Sentence examples for were wrongful from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dunn said those arrests were wrongful because they were based on the policy that others have charged is unconstitutional.

In August of that year, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled that Ms. Ribeiro's efforts to keep Sean in Brazil were "wrongful".

In August 2004, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled that Ms. Goldman's efforts to keep Sean in Brazil were "wrongful," and he ordered the immediate repatriation of the boy.

Others maintained that their convictions were wrongful: "The guilty verdict blew us out of the water," Richi Ellis, who was convicted for his involvement in a murder outside of a night club, told Goldblatt.

It will only be wrongful if, in addition, reasonable and probable grounds for prosecuting are absent".

In such a case, the Justice Department would have to prove that the violation was "willful," meaning that the defendant was aware the conduct was wrongful.

Mr. Romney even charged that there might be "wrongful activity" in some of Mr. Gingrich's consulting work, though he provided no proof.

But this is neither sensible nor necessary: that a few claims turn out to be false does not mean that all, most, or even many claims are wrongful.

This appears to have been a legitimate action, because eBay is not suing for breach of the stockholders agreement or otherwise asserting that this failure was wrongful.

"We were having success in overturning these convictions that are wrongful, but it became clear that race was the big burden," Stevenson told me.

Windsor said economic theory that costs could be saved by centralising services was wrongful thinking when it came to regional media.