Sentence examples for curb prosecutions from inspiring English sources

Legal experts say the law would seriously curb prosecutions involving violence against women, where relatives are often the only witnesses.

Conyers suggested the legislation would curb prosecutions for actions that damage the environment or jeopardize food safety.

WASHINGTON -- The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday injected a controversial effort to curb prosecutions of white-collar crime into a bipartisan push for criminal justice reform.

Influential conservatives including the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation have argued in favor of curbing corporate prosecutions.

They have tried to use their parliamentary majority to curb torture, limit political prosecutions, expand press freedom and reduce the power of unelected authorities.

The object was to do something to curb it, by pursuing prosecutions and stepping up training, particularly of national contingents in peacekeeping forces, so that civilians would be protected against predatory soldiers.

Beijing has made efforts to curb the trade, stepping-up prosecutions of smugglers and seizures of ivory at border posts, but campaigners say the measures have not gone far enough.

Ring holds out hope that Sessions' declared priorities on terrorism and the department's limited resources may curb his appetite for ramping up nonviolent drug prosecutions by the Department of Justice.

There is almost no evidence of successful arrests, prosecutions or convictions.CITES this time put eight countries on notice for not doing enough to curb the trade: three where elephants are poached (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda); three "transit countries" (Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam); and the biggest markets, China and Thailand.

Erdoğan used his final term as prime minister to curb the independence of the key institutions of state – the constitutional court, the parliament, the central bank, the prosecution and judiciary services.

The prosecution of Mr. Garzón drew widespread international attention, reflecting unease at attempts by politicians in Europe and elsewhere to curb the independence of their sometimes troublesome judiciaries.