Sentence examples for prosecuted the first from inspiring English sources

Mr. Convertino prosecuted the first post-Sept.

He prosecuted the first juror to be found guilty of contempt of court for communicating via Facebook with a defendant in a criminal trial.

One possibility widely mentioned by officials in Virginia would be to flip cases between the Virginia counties that prosecuted the first two sniper cases, Prince William and Fairfax.

During his tenure, he prosecuted the first hate-crimes case on Staten Island, his office advanced to first from fourth in felony conviction rates among the city's district attorneys and he made the staff more diverse.

Mr. Kaplan filed and prosecuted the first successful countervailing duty (anti-subsidy) case ever against China, in 2007.

New figures revealed North Wales Police prosecuted the second highest number of drink-drivers per population, while Dyfed-Powys Police was fourth.

"In 2013, we're going to prosecute the first cases," Steven M. Wise, a lawyer and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, recently told me.

Mr. Hoey investigated corruption in the Police Department and other city agencies and set up a sting operation to prosecute the first violation of New York's new rent control law in 1946.

Michael J. Garcia, who helped prosecute the first World Trade Center bombing trial and participated in the embassy bombings case, has been nominated to be assistant secretary of commerce for export enforcement in Washington.

There is, finally, some irony in the new allegations coming out at a time when Mr. Ray, the successor to Kenneth Starr as the Whitewater prosecutor, has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute the first lady on the firings of seven employees in the White House Travel Office.

California is one of 13 states that have enacted cyberexploitation laws, and Harris' office is now prosecuting the first criminal cases in the country against operators of cyberexploitation websites.