Sentence examples for prosecutorial tools from inspiring English sources
The efforts, which have gained traction in recent weeks, could give the agency tougher prosecutorial tools to combat fraud amid the economic downturn.
Although it took some time for federal prosecutors to fully understand and incorporate RICO into their array of prosecutorial tools, the statute has been increasingly used and has realized much success.
With added prosecutorial tools — the authority to use wiretaps in investigations, for instance — and more aggressive efforts to identify victims and to help them to escape their tormentors, there is hope for progress in coming years.
"He used all his prosecutorial tools as attorney general to embarrass, prosecute and basically crush this escort service, and he's involved in the same conduct that he is prosecuting," Mr. Romano said.
The Wall Street Journal describes the Martin Act as "one of the most potent prosecutorial tools against financial fraud" because, as opposed to federal law, it doesn't carry the more difficult standard of proving intent to defraud.
In a statement issued to The Huffington Post in response to the Morality in Media list, a spokeswoman emphasized the DOJ's pursuit of cases that protect "women, families and children," adding that the department would use "all the prosecutorial tools available to us, including federal obscenity statutes" to protect the public.
Every DNA reversal is a lesson in the problems with one prosecutorial tool or another.
District attorneys also opposed the legislation, arguing that the death penalty was a useful prosecutorial tool.
A Little History The plea bargain was a prosecutorial tool used only episodically before the 19th century.
The Money Laundering Control Act, enacted in 1986, is a powerful prosecutorial tool, with conviction carrying a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Sapin II makes available the public interest judicial agreement (convention judiciaire d'intérêt public), a new prosecutorial tool resembling the DPA process in the United States.
