Sentence examples for standards for prosecution from inspiring English sources

It was not intended to meet legal standards for prosecution.

But it is also true that since 2004 the Defense Department has radically changed the way it handles sexual abuse in the military, including encouraging victims to come forward, expanding access to treatment and toughening standards for prosecution.

In 1999, one found him guilty of corruption even though no money was alleged to have changed hands the normal standard for prosecution.

We will bring in new local and national standards for policing, prosecutions and support services and a new national commissioner to make sure standards are met, as well as strengthening the law.

Referring to the prospect that military deployments overseas rather than domestic prosecutions will be a principal means of bringing terrorists to justice, she said: "It is possible, if not likely, that we will rely more on international rules of war than on our cherished constitutional standards for criminal prosecutions in responding to threats to our national security".

Because New York homicide law defines a victim as a person born alive, Jorgensen's attorney says her conviction is unfounded and sets a standard allowing for prosecutions of mothers on charges dangerously outside the law.

State solicitor Chrissy Adams said in October that Tiller's actions didn't meet the standard for criminal prosecution at the state level, noting that the officer was forced to decide in less than three seconds whether to fire his gun and that evidence supports his position.

But the standard for criminal prosecution is higher than it is for filing police charges, Aronberg said.

"There is absolutely no reason for the otherwise laudable criminal justice reform bill to contain any measure to weaken already feeble standards for corporate criminal prosecution," Public Citizen President Robert Weissman said in a written statement.

Many observers are quick to note a double standard for leak prosecutions: tightly controlled leaks from the highest levels ruffle no feathers.

Having finally brought a fraud suit against Putnam Investments, the S.E.C. was in a position to set a standard for future prosecutions; sure enough, it quickly settled on terms that amount to a gentle slap on the wrist.