Sentence examples for a significant prosecution from inspiring English sources

"This has been a significant prosecution in our fight against terrorism and we will now be working with communities to ensure that they are not replaced by others spreading hate".

But since then it has been recognized by many legal scholars and lawyers that it raises very serious constitutional questions, and a significant prosecution under this new law will likely result in a challenge that will reach the Supreme Court.

He will face a claim for significant prosecution costs, to be determined at a later date, and several of his victims have begun claims for compensation.

A persistent criticism since the financial crisis hit has been the lack of any significant prosecutions of senior executives at the financial firms that received billions of dollars in taxpayer-financed bailouts.

Japan, Britain and Canada failed to pursue any significant prosecutions, the group said.

One reason given by the Justice Department for the absence of any significant prosecutions of corporate executives is the difficulty prosecutors face in proving an individual's specific intent to commit a crime.

The last two directors have had no significant prosecution background at all before their appointment.

The Obama administration, under fire for a dearth of significant prosecutions related to the 2007-2009 finandial and housing market meltdown, also called for adding $55 million to the Justice Department's proposed budget to prosecute financial crimes.

For one thing, they may free a weapons offender, and scuttle the chance to win his cooperation in more significant prosecutions, like investigations into violent gangs or gun trafficking.

His sterling record as a prosecutor led him to the Justice Department, where he oversaw some of the most significant prosecutions in the 1990s -- including overseeing every aspect of the federal response to the Oklahoma City bombing.

Mr. Santoiana had conducted secret missions for Hoover to Casablanca, Morocco, and Buenos Aires in World War II and had been involved in several significant prosecutions in Tampa.