The latter three, Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap notes, "are weaponized to conduct offensive operations, irregular warfare, and high-value target/high value individual prosecution, and this trend will likely continue".
The UN regards the imprisonment of Ms Sotoudeh as arbitrary and a human rights violation, and says it regards as a disturbing trend the prosecution of activists and the imposition of sanctions on their family members.
The current trends in prosecutions for HIV exposure and nondisclosure may create challenges for managing HIV in a way that respects human rights and dignity for all members of society.
The aim of this study was to describe 1) the trend in reporting medical error to the police by physicians, next-of-kin, and others in cases of patient death and 2) the trend in prosecution of healthcare providers for medical error during the period from 1998 to 2008 in Japan.
Let's take a look at some other trends in federal prosecutions, shall we? Here's the chart for official corruption prosecutions, which looks about as bad.
However, subsequent trends in reporting and prosecution have not been well described.
Our research clarifies the trends in reporting and prosecution rates but does not provide any concrete information about why this change has occurred, the risk factors associated with reporting or prosecution, or whether this change is beneficial or harmful to patients or physicians.
Our aim was to determine the trend in reports of patient death to the police and the trend in the resulting prosecution of healthcare providers for medical error leading to patient death from 1998 to 2008.
Of the handful of other successful convictions known to advocates, there appears to be a pattern of weak prosecutions, out of step with national trends.
Because the aim of our research was to determine the trend of reporting and prosecution rates over time, annual linear regression models were used.
