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Recent Examples of indictable
But the ethical standard for federal judges is (thankfully) not everything short of indictable corruption.
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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Tea, coffee, and water are available in the buffet during its opening hours, but all other drinks are chargeable, even water in the main dining room.David Nikel, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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The Post also reported that people familiar with the matter said Hur’s findings are critical of the handling of sensitive documents by Biden and his aides, but that conduct did not rise to the level of chargeable crimes.Perry Stein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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The State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case in December regarding the management of the brigade, which has experienced high levels of desertion and issues related to staffing and management.Marc Santora, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Murphy's Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story brought one of the most notorious criminal cases of the 1990s back into the forefront.Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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More broadly for other sectors, shifting to making things on order rather than on stock to curb irresponsible consumption and production would be steps completely in tune with the luxury promise of authenticity.Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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What an immeasurably dangerous and unconscionably irresponsible betrayal John Fetterman.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The following November, Brooks was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and 61 counts of reckless endangerment.Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Two others pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in the first degree and were sentenced to over two years to seven years in prison.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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In finding the defendant guilty in this case, the jury necessarily found unanimously that the defendant falsified 34 separate entries in his business records with the intent to defraud, which included an intent to commit or conceal a conspiracy to promote his own election by unlawful means.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Capitol Police identified him Thursday as Adrian J. Hinton, 35, saying he was arrested for unlawful activities.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
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Mohammed was set to formally plead guilty on Friday with his two co-defendants scheduled to follow next week.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The offer would also require Higgins to plead guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident in return for a five-year prison term.Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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If the young shortstop is truly as good as gone, the Blue Jays would be foolish not to trade him.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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While admirable, the plan to resettle the poor was foolish in retrospect as the Low Country soil is sandy and the weather too hot for farming.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Indictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictable. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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