Sentence examples for they were prosecuted for from inspiring English sources

Both would make repayments after they were prosecuted for alleged embezzlement, though the case was halted in May 2010 when the repayments made by two were deemed reasonable.

Last year, 16,430 parents in England were so wilfully blase about their child's school attendance that they were prosecuted for it.

European countries, no doubt, would prefer that the fighters never came back, or that they were prosecuted for war crimes and terrorist activities in the countries where they were captured.

Friends and family members of the three convicted Webmasters said they were prosecuted for failing to quickly delete content that openly discussed the difficulties of life in Xinjiang and, in one case, for allowing users to post messages last summer announcing the protests that turned violent.

But under the Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899, they were prosecuted for procuring an illegal abortion because the drug wasn't prescribed by a medical practitioner within Australia.

"They were prosecuted for their involvement, but during the trial the Sunday Mirror published an interview with the father of one of the victims of the violence.

Certainly none of respondents' constitutional rights are violated if they are prosecuted for the fraudulent procurement of money by false representations as to their beliefs, religious or otherwise.

They cannot be sued for what they say in parliament, for example; nor, in general, can they be prosecuted for acts undertaken as part of their official duties.

But if they are forced to do other work and they complain, they are prosecuted for breach of condition of stay and in many cases are sent to prison".

In North Carolina, the district attorney has almost 100percentt discretion as to who is prosecuted, what they're prosecuted for, and how they are prosecuted.

I do not suggest that they be prosecuted for negligence.