Sentence examples for wrongful prosecution from inspiring English sources

Mr. Tankleff, dismayed at not winning full exoneration and by the authorities' dropping the case, filed notice of a civil claim against Suffolk authorities for wrongful prosecution.

In a 14-page memorandum sent to Judge Scheindlin on March 27, Mr. Bout's lawyer, Albert Y . Dayan asked the judge "to decline to sentence Viktor Bout and thereby become an unwilling party in his wrongful prosecution".

But given the advantage of detached objectivity, it's very difficult to argue that the significance of your promise to a guilty stranger is greater than an innocent stranger's freedom from wrongful prosecution.

"With its release, I and my family ask those in power to pursue the people involved in my parents' murders, as well as those complicit in my wrongful prosecution and conviction".

The municipal authorities who would have to pay Mr. Mikhailov immediately appealed to Switzerland's highest court, arguing that the award exceeded the legal limit of $5,500 for cases of wrongful prosecution.

But the plaintiffs argued that the law actually applies to anyone who places such material in a public place that minors might happen upon, and is so vague it could lead to the wrongful prosecution of unwitting users of the Internet.

Any wrongful prosecutions should be rectified.

There was no talk yesterday of lawsuits for wrongful prosecutions.

Thomas suggested that those responsible for the misconduct should be required to pay for costs of the wrongful prosecutions.

There have now been nearly 50 wrongful prosecutions secured by the squad on the basis of false confessions or fab ricated evidence.

It is an invasion of people's lives, a waste of public money and from the police's perspective, a legal failure". Thomas suggested that those responsible for the misconduct should be required to pay for costs of the wrongful prosecutions.