Sentence examples for prosecution down from inspiring English sources

Just as in business, there should be itemized time sheets and costs kept for each such prosecution down to the Lincoln penny -- and this should be made public.

Immigration prosecutions have steeply risen over the last five years, while white-collar prosecutions have fallen by 18percentt, weapons prosecutions have dropped by 19percentt, organized crime prosecutions are down by 20percentt and public corruption prosecutions have dropped by 14percentt, according to the Syracuse group's statistics.

Environmental crimes prosecution is down more than 25percentt under Clinton-Gore than it was during the Reagan-Bush administration.

"Because of the need for drama, we evaluate the case like the stock market 'Jackson is up, the prosecution is down,' " Mr. Toobin said.

In March 2007, General Musharraf made the colossal miscalculation of insisting that Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, whose activism on the bench had threatened the military's invulnerability to legal prosecution, step down.

Several federal prosecutions cracked down on outright fraud.

And the number of successful prosecutions was down by 30%.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill says the experience in other countries is proof that a lower drink-drive limit does save lives: "The evidence from around the world is, actually, prosecutions go down, the law is clearer and, in the main, the overwhelming majority of citizens adhere to that".

There could be many prosecutions down the road.

But, plainly, prosecution requires tracking down the abusers and discovering the identity behind the anonymity.

One explanation for the vindictive prosecution puts it down to a politically ambitious federal attorney anxious to make a name for himself.