Sentence examples for was wrongly imprisoned from inspiring English sources

Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish artilleryman, was wrongly imprisoned in France in 1894 on accusations of treason.

Children, to be named Mason Joshua, McCain Joseph -- for the biblical figure who was wrongly imprisoned -- and Maya Season.

Among other things, he wanted to liberate information that he thought was wrongly imprisoned, make life safer for whistle-blowers, and fight political corruption.

Roseanne Beckett was wrongly imprisoned – and spent almost a decade in jail – for a series of offences including assaults, threats to kill, possession of a pistol and spiking her then husband's milk with lithium.

Victor Nealon, the former postman who was wrongly imprisoned for nearly 17 years, spent his first night of freedom on the streets after being discharged from Wakefield prison on Friday with £46 and nowhere to stay.

In New York, the attorney general's office has chosen to fight the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan, not disputing that Kerry was wrongly imprisoned but denying any liability.

Does the possibility that someone has been wrongly imprisoned increase the imperative to offer compassionate release?

Edmond Dante is wrongly imprisoned, but escapes from jail and acquires a fortune.

He has said at least 99 people were wrongly imprisoned and should be freed, a number certain to rise.

The calls that trouble him most are those from inmates whom he knows personally and believes to be wrongly imprisoned.

Therefore, they argued, he was not eligible to get money under a state law intended to help people who were wrongly imprisoned.