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Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to prosecute David Hearn, a former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

The ICC, which was established in 2002, has ⁠international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in member states or if a situation is referred by the UN Security Council.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

Those blasting the decision to prosecute Flores include L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

There was usually a certain amount of guesswork involved, and that would make the case a challenge to prosecute.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

Established by the country's parliament, the KSC investigates and prosecutes suspected war crimes committed by ethnic Albanian guerrillas during the war.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

When America chooses to join World War I, the government prosecutes dissidents and silences protests.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

On the other hand, the Government never prosecutes gun-runners, even those who openly boast of their exploits, and that looks as if it were quite a legal amusement.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by George A. Birmingham

“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

Under that law, a person can’t be prosecuted for two offenses “based upon the same act or criminal transaction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

His attorneys have called on the government to apologize, arguing he was wrongfully prosecuted based on incomplete information.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Across the county, 35 people have been prosecuted for littering since 2023, including 19 in Cambridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In one case, about six years earlier, Baird had prosecuted a twenty-one-year-old man who had been driving a small Toyota pickup through Logan Canyon, along a narrow, sometimes dangerous road.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Mangione’s defense has argued that prosecuting him twice for insurance executive’s killing would violate protections against double jeopardy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Tristan Jones KC, prosecuting, said Razzell, who is currently in an open prison, had been "compliant with conditions" and had engaged in 20 sessions with a psychologist.

From BBC ● 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

I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover