Sentence examples for were tried as from inspiring English sources

Though they were just 12 and 13 at the time of last year's murder, they were tried as adults.

The constitutionality and applicability of the Espionage Act of 1917, under which the Rosenbergs were tried, as well as the impartiality of the trial judge, Irving R. Kaufman who in pronouncing sentence had accused them of a crime "worse than murder"—were key issues during the appeals process.

None of the five — all 15 or 16 at the time of their arrests — said they had understood why they were tried as adults.

It had only been used in a court case to convict Florida rapist Tommy Lee Andrews in 1987, two years before the Central Park Five were tried as adults.

Unfortunately, they were tried as GvHD prophylaxis in preclinical models of BM transplantation with limited success as they have no activity against NK cells [ 29].

Multivalent Co2+, Ni2+, Pd2+, Cu2+, Ga3+, A13+, Fe3+, La3+ and Ce3+ ions were tried as stabilizers.

The perpetrators will be tried as adults.

Two executives, including Mr Esser, are being tried as accessories.

He's tried as hard as he possibly could".

Although treatment of ankylosis has been tried as early as nearly 200 years ago, no single technique produced satisfactory results.

Both Richmond and Mays will be tried as juveniles.