prosecute
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Instead, Essayli’s office has maintained that he can prosecute and supervise cases as first assistant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“So I will act with integrity, our prosecutors will act with integrity, we will prosecute without fear or any sort of favor, and that’s exactly what we have been doing.”
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
In 2024, Germany said it would tighten its laws to make it easier to prosecute those helping to ferry migrants to the UK, as part of a new plan agreed between the two countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“There is this extraordinarily false narrative that the president wakes up in the morning and calls me and says, ‘Todd, go prosecute X or Y,’” Blanche said.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
But publicly, they reviled it and were obligated to prosecute all slavers.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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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
He said he would improve the way the city attorney prosecutes gun crimes and animal abusers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
It investigates alleged crimes and prosecutes when evidentiary standards are met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
The CPS, an independent body, prosecutes criminal cases in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Planting his foot upon this story, the worthy expositor gravely and devoutly prosecutes the parallel; but already, although it is only a century and a half old, his speculation serves only to provoke a smile.
From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot
“Any bad faith attempts to influence elections should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“The two sovereigns, acting as one, attempted to ensure that Mr. Mangione would be prosecuted twice for the same criminal acts,” Mangione’s lawyers wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A similar case in 2024 led to more than 150 people being prosecuted in Morocco.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
His attorneys have called on the government to apologize, arguing he was wrongfully prosecuted based on incomplete information.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
“A thousand dollars? He will not get a cent. We shall have him prosecuted immediately. Contact our attorneys, Mother.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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The St. Bernard Parish district attorney’s office admitted in a 2021 statement that the office had made a mistake in prosecuting him.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The district attorney’s office has been less aggressive in prosecuting those who made surreptitious recordings in the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Students for Life president Kristan Hawkins once wrote that “we state again emphatically that we oppose prosecuting women for abortion.”
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
There were good reasons for not prosecuting the case, which should have been handled exclusively as a civil dispute, said Lanny Davis, a lawyer for Jain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"The prosecuting attorney claims that you were not very cooperative at the time of your sentencing, and I don't find you terribly cooperative at present."
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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