Sentence examples for prosecution this from inspiring English sources

THE Egyptian government's prosecution this winter of seven American democracy workers catalyzed a two-month crisis in American-Egyptian relations.

Asim Qureshi, Cage's research director, said on the collapse of Begg's prosecution: "This has been a testing time for Moazzam, his family and the Muslim community.

Mark Feldstein, a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, warns that, if whistle-blowers and other dissenters are singled out for prosecution, "this has gigantic repercussions.

According to the prosecution, this occurred before 1967 – a time when homosexuality was illegal, therefore providing a motive for Scott to blackmail Thorpe (who was then unmarried) and, ultimately, for a conspiracy by Thorpe and others to murder him.

Unless Pope Benedict repudiates the secret judicial policies surrounding Crimen Sollicitationis, excommunicates paedophile priests currently in the fold, and then delivers them publicly to civil authorities worldwide for their prosecution, this recent pronouncement is nothing more than papal bull.

Even if one were to assume that 100% of reports made by next-of-kin and others resulted in prosecution, this could not account for the increase seen in prosecutions.

And in recent weeks the all-consuming news story has been of another non-prosecution, this one of a former senior official in the health ministry accused of embezzling millions of dollars intended for AIDS drugs.

Although there are concerns over a postcode lottery for drug prosecutions, this shows how austerity can force positive innovation.

A more aggressive mind-set could have spurred far more prosecutions this time, officials involved in the S.&L.

"There has been overzealous prosecution of this type of thing in this country," he said.

"If in fact this is true, and the prosecution concealed this new information, it is more than shame on them.