Sentence examples for stopped prosecuting from inspiring English sources

A few years ago, Holmes stopped prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana-possession cases.

Thompson has also stopped prosecuting some individuals for the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

"Even if all the U.S. attorneys across the country stopped prosecuting bank robberies, fraud, drug trafficking, and even terrorism, there would still not be enough capacity to prosecute even the apprehensions made by Target".

Although Barack Obama's administration has stopped prosecuting the sale of "medical" marijuana, it is opposed to legalisation.But were the proposal to pass it would render Mexico's assault on drug traffickers untenable, reckons Jorge Castañeda, a former foreign minister.

In 2001, that country stopped prosecuting simple possession of all illegal drugs and made government-run drug treatment easily available.

Some police forces have stopped prosecuting people for possessing small amounts of cannabis, instead diverting them into government programmes if they're caught.

Perpetrators should be stopped, prosecuted and punished.

Number Two: stop prosecuting wars.

Van Vincent, an assistant United States attorney, said the government would not stop prosecuting these cases.

One by one, each called for New York State to stop prosecuting nonviolent 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.

The EU wants Ankara to narrow its definition of terror to stop prosecuting academics and journalists for publishing "terror propaganda".