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1. Some of his work is very upsetting – children being abused … wives being beaten … I’ve never worked out if it is worse for him having to defend the aggressors or to prosecute them … either way, he has to delve far too deeply into people’s lives
2. And if any person compounds with the hundred for less than this penalty, he is to be imprisoned for five years; and any other person may prosecute
3. But, as it might be troublesome for the receiver to prosecute the whole parish, he takes at his choice five or six of the richest contributors, and obliges them to make good what had been lost by the insolvency of the collector
4. Whether that war is necessary has almost become beside the point, the primary problem being that we have a Washington regime in power, said regime being utterly incompetent to prosecute this or any other war
5. For example he may want to prosecute the perpetrators in a criminal court or then he may not
6. I found that normally big business has no desire to prosecute and thus burden the Board to explain to the shareholders and public at large
7. The SCCU's mandate is to prosecute complex commercial crime cases emanating from the commercial branches of the SAPS
8. One of the first acts of Obama was to proclaim he would not prosecute Bush and other war criminals
9. Immediately he refused to prosecute the many war criminals in the Bush administration
10. Seeming to be above the law, ready to prosecute breaches of the law, all were accountable to his inquiry's judgment, including the Police Commissioner
11. Deputy director-general of the Health Service Support Department, Wisist Tangnapakorn, said yesterday the agency was investigating whether it could prosecute Thep Vejvisit, owner of Pratunam Kanpaet clinic, which offered castration surgery
12. I heard somewhere it is finally possible to prosecute a guy for sex with a girl that was intoxicated precisely because she couldn't consent (agree or think clearly enough to agree to sex with the guy) while she was under the influence
13. Too often cases where the female was intoxicated are cases that are difficult to prosecute (meaning that too often guys don't get in trouble for it
14. That means identifying the individual participants in any given incident to prosecute for the crime is not easy
15. He says it’s unusual for the government to offer criminals immunity to prosecute federal law enforcement agents who were doing their
16. Nations who accept foreign travelers should allow them to be let off with a warning at their first offense of an illegal act that is allowed in the visitor’s home country, and prosecute them normally beyond that
17. My father told me that the laws of the empires were even worse in those ways, so much so that the average citizens there couldn’t understand the official wording of the laws of their own countries! This necessitates the hiring of specialized legal advocates in order to effectively accuse, prosecute, or defend oneself in courts of law, and he told me that in many cases, the winner depended not on who was right, but on who could spend the most on advocates! Now, we should have the right to hire an advocate for their skills in presenting and arguing our case, but to absolutely need one to even understand the proceedings is ridiculous! To have a legal case wrongly decided in favor of the wealthiest is injustice of the very worst sort!
18. than the state needed to prosecute him for possession
19. "Whitey" Whisenand and asked him, with obvious pride but in a manner that would brook no abstaining, what he thought of his, the President's, ability to prosecute an airwar
20. here, that since I am here as a friend and Tony does not wish to prosecute I
21. 6 7 you have heard that it was said Eye for eye and tooth for tooth: but I say to you Stand not in opposition to the evil; but whoever strikes you on your right 8 cheek turn to him also the other; And he who would sue you and take your tunic 9 leave to him also your wrapper; And whoever compells you one mite go with him twain; And he who asks you give to him and he who would borrow of you prevent him not; And prosecute not him that takes your substance; And as you desire that men should do to you so do you also to them
22. "We understand that, but we still have to prosecute you
23. In general, the courts worked overtime to prosecute for the slightest infraction which they treated harshly
24. You won’t fool the cops, but they won’t be able to prosecute you
25. Their respective turfs are only separated by the Potomac River and they squabble over who gets to prosecute what at times
26. Some jurisdictions make a distinction between different situations that constitute murder and prosecute the charges differently
27. If the act involves force or coercion, many states prosecute the offender under the separate statutes punishing child molestation or aggravated rape
28. `But do you know what I will tell the council given that you can not prosecute me?'
29. No further action! No reason given! DS Brooks was shepherding the case through court for the police so he was spitting blood when he was told the DPP were not going to prosecute
30. One of the key elements to prosecute a male for rape is to
31. Like us, her daughters understand, trying to prosecute Forrest would be useless
32. Obama, it turns out, is a wuss, (Dean observation) and will not prosecute alleged torture by the CIA (who replied with great fanfare)
33. He may not prosecute on the basis of verbal order failure
34. because the profits are so huge and the authorities so slow to prosecute
35. after a section of the Nigerian criminal code that is used to prosecute
36. As for the Japanese government, it now had no choice but to prosecute this war to the fullest, on pain of losing face in front of its own people and of the rest of the World
37. This infuriated some American military chiefs, particularly General Marshall and Admiral King who had been insisting all along to prosecute the war against Japan first not Germany first
38. The new Administration would probably prosecute the war in the Pacific more vigorously
39. Obviously, the people at Louis Vuitton and the rest want to know how this is happening, and I understand they’re pretty gung ho to prosecute people for this
40. It'll be evidence when they prosecute him
41. Your Cardinal Fraolo has already paid for his crimes, but I came so that your Church understands clearly one thing: that the times when it could prosecute and punish innocent people simply for contradicting Church doctrines and edicts or for supposedly being witches or sorcerers are over
42. The meeting became tense at once as it quickly became evident to all that the British and American opinions about how to prosecute the war diverged sharply
43. Extreme pressure is being placed on the Department of Justice to arrest and prosecute the leaders of the 222 Revolution, but as we have seen, there isn’t a figurehead for them to go after
44. Garcia left the dead one so that there would be evidence left to prosecute the poachers
45. The whereabouts of your client is of great interest to us and if in fact he did enter a country illegally, rest assured we will cooperate if that country wishes to prosecute and or inquire of Mr
46. The police had made an extensive investigation first, but had decided that there would be no prosecution, as there was no motive and nobody to prosecute
47. I get the opportunity to investigate and prosecute my landlord while sitting in his
48. And prosecute we did
49. ‘First we have to prove that there is something to prosecute
50. Then the man said he would hunt down and prosecute whoever leaked this story to the City Press newspaper
1. Some fifty years ago, in my country, male homosexuals were prosecuted, and after having been declared guilty of crime, were fined and sentenced to jail
2. Oddly though, during the same period, I never heard of women and priests being prosecuted for the same offense
3. His soldiers have been killed and prosecuted many times, and yet he refused to buy protection from Dillard time and again
4. I also noticed Captain Berryman there the Officer who had prosecuted me and who was there obviously to get his jollies
5. her success arose from the ruthlessness for which she prosecuted her missions—a ruthlessness that
6. transgressions oftentimes involved adolescent boys (girls, with few exceptions, are seldom mentioned) between the ages of nine and fourteen when most were likely to serve as altar boys? I wouldn‘t expect accurate reporting from the media and other members of the liberal community unlikely to risk a political fallout over the question of ―gay‖ (that sacred cow) priests although most people on the other hand would generally agree that Pedophilia is abominable and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
7. Not only is it illegal to commit war crimes, an officer or sergeant who fails to stop human rights violations can and should be prosecuted for failing to stop such crimes
8. By international law, no head of state can be prosecuted for war crimes while they are still in office
9. Leading war criminals from Argentina, Chad, Chile, Congo, Guatemala, Iraq, Liberia, Peru, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda have all been prosecuted
10. It includes both those who committed war crimes, whether or not the law would have prosecuted them at the time
11. I agree that such inappropriate behavior should be quickly censored and prosecuted before further harm is done
12. While I agree that her crime does not rise to the level of Enron, Worldcom and Adelphia, whose executive officers, in my opinion, should be swiftly prosecuted and given extensive jail sentences, Ms
13. Since this was not US soil, torture there could not be prosecuted under US laws
14. He was never prosecuted on the charge and he eventually moved from New York to North Carolina and changed his name and his life
15. These vandals are prosecuted and sentenced far out of proportion to their crimes, while actual terrorists on the right wing are at times not even seriously investigated until after the fact
16. The first was to tell Frau Bergheim that her boys were being prosecuted by the Occupation Authority for possession of firearms and acts against public order
17. Consequently, the Army continued to do what it could; trying to find a way to return their charges to their countries of origin; while also trying to sort out from among the Germans, those who would be prosecuted for war crimes, and those who would simply be released
18. prosecuted nor was any attempt made to have the bonuses returned
19. How far have we come today that one can now be prosecuted and
20. It was only after years of investigation that the perpetrators of the Two Elk Lodge arson were found, prosecuted, and sentenced
21. ” She said, “I wouldn’t want you to be prosecuted for assault
22. Was anyone ever prosecuted for this bogus Canadian passport scam that
23. parties will be prosecuted
24. Bob was prosecuted towards the end of February 1972 in USDC on Third Avenue
25. menced or prosecuted against one of the United States by
26. prosecuted, tortured, and put to death because
27. prosecuted the Border Agents, the man they were chasing (drug
28. REALISTICALLY they can be exposed and prosecuted for what
29. If the telling of a lie causes harm, then it can be prosecuted as the appropriate crime
30. For example, if I know that a floor is unsafe, and I tell someone that it’s sound, and they then fall through it, I should be prosecuted for assault, not for lying
31. I really think you could have prosecuted him, you might have got some money
32. If you are in the mood to offer friendly greetings occasionally, that would be nice, but if anyone calls to one of us repetitively, or as a matter of course, they may be answered rather rudely, and if it still continues, they will be prosecuted in the courts of their nation for harassment
33. Unlawful actions in business can be and are prosecuted, but each example of corporate wrongdoing can be matched by tens of thousands of examples of businesses’
34. She is prosecuted and demands are issued for an arbitrary and fictitious sum totalling twenty times the amount she siphoned off
35. I believe they have already realized that the wrong person was prosecuted but want to make absolutely certain that they haven't missed anything
36. ‘I hope you realise you are being let off lightly, Ms Nimffo? We are giving you a chance to start again and reform your ways instead of being prosecuted and spending years in a women’s prison where tonight’s little dalliance would be nothing compared to what some of those hardened women can dream up
37. The methamphetamine lab was destroyed and there was insufficient evidence for the parents to be prosecuted
38. She would have been prosecuted for infidelity if anyone would have known
39. `Because Diane is dead and she can't be prosecuted when she is already dead
40. In principle, Jesus decided that his lifework should be organized and prosecuted in accordance with natural law and in harmony with the existing social organization
41. As a general rule, they never prosecuted their regular activities on Wednesday
42. “Trespassers are prosecuted,” she said locking her thighs
43. accused of raping his wife could be prosecuted in Oregon under the same laws as any
44. “You can be prosecuted for giving false information and wasting police time
45. Since the picket mother ship had a brig and Marines to guard it, Rachel transferred Denny to them along with a copy of the relevant ships’ logs so he could be prosecuted
46. The killers were neither found nor prosecuted
47. No one was prosecuted in any of these killings even though the victims included many inept top ranking police officials placed in the jobs, not for their skills, but for their willingness to persecute opponents to the “Born Again”
48. In Scotland, rape can only be prosecuted in the High Court
49. These religious activists have thus committed no criminal or illegal act and were in fact not prosecuted for them
50. The members of the Jewish police who committed atrocities and violence on behalf of the Germans will be prosecuted and punished by us
1. An international organization linking the polices of numerous countries around the World and that prosecutes cases across international borders at the request of its member countries
2. But the law, which is based on violence, prosecutes only certain forms of avarice, such as theft, rascality, and certain forms of debauchery and cruelty, such as the violation of marital fidelity, murders, crippling,—therefore, as it were, permitting all those phases of avarice, debauchery, and cruelty which do not fit in with the narrow definition, which is subject to misinterpretations
1. Even prosecuting them after they leave office proves difficult
2. Legislation provides the prosecuting authority with the power to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the State
3. No, Bush's guilt is largely a matter of pure incompetence as an administrator, not very different from the many failings he had in appointing people to administer Iraq, and indeed in prosecuting and planning the quagmire of the Iraq War
4. “Unfortunately, for the prosecuting attorney, the material evidence against your mules has mysteriously disappeared from police custody, and they have, therefore, been released
5. Prosecuting Attorney Lawrence Fitzgerald in regard to mishandling this convoluted and sorry affair? Was Scooter Libby a sacrificial lamb offered up as a token to the attack dogs on the Left? Was this justice?
6. Andrew McCarthy’s recent book Willful Blindness discusses the first WTC bombing and the failure and futility of prosecuting war as a legal approach to crime
7. “Are you telling me that you didn’t call each of the band members and tell them they were going to be without money for three years if Terry started a court battle?” I asked with the tone of a prosecuting attorney
8. By committing and prosecuting divers worthy prelates for humbly petitioning to be excused from concurring to the said assumed
9. identifying Soviet agents, but also in prosecuting them
10. : Whereas the late King James the Second by the assistance of various evil counsellors judges and ministers employed by him did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom; By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without consent of Parliament; By committing and prosecuting divers worthy prelates for humbly petitioning to be excused from concurring to the said assumed power; By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the great seal for erecting a court called the Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes; Continued (As per U
11. Much better than prosecuting the heterosexual son of a local business man who employs lots of people
12. ’ She redirected her attention to me and asked with all the finesse of a prosecuting lawyer, ‘Tell me the truth, Asa, have you ever had an erect penis inserted into your anus?’
13. keep it quiet and simply fire the employee without prosecuting
14. This fact was much appreciated by the NPA (National Prosecuting Authority), and Tlali Tlali their spokesperson, also offered full co-operation, in spite of the fact that the new Unit would not be under Prosecutor control, as the “Scorpions” had been before, but would answer to the Police Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, who was determined to fight corruption and crime with a new vigour not seen before
15. -Bringing a case to trial and fully prosecuting it may be
16. With the Japanese rear-admiral that commanded the battle group still awaiting for newer, less restrictive rules of engagement, or ROEs, from Tokyo and with two of his escorting destroyers busy prosecuting a sonar contact from an old, noisy MING-Class diesel attack submarine, the HYUGA was ambushed by one of the modern YUAN-Class diesel attack submarines prepositioned around the restricted zone
17. the prosecuting attorney was the devil, the public defender was Jesus
18. One of the prosecuting counselors nudged the higher ranked person, who was busy reading over some files
19. “In view of recent events, the prosecuting attorney is willing to offer you a plea bargain
20. “So you want Mom and me to go to the prosecuting attorney and ask him to let Butch off the hook with Probation or something? And in return, let his gang tell me where the school’s trophy is so Tim and I can return it?”
21. We are here this weekend to ask for that support, and to try to convince you that America has as much to gain from successfully prosecuting this policy as anyone else
22. He is officially with the National Prosecuting Authority and more specifically the Integrity Management Unit or IMU
23. Above me is a truckload of prosecuting authorities and security agencies and even organizations overseeing those State Institutions? If this becomes official, then I am duty bound to disclose my findings which will have every chance of being covered up or made to go away
24. The corruption charges against Zuma were controversially dropped by the National Prosecuting Authority shortly before the 2009 elections, in which he stood as the ANC’s top candidate
25. Zuma's appointment of Menzi Simelane as head of the National Prosecuting Authority was declared invalid by the Constitutional Court
26. ‘My route to prosecuting this is compromised by several spooks in high positions
27. The ANC under his aegis has sought to undermine the independence of the courts, the police, the prosecuting authorities and the press
28. Both are areas that government should protect and stay out of the business of regulating or prosecuting unless others are harmed either potentially or actually
29. You, the wealthy entities of persons and corporatenisms backed by highest bidder courts and lobby sponsored Congresses, have driven us guerilla by outlawing our voices, criminalizing our dreams, and prosecuting our lifestyles
30. at the prosecuting attorney
31. He scanned around the room and saw the prosecuting
32. Henry was smug in his seat watching the prosecuting attorney approach the bench like John Wayne
33. ” He turned smugly and stared over at the prosecuting attorney
34. “This is our prosecuting attorney, Glade Cox,” he said, gesturing to a suited figure seated near the opposite wall
35. Cox,” Wilding said, turning to the prosecuting attorney–who up until that time had remained uncharacteristically quiet–“what do you think?”
36. hadn’t reported seeing Stacey, the highway patrol hadn’t stopped him, and the prosecuting attorney couldn’t come up with a warrant, so Bingham had decided to turn up the heat
37. rounding up and prosecuting terrorists
38. He pointed the magazine at me and putting on the voice of a prosecuting lawyer
39. in detecting, investigating, prosecuting terrorists or other criminals and tracing
40. "But, Olin, you will have to argue law against the prosecuting attorney, recently retained from a well know law firm in Concord
41. The prosecuting lawyer, Samuel Edwards, who was a no nonsense lawyer from New York, opened the case for the prosecution;
42. The prosecuting lawyer returned to his seat after concluding his opening statement
43. Shapiro intentionally avoided representing the kind of persons Katz was building a career prosecuting
44. We are taught that there is one sovereign Archangel of stupendous power, capable of embracing in his thoughts the government of the world, and of prosecuting through all ages a fixed purpose in that government; who, together with his allies, is carrying forward on earth a war of resistance against God and of extermination against man
45. prosecuting with all the usual train of toying, kissing, and the like, ended
46. In an impeachment proceeding the House acts like a prosecuting attorney, presenting the case to the Senate, which then acts as judge and jury
47. During the trial the facts are presented to the jury, and both the prosecuting attorney and the defense attorney make arguments before the jury
48. The JAG—Judge Advocate General, kind of like a military version of a prosecuting attorney—came out and investigated
49. John was used to being on the prosecuting side, and he, too, looked uneasy, but he told the truth in a strong voice
50. The JAG—Judge Advocate General, kind of like a military version of a prosecuting attorney—came out and investigated