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The lyrics go on to suggest that the Kremlin uses criminal prosecutions as a selective weapon – prosecuting their enemies and dropping charges for their "homies".

International human rights monitors are worried about an increase in prosecutions as a tactic to silence critics of the government.

This takedown, along with the previous summer's (which had previously been the largest when it happened) has allayed concerns that the Justice Department would ease off healthcare fraud prosecutions as a form of white-collar, rather than violent, crime.

A Home Office expert evaluation of a similar ban in Ireland, which came into effect in 2010, reported that a network of 102 "head shops" virtually disappeared without the need for prosecutions as a result of the ban.

WASHINGTON — Federal officials are bringing far fewer prosecutions as a result of fraudulent stock schemes than they did eight years ago, according to new data, raising further questions about whether the Bush administration has been too lax in policing Wall Street.

Labour has questioned why there had not been more prosecutions as a result of the leaked data.

Some states allow prosecutions as long as there was a "predisposition" to the conduct.

He also served as special counsel to President Clinton and cut his teeth in criminal prosecutions as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan in the 1980s.

They have also described his prosecution as a terrorist as "overreaching".

He had enjoyed immunity from prosecution as a member of that body.

In addition, Mr. Ríos Montt claimed immunity from prosecution as a legislator.