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prosecutes

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Third person singular of prosecute

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Rather than having judges "who purport to be righters of wrongs", let there simply be a unified prosecution service that investigates, brings charges and prosecutes; let there be a defence; and let there be a judge "acting as a referee".

Donors have suspended pledged aid worth $150m until Banda, who came to power in 2012 following the sudden death of president Bingu wa Mutharika, "cleans up the mess" of corruption and speedily prosecutes all suspects.

But it prosecutes the laws on its books with particular vigour: arrests have been made on the basis of text messages and clothing choices.Love comes quicklyIn most Western countries it was only after other social battles had been won that gay people began to be tolerated and their legal rights secured.

The drive for accountability, through a special office that investigates and prosecutes corruption, has largely bypassed the military and judiciary; it is seen as more effective but little more even-handed than Mr Sharif's.The slap of firm governmentWhen the time comes, General Musharraf may find it awkward to restore democracy.

Even as he prosecutes opponents in Minsk, international human-rights lawyers are compiling a case against him, making it unsafe for him to travel anywhere except Moscow and a few other unsavoury capitals.

It carries out raids, confiscates stock and prosecutes offenders.

In 2007, at the invitation of the government, the United Nations set up an anti-impunity unit that investigates and prosecutes malfeasance by senior officials, as well as other crimes with national repercussions.

Denmark prosecutes anyone who has committed a criminal offence in another country, such as murder, but those who have not are more likely to get a job than a jail term when they return.

Mr Dickson said the GMC, which prosecutes cases against doctors, had taken the unusual step of publishing its legal advice, given the exceptionally high level of public interest in the Stafford Hospital case.

Headed by the U.S. attorney general, it investigates and prosecutes cases under federal antitrust, civil-rights, criminal, tax, and environmental laws.

The D.A.'s office prosecutes about a hundred thousand cases each year, and has a staff of five hundred lawyers, a support staff of seven hundred, and a budget of some sixty-five million dollars.

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