Sentence examples for terrorist prosecutions from inspiring English sources

"There have not been a lot of terrorist prosecutions in civilian courts".

They have since waged a long struggle to ensure that terrorist prosecutions meet what they say are basic standards of fairness.

The Justice Department is seeking the death penalty in the case, the most prominent terrorist prosecution to result from the Sept. 11 attacks.

In addition, the national security framework lost credibility as 6,400 persons were referred for terrorist-related prosecutions in the two years following 9/11, and the federal government justified measures like the interdiction and detention of Haitian boat people as security imperatives.

Further, as documented in his 2013 book "The Terror Factory: Inside The FBI's Manufactured War of Terrorism" investigative reporter Trever Aaronson found that of 508 defendants the U.S. government considered terrorists in prosecutions brought since 9/11, "243 had been targeted through an FBI informant, 158 had been caught in an FBI terrorism sting and 49 had encountered an agent provocateur".

Now, as these terrorists face prosecution, there are a lot of intelligence methods that need to be protected, and the military commission process is probably the better process.

The ruling is also expected to call into question a law permitting prosecutions for terrorist crimes for which the statute of limitations has expired.

The Faris case allowed Mr. Ashcroft to claim another high-profile victory in the campaign against terrorism, and he compared it to other significant prosecutions against terrorist supporters in Detroit, Lackawanna, N.Y., and elsewhere.

The trials have been cited by the Obama administration to justify its support of civilian prosecutions of terrorists.

Officially, the statements said, the main topic was "cooperation in the criminal prosecution of terrorist activities".

Over her objections, the Justice Department recently consolidated prosecution of terrorist cases in Washington.