The State Department's embassies are now bunkers and military-style headquarters for the prosecution of war policies; its officials, when enough of them can be found, are now sent out into the provinces in war zones to do "civilian" things.
It is about the prosecution of values and policies to enhance the national interest.
This shift in emphasis is seen in DOJ's history of prosecution policy, which we outline below.
It said: "The commonwealth director of public prosecutions (CDPP) is required, under the prosecution policy of the commonwealth, to consider the public interest in the commencement or continuation of a prosecution.
A second-best path to reform lies in the revision of prosecution services policy manuals.
When his judicial review application is eventually aired at the high court, Martin will challenge the director of public prosecution's policy on assisted dying, which he argues is insufficiently clear and fails to consider to someone in his position.
"Although prosecutions do occur in other jurisdictions, you don't have that kind of active prosecution policy that you have in Cameroon".
This has constrained his ability to discuss and address racial injustice in the prosecution of drug crimes, incarceration, housing policy and job opportunities, to pick merely the most obvious examples.
The term also includes favouring supporters in areas like the prosecution of law cases, the placement of insurance policies, or the levying of taxes.
And while he often criticizes President Bush's prosecution of the war in Iraq, foreign policy isn't his specialty, either.
In December 2005, South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority NPAA) promulgated a controversial policy on the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, sparking renewed debate about such prosecutions and their role in the transition to democracy since 1994.
