Sentence examples for is like prosecuting from inspiring English sources

Putting him on trial for the mortgage sins of Abacus, or other mortgage securities, is like prosecuting a footsoldier for war crimes.

"Prosecuting this guy is like prosecuting the piano player in a whorehouse," said Bill Rosch, Boyle's attorney, in rich old-Western vernacular.

Under President Obama, the department decided not to pursue charges against WikiLeaks, concluding it would be like prosecuting a news organization that publishes classified information obtained from sources.

Rumfitt said criticism of the paper's headlines, designed to sell papers, was like prosecuting "Persil for fraud for claiming it washes whiter".

Under President Barack Obama, the Justice Department decided not to charge WikiLeaks for revealing some of the government's most sensitive secrets on grounds that doing so would be like prosecuting a news organization for publishing classified information.

"When cops are involved, it's like district attorneys forget how to prosecute".

It is like hiring the Mafia to prosecute the war on drugs.

"Prosecuting me is like putting a hand in a river," Kim says.

The weapons included a MAK-90 and a Ewbank, both semiautomatic assault rifles, and a M-11, a smaller assault weapon that is like an Uzi, said Eric Harmon, who prosecuted the case.

That would be like trying to prosecute a kid who had a swoosh cut into his hair at the barber shop".

Trespassing in Switzerland is just prosecuted by request like other minor crimes," the police spokesperson added.