Sentence examples for threats to commit from inspiring English sources

Not direct threats to commit physical harm, but bad wishes.

The First Amendment guarantees free speech, but that does not mean that laws cannot prohibit some spoken words, like threats to commit imminent violent acts.

A Cypriot court ordered Mustafa to be detained for eight days as he faced charges including hijacking, illegal possession of explosives, kidnapping and threats to commit violence.

The lead prosecutor, Jessica Taub, said his threats to commit suicide if he could not meet Ms. Thurman, expressed by phone to her mother and brother, were "emotional blackmail" and not signs of genuine distress.

Deputy Attorney General Peter N. Letang called Ms. Grossberg cavalier and self-absorbed in her refusal to tell her parents or friends about the pregnancy and her threats to commit suicide if Mr. Peterson violated her secret.

Schell rejects this position on both moral and political grounds: deterrence involves us in making threats to commit crimes against humanity and, besides, neither history nor reason supports the claim that deterrence is a foolproof strategy for preventing war.

He faces three counts: assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and threat to commit a crime.

If anything, this demonstrates the effectiveness of stop-and-frisk as a means to root out those who are a higher-than-average threat to commit a crime.

"Now he's remembered?" Mustafa, who has been remanded in custody, is likely to face charges ranging from hijacking, kidnapping and threat to commit violence.

The father of four faces charges that are likely to range from hijacking, illegal possession of explosives, kidnapping and threat to commit violence.

The ruling noted that Mr. Trantino had repeatedly tried to satisfy the state's standard for parole, that he had been sufficiently punished, that he was not addicted to any substance and that he no longer posed a threat to commit a crime.