Sentence examples for no longer prosecute from inspiring English sources

On the same day the senators introduced their bill, Brooklyn's district attorney announced it would no longer prosecute first-time offenders for low-level misdemeanour marijuana possession.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that the federal government will no longer prosecute dispensers of medical marijuana if they comply with state law.

This summer, Ms. Rucker notified the Police Department that her office would no longer prosecute Clean Halls or public housing trespassing cases based on paperwork and would require that officers be interviewed.

They bring their own drugs, which remain illegal in Denmark, but police in this neighbourhood, Vesterbro, no longer prosecute them for possession.

Terence Hallinan recently said he would no longer prosecute nonviolent offenses under the three-strikes law.

Nolle pros or prose, short for nolle prosequi, is Latin for, "We shall no longer prosecute".

The Environment Agency no longer prosecutes even some of the most extreme pollution events.

In a significant blow to New York City's use of stop-and-frisk tactics, the Bronx district attorney's office is no longer prosecuting people who were stopped at public housing projects and arrested for trespassing, unless the arresting officer is interviewed to ensure that the arrest was warranted.

"It's disingenuous of them to say that they're no longer prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana offenses and to get a lot of credit in the media for allegedly no longer prosecuting those cases," she said.

At the same time child prostitutes are no longer being prosecuted but treated as the victims of abuse, with the emphasis instead shifting to prosecuting men who are found to be kerb-crawling.

A9 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 Giuliani Shifts Policy On Prosecutions of Police Mayor Giuliani said officers accused of misconduct would no longer be prosecuted by the Police Department, but by the independent agency that evaluates civilian complaints of abuse.