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  • Think Progress) "Prosecuting" and "investigating" seem to be the hyperbole of the day.

    Taylor Marsh 2009

  • Prosecuting attorneys have demanded that Mr. Mubarak be hanged for allegedly ordering police to fire on protesters during the early days of a nearly three-week uprising that led to the deaths of more than 850 mostly young activists and ended in Mr. Mubarak's resignation in February.

    Mubarak Prosecutors Face Criticism Matt Bradley 2012

  • Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekly has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, and careless and reckless discharge of a weapon, according to the Wayne County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

    Detroit Police Officer Charged in Botched Raid Matthew Dolan 2011

  • Prosecuting rightists for the crime would be a setback for that war.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Officers, remember, you have a duty to tell Prosecuting Counsel your view on the case and any proposed plea.

    The Reality Behind The Crime Figues « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Prosecuting thieves who pillaged some of the other agencies and especially the war effort in Iraq

    Discourse.net: Thoughts on the Cabinet With Special Reference to Eric Holder 2009

  • The National Prosecuting Authority would ultimately drop its case against Zuma in early April, two weeks before the election.

    Jacob’s Ladder 2009

  • John Yoo's diatribe condemning the International Criminal Court cannot go unchallenged Prosecuting the Peace—Can international tribunals curb future atrocities or is the intervention of a great power needed?

    Law Law Always Beats War War 2012

  • He was commenting on the all-out effort by party leaders, including certain cabinet members, to pressure the National Prosecuting Authority not to pursue the corruption charges that had been lingering since 2005.

    Jacob’s Ladder 2009

  • Prosecuting pot sellers, while not defensible for War On Drugs reasons, is advisable if you have seen the empirical reality: in the United States, pot consumption among high school teenagers, and among the young population in general, is much rarer than in countries where there is much more of a liberal attitude towards pot.

    Matthew Yglesias » Too Much Prison 2009

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