Sentence examples for unprecedented prosecution from inspiring English sources

But in what may be an unprecedented prosecution, Mrs. Mitchell is scheduled to stand trial in state court on Monday for "misuse of official information," a third-degree felony in Texas.

But it's not an unprecedented prosecution.

Indeed, the Department of Justice's unprecedented prosecution of whistleblowers actually punishes those who expose malfeasance.

Editor's note: Taking a cue from Slate, this article describes an American news story — the virtually unprecedented prosecution of nearly 200 protesters on felony charges — using language the American media typically reserves for news stories written about more repressive countries.

But given the severity of the charges against Milosevic and the unprecedented prosecution of a former head of state, tribunal authorities concede privately that the pretrial phase could last a year or more.

Critics point out that the Obama administration has a long record of promising transparency and then embracing secrecy — from drone strikes to legal memos to unprecedented prosecutions of government officials for leaking to the news media.

The result has been an unprecedented six prosecutions and many more inquiries using aggressive legal and technical tactics.

His revelations have provoked new criticism of the N.S.A.'s eavesdropping and data collection, and a drawn-out legal struggle could put a harsh spotlight on the tension between Mr. Obama's pledges of transparency and civil liberties and his administration's persistent secrecy and unprecedented leak prosecutions.

"I can tell you that people who normally would meet with me, sort of in a more relaxed atmosphere, are on pins and needles," Landay said of the reporting climate during the Obama years, a period of unprecedented whistleblower prosecutions.

Holder has said that he was surprised to learn his department has pressed an unprecedented number of prosecution cases against leakers.

But Holder has presided over an unprecedented series of prosecutions of alleged government leakers.