Sentence examples for refrain from prosecuting from inspiring English sources
The executive branch can refrain from prosecuting certain individuals, but it cannot, in theory, offer immunity to entire classes of law-breakers.
One rule states that the prosecutor in a criminal case "shall refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause".
One rule states that the prosecutor in a criminal case "shall refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause". In the Garry case, prosecutors are violating this cardinal rule of ethics by continuing to fight his appeal, despite plentiful evidence of his innocence.
Cannabis remains illegal under federal law, but the Obama administration has instructed federal prosecutors to refrain from prosecuting state-legal operations.
He would also be in violation if he attempted not only to refrain from prosecuting violators, but to decree that they had not violated the law at all, thereby precluding future presidents from going after the perpetrators as well.
Most Americans continue to support legalizing medical marijuana, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, and most think the federal government should refrain from prosecuting patients and dispensaries in states where it is legal.
The director of public prosecutions has refrained from prosecuting in around 100 cases where family members have helped terminally ill patients travel to Switzerland to end their lives.
He described Tymoshenko's trial as "purely political vindictiveness to ensure there is no coherent opposition to this increasingly authoritarian regime". He pointed out that when in power, Tymoshenko had refrained from prosecuting Yanukovych, after his attempts to cheat during Ukraine's 2004 presidential election backfired and sparked the country's Orange Revolution.
When the U.S. Senate ratified the Convention Against Torture in 1994, we committed ourselves as a nation not only to refrain from torture but to prosecute perpetrators when there is evidence of a crime.
Five of the UN's special rapporteurs on human rights wrote to the UK government on 1 February urging them to "refrain from applying security and terrorism-related legislation to prosecute peaceful protesters".
Just refrain from testing?
