Sentence examples for prosecutions before from inspiring English sources

It conducts investigations by collecting evidence, identifying witnesses, exhuming mass graves, prepares indictments and presents prosecutions before the judges of the Tribunal.

If – and it is hard to reconcile with free speech – the random malice of a Duffy is better punished by imprisonment than, say, by merciless public exposure, it would indeed be a sick and weird society that put such prosecutions before action to deal with the tormenting of people who can't simply log off.

The government said Thursday that its prosecutions before military commissions at Guantánamo would continue, but habeas corpus suits resulting from the justices' decision are certain to complicate the 19 war crimes cases under way, giving detainees' lawyers a vehicle to try to stop those proceedings.

"Having accepted these risks, by exposing people to dangerous and difficult situations in the service of promoting peace and stability, we will not ask them to accept the additional risk of politicized prosecutions before a court whose jurisdiction over our people the government of the United States does not accept," he said.

Randie Long, a former federal prosecutor and board member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, said profit could potentially be a motivator for loading up on marijuana prosecutions before the law changes.

"To say they want to hold up Eric Holder, the most qualified, I'm wondering, 'Why the double standard for this person above all others?" UPDATE: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, agreed with Leahy that Holder can't rule out prosecutions before he becomes the top prosecutor.

Mr. Holder should pull the plug on this prosecution long before then".

The detainee had not been designated for prosecution before a military commission, Captain Durand said.

EUROPEAN countries think any alleged war criminal should risk prosecution before the new International Criminal Court.

The witness, Glenn Harris, had asked for immunity against prosecution before he would testify.

Ms. Cassidy, who received immunity from prosecution before testifying, would not comment.