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Authorities prosecute people in accordance with the law, which has “nothing to do with their political stance, background or occupation,” the government said after Wong was charged last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Both the university and the local district attorney, who initially declined to prosecute the men, have come under fire for how they handled the case.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

In a social media post, the Constitutional Court wrote that the two judges the government wants to prosecute were still the legally appointed senior justices of the court.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Janina Dill, a professor of international law at the University of Oxford, said that according to the Geneva Conventions a party to armed conflict has a responsibility to "investigate and potentially prosecute its own".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

But you’re American, so I’m not sure they can prosecute you here.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The court prosecutes individuals accused of the gravest atrocities and acts as a last resort when countries do not have adequate legal systems to ensure accountability.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

He said he would improve the way the city attorney prosecutes gun crimes and animal abusers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

The 81-year-old will be the first Asian former head of state to face trial at the ICC, which prosecutes individuals for the world's worst crimes such as war crimes and crimes against humanity.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

It investigates alleged crimes and prosecutes when evidentiary standards are met.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

The law then takes up the case, and prosecutes on its own account.

From A Girl in Ten Thousand by L. T. Meade

Tyner is expected to be prosecuted in the U.S. under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, one of the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

In places where laws were already on the books, doctors couldn’t be prosecuted for prescribing it, but patients stopped asking for it.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Analysts say Peña is likely to now be prosecuted over the bank's collapse.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Johnson had prosecuted graft and civic corruption in San Francisco, and his progressive reforms gave California voters some of the very tools your ballot offers you today: the initiative, recall, referendum, and women’s suffrage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

As is often the case, the correctional officer was fired but not criminally prosecuted.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

For decades, the L.A. city attorney’s office has focused almost exclusively on prosecuting minor crimes and defending the city from increasingly expensive litigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Roy’s allies counter that prosecuting misdemeanors is only a third of the city attorney’s job — and typically the less complex part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Chris Paxton KC, prosecuting, said it was "sheer good fortune" the "defenceless and vulnerable" pupil was not seriously hurt.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

It requires prosecuting the perpetrators of violence and educating the student body of their rights and the systems in place to protect them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Left the Point to become a prosecuting attorney, to which he is well suited.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara