The phrase "and prosecuted that" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in a context where someone is referring to the act of pursuing legal action against something previously mentioned, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The case was complicated, but we gathered enough evidence and prosecuted that to ensure justice was served."
Alternatives: "and pursued that" or "and took action on that".
Obama said that, if terrorists can be captured and prosecuted, "that's always my preference.
We're led to a world in which a respected public servant has created an enormous lie, manufactured entirely bogus, disparate evidence, produced that evidence to an unquestioning media and prosecuted that lie at huge cost.
"If say, one of them goes on holiday in Paris, then France would have the legal obligation to arrest and prosecute that individual.
"DeLaughter stuck his neck out, and learned he could make friends with Myrlie Evers, and he prosecuted that case and got a conviction, and that was an amazing start to something," Mr. Barber said, referring to the wave of later prosecutions.
"Women can run brothels responsibly here and not be prosecuted, that's an incredible achievement.
Steven D. Clymer, who prosecuted that case and won convictions against two of the officers, said the verdicts also demonstrated the power that charges of racism can bring to a criminal trial.
The official said Mr. Ashcroft had twice gathered his investigative team to urge them to find out who had leaked the identity of the C.I.A. operative and to prosecute that person if possible.
And any citizen seeking to lift that veil, if only for a moment, gets persecuted and prosecuted by that same government.
The San Francisco district attorney declined to prosecute that case, and the San Francisco sheriff released him, even though federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had asked the sheriff's office to keep him in custody.
If these people can be identified on camera and prosecuted then that is something we'd like to see happen".
"Unfortunately, we have a tendency at the federal level to focus on problems as they are written into law and prosecuted, and that's not enough".
