Sentence examples for unjust prosecutions from inspiring English sources

The Assembly and civil liberties groups had feared that lowering the bar could lead to overzealous, unjust prosecutions.

His most famous books dealt with unjust prosecutions, among them 10 Rillington Place (1961; filmed 1971), which led to the posthumous exoneration of a wrongly executed man, and Thirty-six Murders and Two Immoral Earnings (2002).

This should aid in forestalling unjust prosecutions, and have the practical advantage of eliminating the dilemma, especially serious in this type of case, of the accused's being forced by the risk of an adverse verdict to come forward to substantiate leads which he had previously furnished the Government.

Those from former President Yanukovych's circle say the authorities are conducting a "witch hunt" against them, threatening them with what they say are unjust prosecutions and long jail sentences, which have driven a number of people to take their lives out of despair.

Regulatory recognition orders of these sorts not only prevent unjust prosecutions against health care and emergency relief workers but also offer a rudimentary form of medicine regulation for countries currently lacking it and can serve as a stepping-stone toward instituting a full-blown medicine regulatory authority.

Will the Commission insist that cases which were reclassified from Article 359 to Article 234 are properly analysed and that all unjust prosecutions are terminated?

Critics of the provision point out that it may be used to hamstring legitimate investigations instead of protecting the innocent against unjust prosecution.

In "Judge Priest" (July 4-5), from 1934, set in a Kentucky town in 1890, Ford depicts the official of the title (played by Will Rogers) protecting Jeff (Stepin Fetchit), a black workingman, from unjust prosecution.

The press "is not always the good guy," he writes, citing its support for the unjust prosecution of the atomic scientist Wen Ho Lee, and he praises judges who balance the costs and benefits of protecting anonymous sources in each case.

"My ethical responsibilities as an officer of the court compel me to take this action because I cannot sit idly as this Office continues to pursue the unjust prosecution and execution of Rolando Cruz," she wrote to Burris, concluding, "I too, beg of you, General Burris, please begin mitigating the damages of this ugly prosecution.

But the moment Mr. Muhammad strode to the lectern to present his opening statement on Monday morning, he made clear his goal would be to demonstrate that he was innocent of any crimes and was the victim of an unjust prosecution built on guesswork.