggled picking up some of the technical aspects of the offense — "If y'all knew the volume of stuff in his head right now," he said — but sounded optimistic that Smith would settle down after minicamp.

In 2013, while 37% of detained girls had committed status offenses or technical (probation) violations, only 25% of detained boys had committed the same offenses.

Many of these parents are incarcerated for non-violent offenses or technical parole violations, and they aren't watching their kids' football games, helping them with homework, or simply sharing a meal with them at the end of the day.

Chicago – 11th in Points Scored Without an Offense As a technical matter, the Bears (8-3) rank 11th in points scored.

And sometimes it translates into bad stuff -- fouls, technicals, loss of poise sometimes on offense.

If it was not Wallace blowing a gasket and leading the league in technical fouls, it was poor decision-making on offense.

Cincinnati (4-6) stayed close by taking advantage of two second-half technical fouls and the Tigers' inability to sustain their offense for more than a few minutes.