prosecution
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Prosecution should be reserved for cases in which companies or people “willingly choose not to comply, thereby causing or risking substantial public harm,” the White House wrote in a May 2025 executive order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said they were working with police, adding: "We are engaging with defence teams and the courts in appropriate cases."
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Recently, the Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution subpoenaed the city as part of a criminal investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Speaking after the sentencing, Lisa Rose, specialist prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service special crime division, said Lloyd was not qualified to take inexperienced paddleboarders out in such conditions.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
A Particular Narrative of the Imprisonment of two Non-Conformist Ministers; and Prosecution & Tryal of one of them, for Preaching one Sermon in the city of New-York.
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)
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