Sentence examples for prosecution may be from inspiring English sources

Successful prosecution may be a deterrent, but I don't think so.

That it took over a decade before the ICC secured its first successful prosecution may be seen as evidence of the its incompetence.

So a private prosecution may be the only option for someone determined to see the matter in court and willing to take the financial risk.

Few think it coincidental that France is now touting its Rafale fighter jet.But given the importance of the deal to Britain (50,000 jobs are at stake) the appetite for a prosecution may be limited.

If true, this would destroy the prosecution's case, which is that the Libyans loaded a suitcase containing a bomb on to a flight from Malta to Frankfurt, routing it for transfer to the New York-bound flight.The prosecution may be able to ignore Mr Bollier's evidence, or undermine it.

"While it would not usually be in the public interest to prosecute consensual sharing of an image between two children of a similar age in a relationship, a prosecution may be appropriate in other scenarios, such as those involving exploitation, grooming or bullying," it is proposed.

But more prosecutions may be coming.

Yesterday, Nicholas Purnell QC said prosecutions may be possible under the Honours Preventionn of Abuses) Act 1925.

And the mere threat of prosecutions may be enough to prompt some tax evaders to confess.

But he raised the prospect that prosecutions may be brought against many of those caught up in the hacking affair.

Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said more "criminal prosecutions may be the appropriate therapy" for providers who intentionally overcharge Medicare.