Sentence examples for was prosecuted because from inspiring English sources

Ms. McKnight was prosecuted because both she and her stillborn baby tested positive for cocaine.

He was prosecuted because powerful forces within the government felt that a black man who lived such a brazenly bodacious lifestyle was a threat to America's racial order and had to be taught a lesson.

Mr. Khodorkovsky's supporters said that he was prosecuted because he became politically active, in the early part of this decade, and rebuffed warnings from Mr. Putin and his aides to not disobey the Kremlin.

According to Mr. O'Hara, he was prosecuted because his primary challenges to politicians, and a suit contesting the results of one such election, posed a threat to Brooklyn's Democratic bosses.

Mr. Kassem said he doubted anyone would be prosecuted because, he noted, the prosecutor was appointed by the president.

In a surprise twist, Vicentillo (who is the son of Chapo's partner, Mayo Zambada) has argued that he can't be prosecuted — because even as he worked for Sinaloa, he was also a secret informant for the D.E.A.

The average fraud per prosecution was £11,000, but only one in 10 fraudsters is prosecuted because most misdemeanours are too small to warrant it.

Heath cannot be prosecuted because he is dead.

"They were prosecuted because they were successfully resisting the unionization drive," he said.

He is being prosecuted because of his deplorable opinions, not because he incited violence.

I think they are being prosecuted because of the international attention.