on trial
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Eventually, the father asks a prosecutor with equal parts anger and exasperation, “Am I on trial for my beliefs?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
With a different landing, the Princess of Wales might have been on trial for murder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Higgins Homes is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with corporate manslaughter and a health and safety offence.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It is quite another to put on trial those deemed responsible.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
After months in the KGB prison, including seventy days in solitary confinement, Powers learned that the Soviet government intended to put him on trial for espionage.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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