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The ICC, which has 125 member states, seeks to prosecute individuals responsible for the world's gravest crimes when countries are unwilling or unable to do so themselves.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon and the DOJ are standing up a joint task force to hunt down and prosecute government leakers.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

At first, it was marketed as a narrow backstop to prosecute the gravest crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Ofsted has failed to successfully prosecute a single provider since their use first emerged around a decade ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

But publicly, they reviled it and were obligated to prosecute all slavers.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

This month, Venezuela and the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger also started the process of leaving the ICC, based in The Hague, which prosecutes individuals for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

It investigates alleged crimes and prosecutes when evidentiary standards are met.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

Greg Apt, a former public defender who served under Gascón as second-in-command of the unit that prosecutes police cases, said he quit last year out of frustration with the new leadership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

The CPS, an independent body, prosecutes criminal cases in England and Wales.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

Gaspar de, lawyer, 205; prosecutes Balboa, 221, and impoverishes him, 234;finds indictment against, 267, which results in his execution, 268.Explorers, fate of, 270, 271. Famine in the colony, 223.Fonseca,

From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Ober, Frederick Albion

"The court has only seven people in custody, six of whom are being prosecuted in African situations," it added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Ms Sturgeon is innocent, as evidenced by the fact that she was not charged, prosecuted nor convicted of any crime.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Huntington Beach police are warning online organizers and promoters attempting an “End of Summer Beach Bash” party or “takeover,” à la Newport Beach’s wild Fourth of July, that they will be prosecuted for any criminality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Clark Birdsall was not the attorney on those cases but defended another resident whom Paxton prosecuted for illegal voting.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Nearly 100,000 people—three-quarters of them women—were prosecuted as witches in Europe from 1450 to 1750, many in areas near Maria’s town of Nuremberg.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

While Blanche and others have indicated the department is focusing on prosecuting employees rather than companies, it has also granted leniency or dropped charges against people it accused of wrongdoing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said prosecutors shouldn’t view prosecuting companies as their goal and should instead focus on holding individual wrongdoers accountable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

A court filing on Thursday confirmed Trump's agreement that the claims against BBC Studios should be dismissed, but added: "President Trump shall continue prosecuting his causes of action against defendant British Broadcasting Corporation."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Bolton’s case added to the Justice Department’s history prosecuting the alleged mishandling or sharing of sensitive national-security information, under a 1917 law called the Espionage Act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Left the Point to become a prosecuting attorney, to which he is well suited.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara