Elected president in 1868 and reelected in 1872, Grant stabilized the nation during the turbulent Reconstruction period, enforced civil and voting rights laws, and ordered prosecutions of Ku Klux Klan members.
The courts dismissed some on the ground of improper arrest & ordered prosecution suspended on others... Some of the people arrested were lawbreakers and some were not.
In general, criminal law exists to protect society and social order, and prosecutions under the criminal law are generally brought by the state (e.g. murder, fraud, theft).
During the campaign, Mr Sirisena said he would not order the prosecution of Mr Rajapaksa, aware how unpopular that would be among the Sinhalese and the army.
In short order, the prosecution and defense team assembled in the courtroom, checking BlackBerrys and whispering to one another as they awaited the judge's appearance.
Supporters of the man once Russia's richest say the Kremlin ordered the prosecutions in revenge for his funding of opposition parties.
He is also still fighting an order for prosecution court costs of £100,000 against him, and has, to date, offered to pay £25,000.
Meanwhile, the Oviedists who now run the armed forces have begun a court martial of the former air-force chief who foiled their hero's attempted coup in 1996.All this defiance has prompted the Supreme Court to order a prosecution of Mr Cubas himself, and Congress to renew a somewhat desultory effort to impeach him.
Harrison's Attorney General, William H. H. Miller, through the Justice Department, ordered the prosecutions for violation of voting rights in the South; however, white juries often failed to convict or indict violators.
