Sentence examples for delegate prosecution from inspiring English sources

Also, the governor does not have the legal authority to broadly delegate prosecution of corruption in the Legislature to the attorney general.

When that pressure is brought to bear pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement, it is delegated coercion, but may be attributed to the government as state action.

Holder's trying to reassert its lead role in handling the prosecution of terrorism, which Bush delegated to the Pentagon.

Mr. Bo is a delegate to the congress, which gives him immunity from prosecution.

Under Biddulph's plan, states would require convention delegates to only address issues in the resolution and if they don't, delegates would automatically lose their seats, and could face criminal prosecution and jail time.

Delegates will also consider bringing captured pirates to the UK for prosecution.

The goal is to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to justify a federal criminal prosecution, then allow a federal prosecutor who exercises authority delegated by the Attorney General to make a prosecutorial decision, and then if prosecution is warranted — let the judge and jury determine the facts.

The judges strongly reprimanded the prosecution on Wednesday, saying it had been negligent and had delegated investigations to unreliable paid go-betweens who had encouraged witnesses to give false testimony.

The choice of delegates is seen as a strong response to recent Russian legislation that threatens prosecution for anyone who promotes "nontraditional sexual relations" in the presence of minors.

In a 65-page decision released Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Payne struck down a Virginia law that requires all Republican and Democratic delegates to support the respective winners of the state primary under threat of criminal prosecution.

Northern Ireland's director of public prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC, is a former solicitor for Mr Adams and so will delegate a decision on the file to his deputy.