Sentence examples for was prosecuted as from inspiring English sources

Mr. Padilla was prosecuted as a juvenile.

The case, which attracted international attention, was prosecuted as a hate crime.

The 17-year-old defendant, Tyler Alred, was prosecuted as a youthful offender, giving the judge more discretion than in an adult case.

Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney, said the boy was prosecuted as an adult but sentenced under juvenile offender guidelines.

And after World War II, only slave labor was prosecuted as slavery; the Japanese military's use of "comfort women" as sex slaves never came before an international tribunal.

It was not until 1995, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, that rape was prosecuted as a grave crime tantamount to torture.

If those leaders can be prosecuted, then I am ready to be prosecuted as well".

Mr. Chirac himself cannot be prosecuted as long as he is president.

The courts ruled last year that he could not be prosecuted as long as he was president.

Those who participated in the Saints' bounty pool should be prosecuted as well as fined or suspended.

But he added: "We do have a view that it should be prosecuted as humanely as possible".