Sentence examples for thwart prosecution from inspiring English sources

BEHIND THE NEWS In an important test of whether the rights afforded to defendants in American courts would thwart prosecution of terror suspects, the judge rejected Mr. Ghailani's claim that being detained for nearly five years at Guant?mo had deprived him of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

She is not granting interviews, but victims and their advocates say the order is another effort to thwart prosecutions.

They say Mr. Karzai and others in his government have repeatedly thwarted prosecutions against senior Afghan government figures.

Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Sunday with an article about thwarted prosecutions of Hindus responsible for anti-Muslim riots in the Indian state of Gujarat in March 2002 misspelled the given name of a Muslim who watched a mob kill his brother.

Correction: October 22, 2004, Friday Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Sunday with an article about thwarted prosecutions of Hindus responsible for anti-Muslim riots in the Indian state of Gujarat in March 2002 misspelled the given name of a Muslim who watched a mob kill his brother.

Mr. Patil's action appears to have been part of a broader effort to conceal evidence and thwart prosecutions after the riots in Gujarat state, which left at least 1,100 Muslims dead and up to 600 missing.

The meeting where Arthur Andersen employees were ordered to get rid of certain Enron audit records was more of a pep talk than the start of an alleged campaign to thwart investigators, the prosecution's key witness testified.

He said that White's office was trying to "thwart our investigation, to stop our prosecution" in a related case.

As commander of the armed forces until 1998, Pinochet frequently thwarted human rights prosecutions against members of the security forces.

Mandatory reporting is intended to thwart long-form investigations by limiting the amount of evidence needed for successful prosecution.

The move is likely to complicate and possibly thwart American attempts to have Mr. Sheikh handed over to the United States for prosecution.