Sentence examples for prosecutions being from inspiring English sources

One of the fears expressed about the court is that it will lead to "frivolous prosecutions" being brought for political purposes.

That partial coverage has resulted in many of the ICC's prosecutions being concentrated in Africa – triggering resentment among many states, among them South Africa, which allege it is biased against the continent.

The regional breakdown, illustrated below in a map by Statista UK for The Independent, shows that despite the number of prosecutions being roughly proportionate to population size - with London seeing 810 prosecutions in 2014/15 - the percentage of rape reports resulting in a conviction varied hugely from place to place.

The most senior judge in England and Wales also warned about the possible dangers of more prosecutions being privatised as state funding is being cut for both the police and Crown Prosecution Service, writing: "There is an increase in private prosecutions at a time of retrenchment of state activity".

Given that there is no statute of limitations for war crimes, can we now look forward to prosecutions being brought against the governments of Britain and the United States for their World War II bombing of Dresden (failure to discriminate) or the United States's nuclear attacks on Japan (excessive force)?

This, she says, would stop prosecutions being tied up in legal wrangling over whether humans were harmed, as many environmental cases currently are.: "If you put in a crime that's absolute you can't spend years arguing: you take a soil sample and if it tests as positive it's bang to rights".

Thousands of prosecutions were filed.

Such prosecutions are not straightforward.

Cowardice prosecutions are rare.

Then as now, too, prosecutions were rare.

Criminal prosecutions were not considered.