How To Use Prosecute In A Sentence

Nearly 40 parents were prosecuted for their child's non-attendance.
He may be prosecuted for revealing secrets about the security agency.
Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle.
A series of mainly South American fisherman have been hauled back to Australia with their ships and prosecuted after they were caught fishing near southern Heard Island, and HSI said it hoped to see similar action against whalers.
Traditional dancers have condemned a move which could lead to them being prosecuted for racism.

What the judges, politicians and others concerned need to remember is a burglar is breaking the law and must be prosecuted.
They should also consider private prosecutions where a conviction is likely and it is in the public interest to prosecute.
The Dutch classify cannabis in all its forms as a soft drug and the smoking of it, even in public, is not prosecuted.
If the businessman had stuck the scrote who wrecked his Christmas lights in a cage, perhaps the police would have prosecuted the vandal and not the victim.
If one of the prosecutors had just sent a Democratic Congressman to jail, would you be totally untempted by the White House explanation that the real cause was, say, a reluctance to prosecute abortion-clinic protesters under RICO? Politics, Lies, and 93 v. 8 - Swampland - TIME.com
As I pointed out, the decision to prosecute is independent of the decision to compel testimony (the North case notwithstanding; there they screwed the process up). Balkinization
Then all these scruffy layabouts who had nothing better to do with their time than try to prevent law-abiding country folk from tearing foxes apart could be arrested and prosecuted.
He said that his role was as a prosecutor and ‘he wanted to prosecute’ if at all possible.
We find ourselves in the midst of a civil war ruthlessly prosecuted by protagonists whose bloodlust knows no bounds.
What kind of businessperson would want to travel to Italy when they prosecute individuals for supervisory responsibility of departments that have made a diligent, good faith effort to comply with the local laws from 10,000 miles away? Medlogs - Recent stories
To go back to the kidnapping in France to murder in Germany hypo, it seems like Germany would not extradite, but if the guy were stupid enough to go to France, he could be prosecuted. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted
This, as may be imagined, made her husband no less desirous of a separation than herself, and he prosecuted his design in the most effectual manner: for he applied, not to the ecclesiastical courts for a divorce, but to the Parliament for an Act by which his marriage might be dissolved, the nuptial contract annulled, and the children of his wife illegitimated. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1
Bassanio, a noble but poor Venetian, asks his friend Antonio, a rich merchant, for 3,000 ducats to enable him to prosecute fittingly his suit of the rich heiress Portia at Belmont.
Said person or persons remain uncaught, uncharged, and unprosecuted. David Roberts: What We Have and Haven't Learned From 'Climategate'
The council has not yet prosecuted any employers for breaking child employment laws.
In February, Data Protection commissioner Joe Meade announced that he had successfully prosecuted two legal firms for failing to register as data controllers.
Under the provisions of the edict and earlier French law, those who used spells and conjurations could still be prosecuted, as could those who purported to lift the spells cast by others.
Offenders of intellectual property violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
He was prosecuted for criminal damage to a vehicle.
Once charges are brought, the ‘victim’ cannot decline to prosecute - although non-cooperation may terminate a case as a practical matter.
While the fundamental risk remained Global Thermonuclear War prosecuted by one or both of the only nation-states capable of accomplishing such a civilization-threatening feat single-handedly or 'cooperatively', the contributing risks represented by escalation and alliances opened a larger number of paths from the status quo to the unthinkable outcome and some of those paths had distinctly lower thresholds standing between origin and outcome. The Speculist: Doomsday Clock Speculist Challenge
That followed a complaint by the trust but he was never prosecuted and has continued to fish and farm the clams largely undisturbed.
He has decided to prosecute her after careful consideration of all the relevant facts.
Yet he was concerned that, without the legal cover from Goldsmith, military personnel could be prosecuted for war crimes.
Approximately 20 states prosecute these cases under existing criminal laws, charging people with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, homicide or attempted homicide, or terrorist threat.
They commit themselves to inquire into all alleged cases of torture and to prosecute offenders.
At the end of the American Civil War, for example, President Lincoln forgave many crimes that might legitimately have been prosecuted.
It would be able to seize vehicles caught fly tipping and could prosecute anyone caught dropping litter on any piece of land or water.
A family in a dinghy or a beginner oarsman could be prosecuted if they collided with a swimmer. Times, Sunday Times
Trading standards officers say they will prosecute anyone found to be selling such items to children and the wrongdoer could then end up with a criminal record and a day in court.
Legal experts said the court could prosecute the prime minister for contempt, and a conviction would lead to his ouster from the post. Pakistan Court Considers Zardari Immunity
David: Well I understand that, but the question seems premised on the position that Congress forcing the DOJ to prosecute someone is the only way for congress to have some it deems a contemnor held in contempt. The Volokh Conspiracy » May Congress Order the Justice Department To Prosecute People Who the Justice Department Firmly Believes are Innocent?
Would you say this case was prosecuted vigorously, and if so, why?
International criminal law is a body of international rules designed both to proscribe international crimes and to impose upon States the obligation to prosecute and punish at least some of those crimes.
The police have decided not to prosecute because the evidence is not strong enough.
The relevant sanction is either being held in contempt of court or being prosecuted under the criminal law.
God takes up the argument begun by Elihu (who came nearest to the truth) and prosecutes it in inimitable words, excelling his, and all other men's, in the loftiness of the style, as much as thunder does a whisper. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
The United States is seeking an ironclad guarantee that no US national will ever be investigated or prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
In the same manner (says Blackstone,) by the Irish brehon law, in case of murder, the brehon or judge, compounded between the murderer and the friends of the deceased, who prosecuted him, by causing the malefactor to give unto them, or to the child or wife of him that was slain, a recompense, which they called _eriach_. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832
Here our friend _Anamnesis_ seemed fatigued, as if he thought he had spun a sufficiently _long yarn_ on the subject; so we prevailed on him to prosecute the walk, as evening was beginning to close in -- not, indeed, without apprehension that he would make a stand at several other interesting plants on which it might suit him to prelect! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.
Mike Diehl, the reason VP Dick Cheney wasn't prosecuted is simple. Vermont Hunting Accident Will Go To Trial
But the Crown may just decide to go ahead and prosecute for murder, which itself allows the accused a defence of insanity that can lead to acquittal.
There is a significant level of crime which needs to be unearthed, investigated and prosecuted.
The corporate enforcer has said that he intends to prosecute those who breach company law.
The division decides which cases to prosecute, plea bargain or drop.
By June this year, the Task Force had successfully commenced 17 criminal prosecutions in the courts of law with only three of the prosecuted cases falling through.
The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act.
The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act.
Government employees elsewhere prosecuted for thef ... Plainfield's July 4th Activities
Does your party support the establishment of a criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity in East Timor?
The ground rules, spelled out in a standard agreement called a proffer, explained that the government could still prosecute Birkenfeld, and that at least indirectly it could use his own evidence to build a case against him. UBS whistleblower ended up with a prison sentence
Nor does Chertoff blush at "incapacitating" the innocent: "… we have arrested and successfully prosecuted a number of people … for acts that perhaps were not terrorist in nature but allowed us to incapacitate someone who we had reason to believe was a terrorist. LewRockwell.com
The laws were designed to prosecute people who hack into computers and steal information.
In September, human rights lawyers and victims of clergy sexual abuse filed a complaint in the United States urging the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate and prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity for what they described as abetting and covering up the rape and sexual assault of children by priests. NYT > Home Page
This heap of unpopularity notwithstanding, the Supreme Court said last week the government wrongly prosecuted the abominated Jeff Skilling under something called the "honest services fraud" law. A Plague of Vagueness
The Law was perfectly adequate before the Hunting Act 2005 to prosecute didicoy poachers coursing their lurchers on private land and in this regard the new Act is quite otiose. Archive 2007-07-01
In the case, which is not directly connected to his carpet-bagging raid, he is being prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office which alleges he stole 2 million from his own company.
Now, America sees all the more glaringly your integrity faults … and once you're out of the nomination race and the courts can once again prosecute you … we'll see it even further. Vilsack says it's over
That seems to be the case in Pakistan where the main religious blocs, and the government, prosecute "blasphemers": The Guardian World News
And church and state pause in this made vortex of chaos to prate of the ills of pugilism; to legislate and perorate anent bloodless boxing bouts; to prosecute a brace of harmless pugs. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12
He was prosecuted for having sex with a girl who was under age.
In the past, the family has opposed granting amnesty, demanding that offenders be prosecuted instead.
Several former bank directors and owners found responsible for misusing credits have also been prosecuted.
In theory drivers could also be prosecuted for carrying passengers who are not wearing a seatbelt, meaning that in a normal car more than three back-seat passengers would be an offence.
They would like to fudge the issue by conflating it with questions about how the war was prosecuted.
Former Lashkar trainees had also been prosecuted in foiled plots against New York, London and Australia. U.S. was told of American's ties to Pakistani militants
The attorney who will prosecute the case says he cannot reveal how much money is involved.
The authority has pledged to prosecute anyone responsible.
This would allow an individual to be prosecuted in a single count for the activity of fraudulent trading, although that activity may be made up of a number of otherwise discrete offences.
The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute.
There was a policy in place because they say a lack of resources that if an illegal alien was caught simply crossing the border, it would take seven to 15 times depending on the sector of the border before that illegal alien would be prosecuted for repeat illegal reentry, which is a felony, Lou. CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2008
Mr Burdis explained: ‘One of the things the public couldn't understand is why we didn't prosecute for junketing.
(One of the reasons most of us think the evidence extracted by MediaSentry should never have been accepted to prosecute an individual downloader is because it never contains the REPEATED instances of that one user in question. MediaSentry Super-Secret Squirrel tech
Sida Liu and Terence Halliday, who study the Chinese legal system, estimate hundreds of defense lawyers have been prosecuted under "Big Stick 306.
Its response: people should trust the police not to prosecute and the government to be circumspect.
He was prosecuted for having sex with a girl who was under age.
The persons responsible ought to be prosecuted in the first instance, the deck must be removed post-haste and the destroyed vegetation replaced immediately.
One third of Canadians arrested abroad were busted for drugs, making it the most commonly prosecuted offence.
Dick Cheney ought to be prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity; the World Court should not "dither" about filing such charges against him and George W. Bush. Of Dithering and Ditherers
There was also a nationwide increase in the number of people prosecuted for animal cruelty.
'Tis a capital crime, and is to be prosecuted as a species of devilism that would not only deprive God and Christ of all his honor, but also plunder man of all his comfort. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
Don Quixote, perceiving himself free, and delivered from so many difficulties and brabbles wherewithal as well he as his esquire had been perplexed, held it high time to prosecute his commenced voyage, and bring to an end the great adventure unto which he was called and chosen. The Fourth Book. XIX. In Which Is Finished the Notable Adventure of the Troopers, and the Great Ferocity of Our Knight, Don Quixote, and How He Was Enchanted
LONDON— Royal Dutch Shell PLC may be prosecuted for the U.K.'s worst oil spill in a decade, after Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said an investigation into a leak from Shell's Gannet Alpha platform last month will be sent to Scotland's public prosector. Shell May Face Prosecution for Spill
The result has been a dramatic difference with a much higher proportion of shop owners in England successfully prosecuted.
North Yorkshire's trading standards have already prosecuted in four cases, which resulted in fines for breaching regulations.
A sergeant or a constable of police would make a decision, would he or she not, whether to prosecute for a traffic offence?
That trial proceeded, I prosecuted, and the jury duly convicted him of perjury.
A sergeant or a constable of police would make a decision, would he or she not, whether to prosecute for a traffic offence?
If lawyers have their doubts about the veracity of a case, are they going to be prosecuted for taking the case?
In the end, not only was he not prosecuted, he was allowed to install his painting in the refectory of the Dominican house of SS Giovanni e Paolo without making a single alteration, except to the title.
But he notes that medical cannabis growers around the state continue to be prosecuted by local, state, and federal authorities.
And the administration says, this is the reason it continues to prosecute the war and continues to try to pour more resources into intelligence.
He is the only Marine ever prosecuted for espionage.
At present, in investigate and prosecute graft, corrupt, appropriating public funds this task sin cause, the circumstance of the appellee withdraw a confession is more outstanding.
Both Plaintiffs lacked any capacity to prosecute this Claim.
One London expert has suggested that parents who allow their children to get sunburned should be prosecuted for neglect.
For those prosecuted under federal copyright law, the punishment for criminal infringement may depend on the value of the copied work.
When caught, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
If dealt with in the magistrates court, minor indictable matters are prosecuted by the police.
If their behaviour falls below acceptable standards they will be prosecuted.
The victim has said that she will not prosecute.
I would just like to point out to ronjo that Libby was prosecuted under a Republican administration by a prosector who is subject to the same political pressures that the fired USAs were; ie from a Republican administration, not a Democratic administration. Is That Legal?: Monica Goodling Has A Valid Basis For Asserting The Fifth Amendment Privilege
My right to say any of this is not at the mercy of some prosecutor who may or may not decide to prosecute, or whether fancy lawyering lets a wrongdoer go unconvicted.
Now Mr Sutcliffe could be prosecuted in Canada, but would they go to the extent of extraditing a person accused of a relatively minor offence?
Will people be prosecuted when their co-operation is needed to implement an eventual peace agreement?
His indignant countrymen actually caused him to be prosecuted in the native courts, on a charge nearly equivalent to what we term defamation of character; but the old fellow persisting in his assertion, and no invalidating proof being adduced, the plaintiffs were cast in the suit, and the cannibal reputation of the defendant firmly established. Typee
In the resulting hoo-ha, Harris was prosecuted and sent to trial for publishing supposedly obscene verse.
Buxton is being prosecuted for assault.
Switzerland is also a signatory to the Convention Against Torture – and, as a party to CAT, has undertaken that it will prosecute or extradite for prosecution anyone present in its territory who it has a reasonable basis for believing has committed torture. George Bush: no escaping torture charges | Katherine Gallagher
But before the enactment of §48, the underlying conduct depicted in crush videos was nearly impossible to prosecute. The Volokh Conspiracy » Big First Amendment win in United States v. Stevens
But a forward-looking, problem-solving investigation needs to foster a climate in which officials can be self-critical without undue fear of being prosecuted or keelhauled.
I forget the proper order of things... But they tried to prosecute. BEHINDLINGS
Last year the district council prosecuted three benefit cheats, resulting in a total award of £9,000, with a further £7,000 in administrative penalties.
Will you be able to prosecute your responsibilities effectively?
No one in West Yorkshire Police will be prosecuted over the shooting of a former soldier armed with an airgun, it was announced yesterday.
What is worse is we will prosecute that person for working with legitimate Government agencies as a private contract officer to overthrow some other tinpot dictator in a country that he or she has invaded or taken control of.
If evidence discovered during the hearing suggests that it is probable that a crime has been committed, in the case of a preliminary hearing or grand jury proceeding, the case is referred to a District Attorney or federal prosector who then decides whether or not to prosecute. Congress Must Issue Orders to Confiscate RNC Hard Drives Immediately
This provision disrespects and demoralizes our law enforcement officers and prosecutors who are responsible for protecting our national security using the United States criminal justice system and process which has been effectively used repeatedly to investigate, arrest, prosecute, and incarcerate individuals who are convicted of terrorism. Rep. Hank Johnson: Reject Indefinite Detention; Defend the Constitution
In the beginning of the seventeenth century Elizabeth Bathgate, spouse of Alexander Pae, maltman in Eyemouth, was prosecuted at the instance of the Lord Advocate for sorcery. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
You can prosecute a few people but as long as there is poverty, corruption will continue to exist.
Each is accused of a past crime that they have not yet been prosecuted for.
He had not prosecuted Kerzner and Bloomberg, because it would have been "no less than foolish" of him to go to court with a witness who put a gloss on his own participation in events, especially when his fickleness was a matter of public record. ANC Daily News Briefing
It shall be the duty of the District Attorney of the Confederate States, diligently to prosecute all causes instituted under this act, and he shall receive as a compensation therefor two per cent. upon and from the fruits of all litigation instituted under this act: Provided, That no matter shall be called litigated except a defendant be admitted by the court, and a proper plea be filed. The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive. Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Consti
As a law enforcement veteran, now retired with over 36 years of service, I worked during this era of protest and I also subscribed to the rule that intentional” untruthfulness is a gross disqualification of anyone for the police service” and observed a number of officers who were proven to be untruthful terminated and relieved of their employment and even criminally prosecuted and gone to prison. CT VFW lays into Blumenthal for fake military claims. | RedState
Who is likely to benefit from such a bizarre war, a military offensive prosecuted as an exercise in risk-avoidance?
In 1801, as 1st lord of the Admiralty, St Vincent prosecuted an inquiry into theft in the dockyards which contributed to Lord Melville's impeachment in 1806 for malversation of funds.
The result is, that it may be some time before courts are in a position to prosecute these offences and they make take a long time for the police to complete investigations.
Many Republicans have called for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian, to be prosecuted under the US Espionage Act, or for his site to be deemed a "foreign terrorist organization.
A premium has been awarded in cases where the Court felt that meritorious litigation should be prosecuted but was out of reach of clients of modest means.
The chief military prosecutor said 12 servicemen are being prosecuted for crimes against civilians in Chechnya and another 46 are being investigated.
Health bosses are giving retailers an informal prod to sort out the problem themselves, but if stores fail to take action, officers have the power to seize products - and even prosecute.
Not one worker or trade union has been prosecuted.
Recently, we prosecuted and received a guilty plea from a detainee – al-Marri – in federal court after years of legal confusion.
He was prosecuted for allegedly being a member of a banned organisation and raising funds to finance terrorism abroad.
The kaimakam of Retimo sent an express to Canea to ask Ismael what he should do, and received reply to prosecute the affair with the utmost vigor. The Autobiography of a Journalist
Before he was judge at Manaos, and chief magistrate in the province, Ribeiro had known the young clerk at the time he was being prosecuted for the murder in the diamond arrayal. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
In danger of being prosecuted by the US government under the Espionage Act, Assange is a man "on the run," as Burns and Somaiya noted on Sunday. Christopher Alessi: WikiLeaks Founder Lashes out at New York Times
More should be done to prosecute those countries they live off the proceeds of crime and they must be held accountable for the aid, support and, even encouragement they provide for some of the greediest most destructive criminals of this world. Wonk Room » UBS: Just The Tip Of The Tax Haven Iceberg
We can only prosecute if there is sufficient evidence.
To acquaint themselves with the claims of the underman Americans thereafter prosecuted more seriously the study of Coke, Milton, Locke, and Blackstone. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War
This branch of the similitude is only mentioned, and not prosecuted here. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
Stevenson appealed to communities to inform the police with regards to people who stole fencing so they can be prosecuted.
Defamation continued to be prosecuted in the church courts over the course of the sixteenth century, and the volume of cases increased rather dramatically.
A war crimes tribunal was set up to prosecute those charged with atrocities.
While thousands of motorists are prosecuted each year for drink and drug-driving, no test exists to prove a driver is too exhausted or unwell to be on the road.
Apparently it's commonplace, when a wife in this country is discovered to be cuckolding a husband, for said husband to press charges, and for the wife to be prosecuted and sent to jail.
Hundreds of terror suspects have been arrested and, unlike in many countries, prosecuted transparently.
The laws of most western countries state that a polygamous union is illegal and will prosecute against those who are in plural marriages, yet the practice persists. Kristen Houghton: Happiness Is ... Polygamy?
As to the procedural merits, persons wishing to engage the jurisdiction of the Court must prosecute their claims with due diligence and speed.
Most notably is the question of if this was even legal and if not who should be getting prosecuted. The Silent Change to Section 382 - Swampland - TIME.com
It redetermined the matter, I think, in your absence, adverse to you, and you did not then prosecute any appeal from that decision to the Federal Court.
Paine, the chief writer of the Satanic faction, was a bankrupt staymaker, and a notorious profligate: his pamphlet had only the effect of making the public protest against its abominations; he was prosecuted, was forced to leave the country, and finally died in beggary in America. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
The penalty is hardly much of a deterrent and the few who are prosecuted generally continue to practise elsewhere.
The reward for their gullibility was a widening of the war (s), a continuing neglect of Constitutional principles, a failure to prosecute those who had lied us into one misadventure after another, a retreat from any single-payer "Medicare for All" healthcare reform, a watering down of climate change initiatives, a postponement of most legislation that would have brought some justice to gay/Lesbian citizens, and a sad abandonment of promises for transparency and open-ness in the Executive branch. You Get What you Vote For!
British law obliges a parent, once his child is registered at a school, to ensure that he attends regularly; any white parent who kept his child away for so long would undoubtedly be prosecuted and punished.
I wonder if those of us prosecuted for refusing to carry one will be offered trial by jury?
According to a council spokeswoman, drivers who fail to respond to crossing patrols are breaking the law and should be prosecuted but, who is there to charge them?
Lynne Kiesling, who believes that rent-seekers should be prosecuted, is in an accusatory frame of mind concerning the latest energy legislation. New Energy Legislation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Your Honour, there were two parties prosecuted in each case, the master of the ship and the owner of the ship.
You could - in theory - be prosecuted for running a pirate radio station.
Then, the court heard that lawyer Alberton Richelieu had applied for a fiat to prosecute the matter.
Their duty and responsibility are to enforce the laws, to investigate, and to prosecute…
The six hijackers of the plane were detained, prosecuted, convicted, and jailed.
This, as may be imagined, made her husband no less desirous of a separation than herself, and he prosecuted his design in the most effectual manner; for he applied not to the ecclesiastical courts for a divorce, but to the parliament for an act, by which his marriage might be dissolved, the nuptial contract totally annulled, and the children of his wife illegitimated. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II
The notice read:'Trespassers will be prosecuted'.
They have power also to put such national ministers, as in preaching shall intermeddle with matters of government, out of their livings, except the party appeals to the phylarch, or to the Council of Religion, where in that case the censors shall prosecute. The Commonwealth of Oceana
The genocide has also jolted the world into reconsidering how to prosecute mass killers.
This is a case of an omission or omissions by the appellants as the respondent's solicitors: the failure to prosecute his claim with due diligence which led to his counterclaim being struck out.
We need to hybridize in clever ways (perhaps asset forfeiture ahead and contingent liability ahead of imprisonment and execution). fatbird - If my family was tortured, I'm not sure that I would accept an argument that it would be ineffective to prosecute those responsible because our justice system was flawed and the trial would be ugly. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
He has decided to prosecute her after careful consideration of all the relevant facts.
It's not clear just how much Meth Smith had in her illegal stash, but presumably if police found even a small amount she could have been prosecuted.
Due to his age, he could not be prosecuted for any of the crimes he was accused of committing.
The persons responsible ought to be prosecuted in the first instance, the deck must be removed post-haste and the destroyed vegetation replaced immediately.
Many Republicans have called for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian, to be prosecuted under the US Espionage Act, or for his site to be deemed a "foreign terrorist organization.
Quite properly the action taken is usually to provide more help in the form of domiciliary care/daycare/respite care etc since the “abuse” is usually more about people at the end of their tether than anything else - if an eighty year old bloke is screaming at his dementing eighty year old wife and making her cry the answer is not to prosecute, it is to help. Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Several major figures in narco cartels have been captured and prosecuted. Drugs, Rebellion, And Mexico's Militarization
A good and proper result from the courts for a change, the CPS decision to prosecute is at best very suspect. on March 31, 2010 at 8: 38 pm RD G20 police assault verdict SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
A family in a dinghy or a beginner oarsman could be prosecuted if they collided with a swimmer. Times, Sunday Times
If their behaviour falls below acceptable standards they will be prosecuted.
If barely prosecuted, the real players in our last crash face a long pop-culture pillorying. Danny Schechter: After Larry Summers, What? Will We Continue to Go Down Hill?
We need them to convince us that they have a firm, agreed and coherent strategy for continuing to prosecute the odyssey upon which they have embarked.
Those who broke the law in the recent stings are undergoing formal interviews and police are considering whether to prosecute.
He was prosecuted several times for obscenity and blasphemy.
Furthermore, if the lifeboat owner, Jones, is being aggressed against by Smith, and has the right to prosecute Smith later on, he therefore also has the right to use force to repel Smith's aggression on the spot.
Or does he believe that a bold enough feint will allow him to continue to prosecute this war with his original plan?
Ms. Samson bemoans Jordan's recent move to prosecute foreign speech that "libels" Islam. Freedom to Speak or to Cause Injury?
They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.
As all crimes and breaches of the peace are considered as committed against the state, and prosecuted in its name, this attorney is sometimes called _state's attorney_. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.
Petty property crime, by far the most commonly prosecuted offence from the eighteenth century onwards, has also been perpetrated in the main by young men.
The ability of military courts to prosecute civilians ended during peacetime.
His claim that fraud is a "well-documented reality" is refuted by his own office's records, which reveal only seven cases of alleged voter fraud in five years in Kansas only one of which was prosecuted. Voter ID: Vital Shield or a Solution Seeking a Problem?
He is being prosecuted by the US government for conspiring to commit murder and aiding terrorist organizations.
It is an issue which we take very seriously, and we will continue to prosecute offenders to the full extent of the law.
It is one thing to prosecute to conviction and to take positive steps authorised by statute to confiscate the proceeds of crime from the convicted defendant.

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