Sentence examples for over prosecuting from inspiring English sources

He engineered the removal of the head of the Supreme Court and faced down the army over prosecuting human-rights cases dating from the 1970s.

Such a move has two advantages over prosecuting people for criminal offences: it is easier to prove a breach, and the resulting sentence is likely to be tougher.

Michael McCann MP, Labour chair of the parliamentary group for the prevention of genocide and other crimes against humanity, said the UK was in limbo over prosecuting suspected war criminals.

In his column "No time for retribution" (Globalist, April 23), Roger Cohen expresses concern over prosecuting those in the U.S. government who carried out and created the legal framework for the euphemistically called "abusive interrogations".

Judge Ken Anderson of Williamson County, facing criminal charges over prosecuting a man who spent 25 years in prison for a killing he did not commit, resigned Tuesday as he awaits trial over whether he concealed evidence as a district attorney.

Now, in the twilight of his mayoralty and with federal investigators in Brooklyn threatening an outside monitor for the police, Mr. Giuliani and Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik have unveiled a proposal to allow the Civilian Complaint Review Board to gain more control over prosecuting complaints against police officers.

Martha Stewart's defiance may not have won her acquittal, but the impression that she had been over-prosecuted may have helped bolster her standing with her ultimate target audience, the women who buy her products.

So the incentive to over-prosecute must be countered in some way.

Issa said he didn't have enough information to say whether the US Attorney's Office in Massachusetts over-prosecuted Swartz.

The military under the Obama administration has displayed a desire to over-prosecute whistleblowing with life-in-prison charges including espionage and "aiding the enemy", a disturbing decision which is no doubt intended to set an example.

"It's bad when we create such an image of luxury about athletic gear that it forces people to kill over it," prosecuting attorney Mark Vinson told the court.