Sentence examples for law prosecution from inspiring English sources

In a criminal law prosecution relating to the same tsunami, Chile's National Prosecutor's office is prosecuting, for involuntary manslaughter and other less serious offences, seven public officials including Carmen Fernández, a former director of the National Emergency Agency, and Patricio Rosende, a former Under-Secretary of the Interior (Bonnefoy 2013).

Perhaps the best-known federal "color of law" prosecution was brought against the Los Angeles police officers acquitted of state criminal charges over the beating Rodney King in 1991.

According to Italian law, prosecution of a conspiracy — defined as when three or more individuals form an association to engage in criminal activity over a period of time — can carry statutes of limitations of a decade or more, depending on the severity of the crime and whether there are other related offenses.

With either law, prosecution is a last resort.

There are some relatable examples, in some high-profile cases; it took a very long time with Trayvon Martin, and that was a hate-crime investigation, not a "colour of law" prosecution.

Under Turkish law, prosecutions for the offence can go ahead if permission is granted by the ministry.

William Yeomans, a law professor in Washington, DC and a former acting assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Justice Department, told the Guardian "color of law" prosecutions involving police shootings are harder to prove than other types of deprivation and are therefore "very rare".

Under British law, the prosecution must prove that he acted dishonestly to justify a conviction.

Judges and investigators need training in international human rights law and prosecution.

Under Italian law, the prosecution as well as the defence can lodge an appeal.

A 1979 Amnesty Law prevents prosecution of any crimes that may come to light for the first time.