Sentence examples for target for prosecution from inspiring English sources

But two years of investigation had produced one target for prosecution: John Kiriakou.

But, seizing on renewed interest in the Achille Lauro incident, the D.E.A. argued that Kassar was an even worthier target for prosecution.

In the 2013 Boston Marathon bombers case, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, widow of that attack's slain mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was a possible target for prosecution, according to statements her attorney made to the press last year.

"It's significant that U.S. attorneys will no longer be able to use the size or profitability of a legal marijuana business to determine whether or not it should be a target for prosecution, but the guidelines seem to leave some leeway for the feds to continue making it hard for state-legal marijuana providers to do business," Angell told The Huffington Post.

A list of nearly 170 potential targets for prosecution, published in 2007, has so far produced no convictions.

The original story was also republished in other Thai media outlets, but only Phuketwan was targeted for prosecution.

The prime minister, Ali Laaraydeh, says senior members known to have terrorist links will be targeted for prosecution, though not the rank and file.

When the indictment against him was unsealed, on May 21st, he joined a growing list of Chinese-born scientists and engineers who have been targeted for prosecution by the U.S. government for allegedly conducting economic espionage to benefit China.

Mabey was furious at being targeted for prosecution by the SFO and has always insisted that, while corrupt payments had been made by M&J, he had never known about them.

David Uhlmann, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, argues that allowing companies involved in lethal activities to settle their claims with prosecutors, instead of having the harm they have done made evident through an unequivocal criminal conviction, amounts to a moral and practical failure.If the main aim is deterrence, companies may be the wrong targets for prosecution.

Leakers, on the other hand, can become targets for prosecution for mishandling classified information.