put on trial
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Bazoum's presidential immunity was lifted in 2024 but his lawyers believe it unlikely that the official end of his term in office will accelerate him being put on trial.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
In 399 BCE, Socrates was put on trial before a jury of some 500 of his fellow Athenians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
After a while, Washington called in the soldiers and told them to lock Honeyman up until the next day, when he would be put on trial as a spy.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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