Gamble argued his prosecutions violated the Constitution because the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment forbids successive prosecutions.
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This is why seditious conspiracy prosecutions can be difficult, and why domestic terrorism prosecutions would be just as difficult.
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By 1930 the number of federal prosecutions under the Prohibition Act alone was eight times the total figure for all federal prosecutions in 1914.
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Currently there is an S-visa available for those who serve as witnesses in federal and state prosecutions but not in county and city prosecutions.
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The number of Islamic State prosecutions over all has slowed since January; officials believe a spate of prosecutions late last year may have deterred plotters.
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UC Davis law professor Carlton Larson told me then that there are two broad categories of treason charges: "aid and comfort" prosecutions, and "levying War" prosecutions.
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Instructing US attorneys in border districts to make prosecutions of misdemeanor illegal entry their top priority means those offices will need to sideline prosecutions of other crimes.
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According to TRAC Reports, prosecutions for illegal entry, illegal re-entry, and similar immigration violations made up 52 percent of all federal criminal prosecutions in FY 2016.
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Between fiscal 6900 and 2628 "illegal entry" prosecutions increased by 28503 percent to 22019,400 cases and "illegal re-entry" prosecutions increased by 38 percent to 23,400 cases.
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Steady decline in prosecutions since 623 peak The peak year for ISIS prosecutions in the US was 2015, when 57 people were charged with material support or related offenses.
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It's a very difficult standard to meet, and so that's why, just as a general matter, you see many more state prosecutions of police officers than you see federal prosecutions.
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While cases of trafficking in brothels have been the subject of high-profile prosecutions, only a small number of prosecutions have focused on cantinas, mostly in Houston, the report said.
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If prosecutions continue at that pace for the rest of the year, it would be a 19.5 percent increase in prosecutions compared to fiscal 2018, the American Immigration Council said.
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With the transfer of that case, Trump now faces prosecutions under the special counsel and separate career prosecutors in three different jurisdictions, as well as the growing threat of state prosecutions.
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It meant less time subpoenaing police officers for marijuana prosecutions that had zero impact on public safety, and more time preparing for more consequential prosecutions of assault, theft and domestic violence.
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Because prosecutorial resources have been diverted to the record numbers of low level illegal entry cases, drug trafficking and human smuggling prosecutions have plummeted, and prosecutions of other federal crimes dropped in response.
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Mark Fuhrman has some serious questions about the prosecutions motives.
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Any policy or strategy changes could lead to more prosecutions.
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The law carries potential criminal penalties, although prosecutions are rare.
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Minnesota had no record of any prosecutions under the law.
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The country's top prosecutor said she would pursue criminal prosecutions.
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The number of prosecutions and convictions has been virtually nil.
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"We use prosecutions as both outcomes and inputs," he says.
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There have been no modern prosecutions using the 1799 law.
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Most Lava Jato prosecutions are based on careful detective work.
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Depending on the outcome, criminal prosecutions might result, said Shehu.
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The number of prosecutions and convictions has been virtually nil.
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Prosecutions are inevitably onerous, requiring wiretaps, informants and good luck.
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Such memorials, like the Nazi prosecutions, may have been imposed
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That happened in one case with conflicting prosecutions in California.
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Several factors may be contributing to the slowdown in prosecutions.
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Genocide prosecutions are important to deter and delegitimize ISIS atrocities.
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There are important reasons to have these limitations on prosecutions.
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Garba Shehu said the investigation could lead to criminal prosecutions.
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Will harboring prosecutions be more successful than employer sanctions were?
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But excessive prosecutions have reduced the pool of potential witnesses.
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One can condemn Cuba's prosecutions of gays, and I do.
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In Kenya, corruption investigations are common but prosecutions are rare.
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The government uses theories like this regularly in terrorism prosecutions.
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The window for these prosecutions to move forward is closing.
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Racial disparities in prosecutions within the borough are high, too.
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Why didn't more of those denials lead to perjury prosecutions?
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Tulsi Gabbard challenged her prosecutions during a CNN Democratic debate.
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Arrests and prosecutions, already fairly rare, would all but disappear.
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Arrests and prosecutions, already fairly rare, could all but disappear.
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The ruling stems from identity theft prosecutions in Kansas (Reuters).
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Immigration offenses now make up the majority of criminal prosecutions.
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The country has always allowed these prosecutions in some cases.
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For a long time, no state or federal prosecutions ensued.
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The commission will be able to make recommendations for prosecutions.
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The army has long denied any misconduct and resisted prosecutions.
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Such prosecutions involved professional baseball players performing before paying spectators.
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Recent prosecutions have confirmed exploitations of these vulnerabilities by adversaries.
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The strategy of trying more criminal prosecutions is not new.
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Immigration advocates say they fear a return, and then some, to record levels of criminal prosecutions under the Obama administration for illegal entry and illegal re-entry, which now outnumber all other federal prosecutions.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An uptick in white-collar prosecutions by the Trump administration could bring relief to high-end defense lawyers, who have been searching for work after years of declining federal prosecutions.
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The main focus of the president's effort to mix politics and prosecutions has been the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, which traditionally oversees many delicate political prosecutions, including national security, espionage and political corruption cases.
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In 2013 the Crown Prosecution Service found that between January 2011 and May 2012 there were 5,651 prosecutions for rape and 111,891 for domestic violence; there were just 35 prosecutions for making up false complaints.
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Brooklyn&aposs district attorney also said he would scale back prosecutions.
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Yet despite reports of ominous sounding letters, no prosecutions were made.
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Flawed prosecutions destroy lives and degrade trust in already shaky governments.
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"These criminal prosecutions are very, very hard to make," Easter says.
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U.S. officials have been vague about willingness to drop any prosecutions.
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The SEC only has civil jurisdiction and cannot bring criminal prosecutions.
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It is unclear how this new plan will affect federal prosecutions.
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It has had to drop prosecutions of senior leaders in Kenya.
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Overwhelming evidence of theft and mismanagement has led to more prosecutions.
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Now more people are being charged, but successful prosecutions are rare.
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Her office did not immediately clarify whether current prosecutions can proceed.
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There have only ever been two successful prosecutions against slave owners.
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At the DOJ, she managed investigations and prosecutions of healthcare fraud.
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As of press time, Detroit's testing had led to 42 prosecutions.
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It is not surprising that Trump would call for such prosecutions.
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Torpedoing prosecutions against Hezbollah drug traffickers is consistent with these decisions.
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The threat of prosecutions in the International Criminal Court has helped.
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According to GAO, there have been few FGM investigations or prosecutions.
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But enforcement of the law is usually weak and prosecutions rare.
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Investigations, prosecutions and convictions for human trafficking are low in India.
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Spain's current interest in these prosecutions stems from a peculiar history.
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Still, Moreno-Ocampo continued to press Kenyan officials to begin prosecutions.
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Criminal prosecutions under the law have been few and far between.
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We were advised that his testimony was key to several prosecutions.
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That is not to say that criminal prosecutions are not important.
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What obligations do they have in regards to investigations and prosecutions?
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Mr. Siddall said the legislation could make gang prosecutions more difficult.
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Cyber crimes prosecutions are as much political theater as anything else.
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The Obama administration also set the record for leak-related prosecutions.
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And yet politics has continued to drive rounds of denaturalization prosecutions.
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These prosecutions against snake oil salesmen should be swift and severe.
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The prosecutions have been driven by fear, they say — not science.
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Forced pregnancies and prosecutions are not our only possible future, though.
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Prosecutions of county prosecutors by a state attorney general are rare.
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Though such prosecutions decreased in the last decade, the fear remains.
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Prosecutions have increased for criticism of Mr. Sisi on social media.
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He knows South Africans want action, whether on Eskom or prosecutions.
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Promises: To avoid prosecutions for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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Civil lawsuits The government investigations and prosecutions aren't the only action.
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"It should stop wasting resources on pointless and politically motivated prosecutions."
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After all, successful prosecutions depend on the integrity of the police.
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After all, successful prosecutions depend on the integrity of the police.
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Prosecutions for money laundering, bribery, and other financial crimes rose significantly.
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Justices across the ideological spectrum appeared wary of allowing such prosecutions.
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The prosecutions identified 2913,409 victims, which may sound like a lot.
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Prosecutions, in fact, are now edging upward, Justice Department statistics show.
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"This was never about Russian collusion or Ukrainian prosecutions," tweeted Rep.
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Still, Streamline prosecutions have overwhelmed many of the nation's federal courts.
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Still, Streamline prosecutions have overwhelmed many of the nation's federal courts.
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According to a new TRAC report, illegal entry prosecutions fell recently.
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Even with physical evidence like DNA, rape prosecutions are often difficult.
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After his prosecutions, Mr. Cohen knows well the costs of lying.
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Between the lines: The number of prosecutions isn't the only factor.
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To date, prosecutions by the special counsel have skirted that question.
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Haji said on Thursday the next phase of prosecutions into the loss of 8 billion shillings ($79 million), will show that at least half of it was dubious and will result in prosecutions for those responsible.
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Frankly, it remains to be seen what types of criminal prosecutions Sen.
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GREGG JARRETT, LEGAL ANALYST, FOX NEWS: Or prosecutions, or not to prosecute.
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The state said it has no record of prosecutions under the law.
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There are new teams in place to gather evidence and support prosecutions.
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Just six states and Washington, DC, don't have such laws or prosecutions.
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But these types of prosecutions are hard-fought and not often won.
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I'll leave to the Department of Justice to make decisions about prosecutions.
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Her portfolio has included hate crimes prosecutions, tribal justice issues, and deregulation.
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"We need to have more federal gun prosecutions in Chicago," Lightfoot said.
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Confessions, often made under duress, form the basis of most criminal prosecutions.
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But the new administration, which campaigned against kleptokrasi, is bent on prosecutions.
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Few of those prosecutions have had to face a robust legal defense.
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While prosecutions under these laws are very rare, they do still happen.
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The defendants had all pleaded not guilty, calling the prosecutions politically motivated.
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But those prosecutions could have dangerous consequences, according to some legal scholars.
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"They don't make good stories or prosecutions," said Deputy Sheriff Maureen Kokeas.
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Sportradar's reports have been used successfully in just 2860 prosecutions since 22013.
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Prosecutions sent Times Square bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad to prison for life.
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These powerful reports provoked outrage -- but they did not spark criminal prosecutions.
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Then-President Barack Obama set records for the number of leak prosecutions.
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Section 10(b) became the basis for insider trading prosecutions by necessity.
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"Nobody flinches from bringing prosecutions if the law allows it," Bharara said.
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Prolonged prosecutions affect people's immigration status, schooling and jobs, the lawsuit says.
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Abbas and Hall are just two examples of hundreds of recent prosecutions.
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The other three 20153 ISIS prosecutions involve allegations of domestic terror plots.
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Arizona Daily Star: Children, parents ensnared in U.S. "zero tolerance" border prosecutions.
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Investing more to get prosecutions up and more traffickers convicted makes sense.
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War crimes prosecutions have been a particular source of anger for Islamists.
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It's disheartening that Finnegan would write an uncritical piece on terrorism prosecutions.
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Violations also can lead to criminal prosecutions under the United States Code.
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Critics say the law was used in racially motivated prosecutions of blacks.
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Now more people are being charged, but successful prosecutions are still rare.
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Overall prosecutions for federal firearm crimes have severely decreased during his tenure.
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The pattern has left a trail of ruined lives and questionable prosecutions.
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Her work will include complex lawsuits and defending companies in criminal prosecutions.
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The former FBI director has a long history with investigations and prosecutions.
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And it's rarely used in actual criminal prosecutions that reach a courtroom.
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That complexity has been reflected in the politics of death-penalty prosecutions.
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Ero suggested Malawi seek international support to ramp up investigations and prosecutions.
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Donald Trump: The Obama Administration has reduced prosecutions of criminals with guns.
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The court works notoriously slowly, but a verdict could result in prosecutions.
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Some critics were supportive of the attorney general's move on marijuana prosecutions.
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The credibility of the police in court is critical to criminal prosecutions.
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It's not just about the situational nature of prosecutions in this state.
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The plodding pace of prosecutions is a frequently cited deterrent to reporting.
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But make no mistake, fetal protection prosecutions are not confined to Alabama.
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But the number is on par with prosecutions during the Obama era.
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In Chile, the small number of abortion prosecutions annually typically target doctors.
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There has been a surge in spoofing-related prosecutions in recent years.
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The number of prosecutions since then have rarely surpassed 15 per year.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation could lead to prosecutions and even impeachment.
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There is some overlap between the New York and Los Angeles prosecutions.
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She also oversaw one of the two federal prosecutions against Mr. Manafort.
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It is possible to prosecute such failures but such prosecutions are rare.
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The best remedy for illegal voting is systems change, not individual prosecutions.
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Although prosecutions such as these are relatively rare, they are not unprecedented.
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"There was a peak of federal gun prosecutions under Bush in 2004, the laws have not changed since that point, and under the leadership of President Obama, there's been a 40% decline in federal gun prosecutions," Baker said.
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Biden doesn't embrace that proposal, saying instead that he would end criminal prosecutions that separate families and punish people for lawfully requesting asylum, as well as end blanket prosecutions that undermine due process and the rule of law.
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Asked by reporters about the timing of the charges against the protesters, Lam said she did not know about the prosecutions beforehand and could not intervene with prosecutions carried out by the administration of incumbent leader Leung Chun-ying.
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"We do have strong evidence that aggressive prosecutions of federal laws can be effective in combating crime," he wrote, attributing a rise in the number of murders in the United States to a decline in prosecutions for violent crimes.
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Prosecutions of police officers for shooting at suspects are relatively rare in Mississippi.
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Criminal prosecutions and accusations of fraud could easily follow, costing many billions more.
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These prosecutions stemmed from the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigration.
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Between 1966 and 2015, there were just seven criminal prosecutions under the law.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller is better known for his prosecutions than his prose.
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There is no reason why prosecutions could not follow once they had reported.
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Ideas about what constitutes a ''real rape'' still hinder rape investigations and prosecutions.
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High-profile prosecutions matter, but they cost millions of dollars and often fail.
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Whether the investigators' evidence will result in prosecutions depends on the African Union.
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In hundreds of cases, amnesty was refused in the expectation of criminal prosecutions.
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Police had "corrupted" prosecutions and "debased fundamental principles of the criminal justice system".
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Then it will be the court system and compiling data around court prosecutions.
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Last year, there were 543 prosecutions and 254 convictions involving a sex offense.
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Since then, the family had learned how challenging sexual assault prosecutions can be.
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"Flipping" witnesses is a common, although not always successful, tactic in criminal prosecutions.
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They fear prosecutions of arrested protesters are taking on an increasingly political slant.
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Washington also wants more criminal prosecutions of copyright and other intellectual property violations.
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Barr has said he will redact information that could interfere with ongoing prosecutions.
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This would make it more difficult to unravel the investigation and pending prosecutions.
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The total was a sharp rise on the 2014 figure of 23 prosecutions.
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Hannity and Giuliani call for prosecutions of Comey, Clinton, McCabe, Strzok, and Page.
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Prosecutions of asylum seekers for so-called ''illegal entry'' must be stopped immediately.
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Maybe not, but Sessions has to try something and harboring prosecutions might help.
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Overturning the doctrine could also complicate prosecutions for crimes committed on tribal lands.
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Unfortunately, the checkered history of manipulation prosecutions has made enforcement authorities gun-shy.
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But for Kobach, the mission is much larger than the handful of prosecutions.
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There were some treason prosecutions after World War II, in the late 40s.
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The Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions declined to comment on the case.
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"The Congress of the United States doesn't engage in criminal prosecutions," Raskin said.
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Only the latter have the authority to determine whether any prosecutions should occur.
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Mueller's hires have experience in complicated investigations, including Watergate, Enron and Mafia prosecutions.
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Attempts in the early 2600s fell apart, leading to few arrests or prosecutions.
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Criminal prosecutions expose victims to a toxic level of stress, if not trauma.
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Opponents, however, said removing lawmakers' protection leaves them vulnerable to politically-motivated prosecutions.
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Yet prosecutions have rarely exceeded 15 in a single year, according to TRAC.
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The path toward Trump leaving office simply does not lie through ordinary prosecutions.
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Prosecutions during January and February ranged from about 400 to 700 per week.
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"The point was to increase prosecutions for those breaking the law," she added.
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These built-in biases lead to racial disparities in prosecutions, convictions and incarceration.
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Whether the prosecutions will be an effective deterrent is still an open question.
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For months, the department has sought ways to increase other opioid-related prosecutions.
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Jiang said the prosecutions were sometimes driven by police quotas and local protectionism.
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Jiang said the prosecutions were sometimes driven by police quotas and local protectionism.
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Reporting of domestic abuse has increased, yet the rate of prosecutions remains low.
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Federal judges occasionally conducted prosecutions during the early days of the American republic.
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It truly is a "new day" for sexual assault prosecutions throughout the country.
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It would enable more politically-motivated criminal prosecutions that interfere with election campaigns.
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The commission has helped Guatemala's attorney general's office pursue vigorous anti-corruption prosecutions.
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As a result, prosecutions have been rare even after media coverage and outrage.
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Prosecutions could send a tougher message but also require more time and effort.
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Prosecutions of individuals receive considerable media attention, in part because they are unusual.
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Pennsylvania has undertaken a dozen or so prosecutions—the most of any state.
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This meant that the book was subject to any number of local prosecutions.
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The legal standard for opening these investigations is low, and prosecutions are rare.
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Singapore maintains a colonial-era law banning gay sex although prosecutions are rare.
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Shokin had been controversial precisely because he was unwilling to bring corruption prosecutions.
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That claim is typically used to withhold records about ongoing investigations or prosecutions.
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It also requires him to ensure that prosecutions are not seen as political.
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This case, of course, could be rather different than Bharara's own past prosecutions.
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A U.S. president is given a wide array of immunities from criminal prosecutions.
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When state prosecutions succeed, the feds often drop their cases, according to experts.
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Mr. Maduro says the prosecutions are an effort to clean up the company.
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Quick verdicts are not generally associated with lengthy, document-heavy white-collar prosecutions.
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The state said it has no record of any prosecutions under the law.
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There's also concern the cameras could be used to aid prosecutions of civilians.
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By December of 2016, immigration prosecutions had fallen to a nine-year low.
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Sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, told a press conference in the Swedish capital Monday that she planned to reopen the case, which Sweden's director of public prosecutions closed in 043 because Assange was not available for questioning.
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Sweden's deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, told a press conference in the Swedish capital Monday that she planned to reopen the case, which Sweden's director of public prosecutions closed in 2017 because Assange was not available for questioning.
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After a three-year lull, insider-trading prosecutions appear to be ramping back up.
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Yet prosecutions of customers are rare, if at all, in most states in India.
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Inspectors general and special counsels and criminal prosecutions may all have a role here.
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This age of consent will facilitate rape prosecutions, Gender Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa said.
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Unlike the Logan Act, prosecutions under the false statements statute occur all the time.
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Those investigations — and in some cases, prosecutions — were widely criticized, particularly in the media.
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There are also questions about why this prosecution was prioritized over other potential prosecutions.
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However conservation groups say wildlife crime is treated less seriously with prosecutions still paltry.
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But those cases dealt with federal civil rights suits, not prosecutions under state law.
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The case against the JPMorgan traders may become a template for future spoofing prosecutions.
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Hair-splitting aside, a policy of zero-tolerance prosecutions is one of family separation.
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And prosecutions for lying or making false statements to Congress are even more unusual.
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Prosecutions for people- and drug-smuggling declined as those for petty immigration violations rose.
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U.S. authorities have stepped up prosecutions of Chinese citizens on espionage and other charges.
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Prosecutions for online crime were still relatively rare, stymied by inexperience and jurisdictional issues.
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The Second Circuit's decision should not cause DoJ to retrench and shrink from prosecutions.
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Four prosecutions later, it appears to be the official verdict of the justice system.
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He credited former Attorney General Eric Holder with prioritizing resources for Indian Country prosecutions.
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Thailand defends its human rights record saying prosecutions are undertaken according to its laws.
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It led to more prosecutions against lower-ranking individuals in the Nazi death machine.
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It reported over 2,500 allegations to the police, some of which resulted in prosecutions.
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Amnesty International's China researcher William Nee called the timing of the prosecutions "very alarming".
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But it said the Vatican should be much more aggressive with prosecutions and indictments.
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Some of the controversies swirling around Mr. Santucci had nothing to do with prosecutions.
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This graph depicts the number of illegal entry prosecutions from April 2007 – April 21625.
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Often the clips are hard to verify, and few prosecutions have followed, experts say.
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Formed to reconcile communal differences, the group has instead acted to deflect criminal prosecutions.
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The number of gun crime prosecutions really started to fall under the Obama administration.
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Manafort's attorney noted the infrequency of prosecutions when he sought to alter bail conditions.
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Mississippi, has a gobsmacking procedural history even by the standards of death penalty prosecutions.
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US prosecutions of the cases began in 2014 as the department prioritized the crimes.
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In practice, however, the laws often lead to prosecutions against friends and family members.
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In 2010, OSI was folded into a new Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section,
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The high visibility of the Turner case obscures the extreme rarity of rape prosecutions.
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Typical antitrust collusion prosecutions involve price fixing, bid rigging, or market division/allocation schemes.
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But some doubt if these sorts of investigations will result in many successful prosecutions.
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The CFAA allows not only criminal prosecutions for computer crimes, but also civil lawsuits.
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Lawyers for the government say that some trade-secret prosecutions have helped combat thievery.
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Kenya's Office of Public Prosecutions was not immediately available to comment on the case.
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A. These questions are similar to those that commonly come up in bribery prosecutions.
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We could have prevented these results and put an end to these discriminatory prosecutions.
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Ultimately, federal prosecutors were instructed to deprioritize most marijuana-related prosecutions in those states.
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Whippits aren't legal, but prosecutions are very tricky, and the paramedics can help you.
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The court's decision helped persuade the Department of Justice to favor settlements over prosecutions.
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With our white supremacy reporting there's a whole laundry list of prosecutions and arrests.
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With so few willing witnesses, video evidence often forms the heart of Rikers prosecutions.
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Historically, as well as in most countries today, abortion prosecutions typically target the doctor.
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The analysis reflects sums paid to federal prosecutions, whether in fines, restitution or forfeiture.
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But unlike My Lai, which led to prosecutions, the Audin affair was never investigated.
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In white-collar prosecutions, a plea agreement is often offered before charges are filed.
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McAleenan said the suspension was temporary, but he didn't say when prosecutions would resume.
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Separately, YouTube inadvertently removed videos that could be used in potential war crimes prosecutions.
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Meanwhile his national and personal aggrandisement is as relentless as his prosecutions and purges.
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" Troyer said his office "has already been guided by these principles in marijuana prosecutions.
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The goal is to collect information for national security purposes, not build criminal prosecutions.
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Starmer, a former Director of Public Prosecutions, was Labour's Brexit policy chief under Corbyn.
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Boente had led a number of prosecutions of political figures, including former Virginia Gov.
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But even those working for war-crimes prosecutions face substantial barriers during a conflict.
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Federal white-collar prosecutions are nearing their lowest levels in more than three decades.
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"Under an Ogg administration, you will see very few death penalty prosecutions," she said.
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After all, politicized prosecutions had been part of Ukraine's corrupt political culture for years.
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READ THE GRAND JURY REPORT The statute of limitations blocks quite a few prosecutions.
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Philip Winchester is his foil, Peter Stone, deputy chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate the time limit for prosecutions.
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The Manafort and Cohen prosecutions don't do anything to protect a feeling of safety.
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But the Trump administration might be pausing criminal illegal entry prosecutions for parents anyway.
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Second, prosecutions can proceed outside the Justice Department in Washington by local US attorneys.
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Critics said this raised questions about whether the accusations would result in criminal prosecutions.
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Still, if it makes these prosecutions harder, you know what that sounds like, right?
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Now, Gates appears to have evaded prosecutions on those charges through his plea deal.
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That investigation did not lead to any prosecutions because of the statute of limitations.
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Further, they found that 85% of prosecutions were under two laws -- possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm while committing another federal crime -- and that President George W. Bush focused on those two statutes in increasing gun prosecutions.
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The 2016-17 Home Affairs Committee prostitution report revealed that there were 456 prosecutions for loitering and soliciting, but only 227 prosecutions for kerb-crawling—where male customers drive around known prostitution hotspots in search of sex workers—between 2014 and 2015.
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It would also open online companies up to state criminal prosecutions for user-generated content.
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However, I am unaware of any prosecutions of regulators for failing to enforce environmental regulations.
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Legal experts say prosecutions under the act have been rare in Myanmar in recent decades.
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As United States Attorney, my office was a national leader in gun prosecutions every year.
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How Trump responded to the prosecutions of Flynn and his former campaign chair Paul Manafort.
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One of the big barriers to reducing this number is the lack of successful prosecutions.
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He faced years' worth of accusations of cruelty in his jails and politically motivated prosecutions.
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And any time criminal laws are broad, there's room for expansive readings and selective prosecutions.
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The comments from Shaun Abrahams, the National Director of Public Prosecutions, pushed the rand firmer.
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After all, the main goal of counter-intelligence work is not spectacular prosecutions and convictions.
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After the twin murders, momentum for outside involvement in the prosecutions is picking up steam.
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Remember, he says, that prosecutions can sometimes be a means as well as an end.
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In Washington state, prosecutions of such police shootings almost never even get to a courtroom.
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"We're likely dealing here with potential other prosecutions, classified information, damaging people's reputation," McConnell continued.
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But legally, it did nothing — it was a nonbinding policy document, and several prosecutions continued.
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A new study finds a dramatic spike in federal immigration prosecutions along the southern border.
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It will be up to judges and prosecutors how the ATF's guidance matters to prosecutions.
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In fact, the Justice Department has brought only seven prosecutions under the law since 1966.
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As criminal prosecutions have increased in recent years, the fund has grown to record levels.
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The U.S. can provide technical and monetary assistance to ensure these investigations translate into prosecutions.
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Prosecutions under FARA are exceedingly rare, in part because the enforcement system favors voluntary compliance.
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But he said the Caesar photos should be used as evidence in national criminal prosecutions.
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Encrypted data makes it harder for spies to pry and can complicate investigations and prosecutions.
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Van Vliet said Guzman could face a series of prosecutions rather than just one trial.
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Despite pressure to join, Mr. Orban says prosecutions must be left to the national governments.
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Only 10 percent of state and local law enforcement agencies report any hate crime prosecutions.
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But he did say proof of something akin to bribery was required in corruption prosecutions.
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The Roberts Court has also defined quid pro quo corruption downward in criminal prosecutions, too.
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This is an important matter of principle which affects all prosecutions, it is so important.
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Compared with the corporate prosecutions, the Justice Department fared much worse in the individual cases.
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We just want to let them know there will be prosecutions at the highest level.
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As you've seen pretty well-reported that we're significantly increasing gun prosecutions by tremendous percentages.
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That information, which probably covered local prosecutions of alleged crimes, is now being carefully reviewed.
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Pennsylvania law currently allows criminal prosecutions for child sexual abuse until the victim turns 50.
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For years, JAG funding helped incentivize more arrests, prosecutions, and imprisonment in states and cities.
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Everyone agrees that the current international order for sharing evidence in criminal prosecutions is broken.
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Similar behavior has prompted federal prosecutions, according to lawyers who have worked on such cases.
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There have been at least two prosecutions of people leaking to journalists under that law.
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Of those, 23.3 individuals presented for prosecutions, and of those, 22013 were accepted for prosecution.
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Of those, 24.5 individuals presented for prosecutions, and of those, 220 were accepted for prosecution.
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There was a similarly small number of state prosecutions resulting from the gun purchase denials.
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It ends the prosecutions of eight current and former officials accused of neglecting their duties.
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The U.S. response could include sanctions against ICC judges should such prosecutions proceed, Bolton warned.
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In September, drug prosecutions were just two percent lower than the same month last year.
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About half of states have laws making libel a crime, and prosecutions are not uncommon.
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Last year, more than 60 percent of federal criminal prosecutions came in immigration-related cases.
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One of the firm's senior partners Mutembo Nichito is a former director of public prosecutions.
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But prosecutions do seem to be somewhat tied to the existence of a video record.
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Trump has called for specific prosecutions, first of Hillary Clinton and more recently of leakers.
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The Justice Department has increased the number of prosecutions it has brought against fentanyl traffickers.
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"We engage in these types of prosecutions because we know they work," Mr. Vance said.
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Other conservative justices appeared inclined to accept that the state's prosecutions were not immigration-related.
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There, a series of prosecutions rooted out networks of corruption, cleaning up the political system.
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He said he welcomed federal help in the form, for instance, of tougher gun prosecutions.
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As United States attorney, my office was a national leader in gun prosecutions every year.
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That report must explain why the special counsel chose to either pursue or decline prosecutions.
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In the state of Wyoming, though, there is no statue of limitations for criminal prosecutions.
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Egypt periodically handed over morsels of evidence that sometimes provided tantalizing leads, but no prosecutions.
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The Egyptians interrogated the suspects, some repeatedly, but there has been no sign of prosecutions.
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No single department official was responsible for the prosecutions of bankers after the global meltdown.
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He fought several high-profile cases, and subsequently rose to become director of public prosecutions.
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Drug-related prosecutions tend to cluster there because of trafficking activity involving the Mexican cartels.
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And while overall prosecutions are down, DOJ continues to prosecute more cases involving child prostitution.
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But Arias has gone much further than his colleagues in his zeal to bring prosecutions.
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Trump is undoing years of government prosecutions In the last few days, in a new activation of always-implied presidential powers, Trump has effectively assumed the authority to undo complex prosecutions, ignore jury decisions and usurp government prosecutors who put years into high-profile cases.
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Why it matters: Those secrets have resulted in criminal investigations and, in some cases, even prosecutions.
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There were 465 prosecutions in Britain in 2016/17, up from 205 in the previous year.
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Perjury prosecutions based on congressional testimony are rare, in part because lawmakers often ask circuitous questions.
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The Trump administration&aposs new "zero-tolerance" policy had led to an increase in these prosecutions.
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The inquiry can make wide-ranging recommendations including legislative changes and on criminal or civil prosecutions.
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice withdrew guidelines that limited prosecutions of marijuana sales.
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According to the TIP Report, there has been a significant drop in global prosecutions since 2015.
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The case concerned the Constitution's double jeopardy clause, which forbids subsequent prosecutions for the same crimes.
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If appointed, would Sessions consider bringing back obscenity prosecutions and cracking down on the porn industry?
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Penalties from the Justice Department's criminal prosecutions dropped from $14.15 billion to $3.93 billion, or 72%.
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The prosecutions were funded by a federal program formed in August 2017 to combat prescription fraud.
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Kenya will seek his extradition from Italy, director of public prosecutions Noordin Haji said on Tuesday.
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Here is a quick look at a career punctuated by high-profile prosecutions and controversial tactics.
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Ahead of the July vote, the CPP has stepped up prosecutions of critics and political opponents.
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Feuer recently said his office has shut down 2250 illegal dispensaries, with more criminal prosecutions underway.
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What all this evidence demonstrates, if anything, is that justice cannot be measured in successful prosecutions.
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They fear the justice department's prosecutions of arrested protesters are taking on an increasingly political slant.
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But now, under Sessions' "zero-tolerance policy," people facing criminal prosecutions are sent to federal jail.
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The military government has stepped up prosecutions of those accused of defamation, handing down harsher sentences.
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That would make it harder to identify patterns of misconduct or expose things like wrongful prosecutions.
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Nigeria almost tripled the number of arrests, prosecutions and convictions for trafficking last year, she said.
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These limitations laws "limit" prosecutions to a prescribed, arbitrary window of time after the alleged crime.
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The inquiry's final report due in February is expected to recommend sweeping regulatory reforms and prosecutions.
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In theory, the Fifth Amendment guarantee against double jeopardy prohibits successive prosecutions for the same offense.
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On Tuesday, he referenced those past prosecutions when he tweeted that he won't "embarrass" the state.
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The Gezi protests petered out by the end of that summer, but prosecutions of troublemakers continued.
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Yet prosecutions against individuals for financial fraud hit a 20-year low during the Obama administration.
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Choksi's lawyer said that a lack of prosecutions in lynching cases is encouraging more mob violence.
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On his radio show in 2015, he suggested Obama might end all prosecutions of African-Americans.
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Federal criminal prosecutions of financial firms in America were almost non-existent before the 2008 crisis.
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It is not surprising that there are no prosecutions for a crime that is nearly undetectable.
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The list of Mueller indictments shows that collusion is largely immaterial to most of his prosecutions.
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Thus, SESTA will hardly enable frivolous lawsuits and malicious prosecutions to suddenly ravage internet service providers.
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Having been a police officer and a prisoner, Mr. Lutsenko said, qualified him to oversee prosecutions.
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Overturning the rule allowing separate prosecutions for the same offenses would have worked in Manafort's favor.
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All embarrassing details, but what makes for good television does not always make for good prosecutions.
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The concept attempted to reign in wide-ranging investigations and prosecutions of the independent counsel era.
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News reports about drug-induced homicide prosecutions have also spiked, with cases documented in 36 states.
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The law also put in place longer periods for criminal prosecutions and civil actions going forward.
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In an interview, he said the program had resulted in 15 successful prosecutions across the state.
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"Unfortunately, successful prosecutions of correction officers for misconduct and abuse of prisoners are rare," he said.
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Weissmann's specific role on Mueller's team has been that he led the prosecutions (plural) of Manafort.
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There were 464 prosecutions for revenge porn in 2017/18, according to Britain's Crown Prosecution Service.
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Instead, the senator last fall informally proposed a new law that would make such prosecutions possible.
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He also agreed to adjourn all marijuana-related prosecutions in municipal courts statewide for six weeks.
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Even so, the number of federal prosecutions against MS-13 in the United States is limited.
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Federal prosecutors are overstretched, and only bring a small number of marijuana prosecutions as it is.
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Pro-independence activists have been tortured, murdered or have gone missing, with no arrests or prosecutions.
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The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is working with the ACCC on the matter, it added.
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But others use guilty pleas and sentence modifications to free people from prison in dubious prosecutions.
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Prosecutions of drug traffickers are on the rise, and the surge in overdose deaths is slowing.
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"In an ideal world, this will lead to more prosecutions and fewer rapes," said Ms. Blus.
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He also contributed to the prosecutions of terrorists who bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Indeed, there have been only seven prosecutions under FARA since 1966, when the law was revised.
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After steadily dropping since 2004, prosecutions began increasing again in 2015, according to the TRAC database.
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That then leads to divided opinions, aborted prosecutions, and meditations on the French art of seduction.
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In 2000, the government launched three prosecutions under the F.C.P.A. Last year, it initiated fifty-four.
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The criminal investigations unit has also suffered staff reductions, resulting in fewer cases, prosecutions and convictions.
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Not in white-collar cases alone, but in prosecutions across the board, and across the country.
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Fraud prosecutions leave consumers with more money, generating sales, jobs and a higher standard of living.
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Fewer than 20 percent of the seizures of pangolin products that A.D.M.C.F. identified resulted in prosecutions.
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The prosecutions proved the law bound all Americans equally and no man could rise above it.
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The decision could help ease the way for war-crimes prosecutions arising from the Syria conflict.
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But the Trump administration has cut back on prosecutions of these crimes and assistance to victims.
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New York has stronger double jeopardy protections than the U.S. Constitution, which could impede state prosecutions.
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There have been a number of prosecutions involving false statements to the F.A.A. under the statute.
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Obama continued the program and immigration-related prosecutions stayed at record highs throughout his first term.
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But the numbers also highlight the futility of these criminal prosecutions from a public safety standpoint.
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Critics have said removing lawmakers' protection leaves them vulnerable to targeted prosecutions by those in power.
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Responding to a student who asked about the lack of major prosecutions after the 2007 financial crisis, Comey said that unlike drug prosecutions, white-collar cases require prosecutors to demonstrate that the person they are charging knew what they were doing was wrong at the time.
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" She now worries that sex workers will now be discouraged from reporting crimes to police or calling for medical assistance, for fear of being tried for prostitution-related crimes: "In areas where unjust prosecutions have been brought, attacks on sex workers go up, and prosecutions go down.
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Lack of clarity over supply chains, even within Britain, can make prosecutions difficult, the hearing was told.
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Such indictments are common in federal prosecutions, particularly in complicated financial cases where additional evidence may surface.
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He says he is working to develop plan to resume illegally entry prosecutions of adults with children.
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HSI officials regularly investigate and help build criminal prosecutions with an international nexus overseen by federal prosecutors.
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Justice Department officials couldn't tell HuffPost whether Sessions's move will actually lead to more anti-marijuana prosecutions.
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The number of federal gun prosecutions specific to domestic violence is small but slowly on the rise.
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Grandstanding is a common feature of gang prosecutions, says Alex Alonso of California State University, Long Beach.
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Chuck Grassley refused to name out of concerns for her safety, has experience in sex crimes prosecutions.
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To be sure, there were several aspects of Hutchins' arrest that are quite typical of criminal prosecutions.
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In the nearly two decades since then, terrorism prosecutions have typically been framed in a foreign context.
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As director of public prosecutions, he oversaw trials of journalists accused of bribing public officials for stories.
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He's not aware of any prosecutions since his study came out a year and a half ago.
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Campaigners want Nepal to amend its legislation to empower the commissions to refer prosecutions to the courts.
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It was also one of the biggest and most complex white-collar prosecutions ever pursued in Maryland.
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But at the end of the Bush years, the focus shifted from gun prosecutions to new regulations.
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So we just want to let them know that there will be prosecutions at the highest level.
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LA JEUNESSE: President Clinton, Bush, Obama now Trump above all try using prosecutions to deter illegal immigration.
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One recommendation was to prepare for prosecutions, a mechanism that takes considerable time in the UN system.
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Anne Munch, an attorney and prominent consultant on sexual assault prosecutions, said that attitude was not unusual.
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While illegal, politicians and analysts say it is relatively rare to see prosecutions for election-time bribery.
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Kenya will seek Paolo Porcelli's extradition from Italy, director of public prosecutions Noordin Haji said on Tuesday.
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The Royal Commission, which can recommend criminal prosecutions and tougher regulations, is now investigating the insurance industry.
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More than 1,000 prosecutions are brought each year in the United States for money laundering, Fowler said.
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Enron, WorldCom and Arthur Andersen all brought criminal prosecutions and jail time for people at the top.
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Investigations and prosecutions are critical, but so is public discussion and pointing fingers when we have proof.
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"Effective public safety requires more than arrests and prosecutions," said Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a statement.
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Prosecutions under the law tend to be limited to cases concerning classically criminal conduct by unsympathetic defendants.
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The memo warned that asking for the prosecutions could lead to Trump's impeachment or other negative repercussions.
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After all, complete prosecutorial autonomy does not guarantee an end to the hazards of politically motivated prosecutions.
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That report found that between 1966 and 2015, the department only brought seven prosecutions for FARA violations.
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The system worked as most of the political prosecutions failed, but that did not make it right.
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By the numbers: 30 months is a harsh sentence, but prosecutions for tax evasion are very rare.
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It would prevent the runaway appointments and prosecutions that have been the ignominious hallmark of special counsels.
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A police oversight authority set up in 2011 ended virtual police impunity and fostered prosecutions for abuses.
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Once brought to court, more than four in five hate crime prosecutions result in conviction in Britain.
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But criminal prosecutions against them can't run afoul of the First Amendment's guarantee of a free press.
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He appointed a cabinet hostile to Uribe, and allowed prosecutions against his former allies to move forward.
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He said the police currently had around 60 cases under investigation which could lead to criminal prosecutions.
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Police hate sex workers to the extent that they bring malicious prosecutions against women in these circumstances.
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His Special Prosecutions Division received guilty verdicts or convictions in six major white-collar public corruption cases.
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But that fleeting and vague reference contrasted with the detailed praise he heaped on civilian terrorism prosecutions.
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"For officials to complain that these are difficult, high-pressure prosecutions is a cowardly excuse," Novitzky said.
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A handful of criminal prosecutions have stalled because DNA tests cannot distinguish between suspects who are twins.
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As part of his plea, Cohen agreed to cooperate with other prosecutions including the special counsel's probe.
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It's not clear whether the Justice Department has shifted resources to facilitate significantly larger numbers of prosecutions.
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The medical examiner's databank, alone or combined with Rapid DNA, threatens wrongful arrests, prosecutions or even convictions.
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"We will continue to support legitimate investigations and prosecutions conducted by our Interpol partners," Mr. Rosenstein said.
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Female genital cutting has been illegal in Britain since 1985, but previous prosecutions have led to acquittals.
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The prosecutions have already started flooding border courts, and this "zero-tolerance" policy has only just begun.
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Mr. Holder's Justice Department pursued at least nine leak-related prosecutions, more than all previous administrations combined.
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Nearly 230 percent of all federal criminal prosecutions in April were for immigration violations, its tallies reveal.
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Violent speech has fewer protections in France than in the United States, and prosecutions are not uncommon.
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It is unclear whether Mr. Trump read Mr. McGahn's memo or whether he pursued the prosecutions further.
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In the 12 months ending in March, only 11 employers faced criminal prosecutions for hiring undocumented workers.
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Officials said that they had brought 12 prosecutions and secured nine convictions during the four-year inquiry.
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Overdose prosecutions, they say, are simply one tool in a box that should include prevention and treatment.
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Mr. Hun Sen has repeatedly warned of civil war if the tribunal moves on to more prosecutions.
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The Obama administration oversaw around nine or 10 leak-related prosecutions, depending on how they are counted.
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Before the #MeToo movement, Mr. Vance's office had a reputation for being conservative in sex-crimes prosecutions.
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There has, however, been one surprise advocate for allowing the prosecutions to go forward: Mr. Salvini himself.
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Unless and until clawbacks are combined with private litigation and public prosecutions, misconduct and negligence will endure.
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Porter said the directive to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) was issued on Sep. 19.
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Statutes of limitation will complicate any potential prosecutions connected to cases that date back decades, experts said.
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Trump's Justice Department is defending the prosecutions of Kelly and Baroni, which occurred before Trump took office.
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Ricky's letter also raised questions, for Wetterling, about the "Romeo and Juliet" problem—consensual teen-sex prosecutions.
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The criminal prosecutions shows that can happen and should proceed that way and they can be convicted.
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The attack was, in some ways, misleading about Harris's role in drug prosecutions as California's attorney general.
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The inquiry's final report due in February 2019 is expected to recommend tougher regulation and potential prosecutions.
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When top prosecutors failed to find the misconduct and refused to make partisan prosecutions, they were fired.
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" Part of the rationale underlying Jorjani's argument is that incidental take creates "unlimited potential for criminal prosecutions.
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It became one of the biggest corporate fraud prosecutions in recent years, along with Enron and WorldCom.
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The report also said Gillibrand received no case files on prosecutions of retaliation, which she specifically requested.
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This would make it more difficult to use the threat of prosecutions to coerce settlements from corporations.
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Overseeing the case is Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who handled Manafort's case and several other Mueller prosecutions.
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According to law enforcement, they are absolutely essential to capturing and preserving forensics evidence in criminal prosecutions.
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"IS members know how to tell lies to mislead judges in order to evade prosecutions," Naaman said.
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Adam: So Huawei as you pointed out is the subject of two prosecutions in the United States.
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But Mr. Buhari has backed off some prosecutions in exchange for political support and overlooked some wrongdoing.
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A guilty plea by Mr. Sayoc would resolve one of the major terrorism prosecutions pending in Manhattan.
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He claims that two-thirds of his prosecutions have resulted in convictions, an estimate that seems high.
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The force, named My Local Bobby, will make citizens arrests and gather evidence to launch private prosecutions.
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He later pleaded guilty in separate prosecutions to lying to Congress, bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
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Aside from criminal prosecutions, this recognition could undermine Oklahoma's power to tax Native Americans or regulate their businesses.
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Ten years ago sentences were boosted in just six cases, or less than one percent of successful prosecutions.
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But while Congress has an oversight prerogative, it cannot do what the Justice Department can -- initiate criminal prosecutions.
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But even then, the grand jury serves as an important check on potentially overzealous (or politically motivated) prosecutions.
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These principles govern the conduct of all prosecutions by the Department and are codified in the Justice Manual.
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"We also need to see prosecutions with real cases tried in courts and results being delivered," he added.
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S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a policy shielding state-licensed medical marijuana operators from federal drug prosecutions.
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"You should never politicize criminal investigations or prosecutions," Sessions said in an interview on CNBC the next day.
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All turned her down, citing limited resources, before the appellate prosecutor's elite Special Prosecutions Unit accepted the job.
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Trump has ordered the separations to be stopped, but critics are still fighting the prosecutions and other detentions.
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Today many continue to patrol the streets, arrest people, put them in jail, and testify in criminal prosecutions.
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It seems like in the end we may see more IRS tax audits and prosecutions than DOJ investigations.
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That would not cross the red line of excluding prosecutions in the event of entirely fresh evidence emerging.
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The authorities had already used travel bans, asset freezes and prosecutions to shut down groups they deemed troublesome.
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Before this policy roughly 90% of prosecutions in McAllen federal court were of detained immigrants with criminal records.
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Bharara has a huge public profile from his prosecutions of New York state politicians and Wall Street bankers.
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A minority of assaults are reported to the police, and a smaller minority of those result in prosecutions.
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As in several of the other flawed Brooklyn prosecutions, the government had relied largely on a single eyewitness.
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Only about half of OLAF's recommendations for prosecutions have led to indictments by national prosecutors in recent years.
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Bharara, who attended parts of Monday's proceedings, has overseen prosecutions of 107 people for insider trading since 2009.
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Prosecutors were unable to pursue criminal charges because statute of limitations laws prohibit prosecutions on years-old allegations.
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Mueller would, if the evidence merits, work in tandem with the FBI to handle any related criminal prosecutions.
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The War on Drugs in the 28500s fueled a sharp rise in the number of federal drug prosecutions.
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The Royal Commission into financial services pushed regulators to clamp down on everything from prosecutions to executive pay.
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Human rights groups have accused the government of arbitrary arrests and politically motivated prosecutions to silence its opponents.
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The number of prosecutions has shot up from 138 five years ago to around 1,000 now, he said.
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It recommended that the U.N. Security Council refer the findings to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecutions.
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But criminal prosecutions require a higher burden of proof than the balance of probability enshrined in securities law.
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They carefully follow the prosecutions of people who have been found with explicit imagery and learn from them.
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Congress can also expand the U visa to include protection for witnesses of crimes who participate in prosecutions.
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We utilize cutting edge analytics and other advancements for investigations and prosecutions, increasing public safety and consumer protection.
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Sunday's march singled-out Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen, seen as the driving force behind many of the prosecutions.
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The unit created under the mandate, the Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit, has investigated six deaths so far.
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State officials have pledged to step up prosecutions targeting cases of "grilagem", a Brazilian term for land scams.
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Civil rights lawsuits, criminal prosecutions and protests resulting from allegations of excessive force were few and far between.
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"This has got to be one of the more arbitrary and capricious potential prosecutions I've seen," Cramer said.
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The lack of prosecutions and money flowing through the system is hampering their ability to stop the poaching.
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However, prosecutions are rare, and there have been fewer than 10 cases ever brought by the Justice Department.
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And while the inquiries did not lead to prosecutions, they could have a chilling effect on future cooperation.
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What it presumes is that it is the president's prerogative to decide whether prosecutions go forward or not.
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Given that the C.I.A. doesn't engage in prosecutions and court action, what is meant by 'This ends now'?
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NASA said it has identified the "perpetrators of the criminal enterprise within the IEBC" and will pursue prosecutions.
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It started ramping up federal illegal entry prosecutions (including against asylum-seekers) during Trump's first months in office.
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The latter group would bear the brunt of laws that allow prosecutions of people who aren't virally suppressed.
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We can't afford to drive to despair the ones we have with bad policy and witch-hunting prosecutions.
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Prosecutors conceded that prosecutions are unlikely, given that the named hackers are Chinese residents and extraditions are rare.
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The zero-tolerance policy on illegal border crossings has led to a spike in prosecutions and family separations.
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The latest draft calls for formal criminal prosecutions, truth-telling and reconciliation programs, reparations payments and amnesty programs.
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One precedent at risk concerns the Constitution's double jeopardy clause, which forbids subsequent prosecutions for the same crimes.
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Mr. Shafik's lawyers said that officials had pressed him to quit the race, threatening him with corruption prosecutions.
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Through that period Mr. Morsi languished in prison, occasionally brought to court to face a tangle of prosecutions.
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Prosecutors and human rights activists in Argentina are hopeful that the newly available records will aid continuing prosecutions.
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The former head of the Justice Department's criminal division, Lanny A. Breuer, has defended the lack of prosecutions.
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Negligence is used regularly only in federal criminal prosecutions for food and drug safety problems and environmental contaminations.
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"I have no reason to believe these prosecutions are politically motivated," said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
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" And as to whether overdose prosecutions have had an impact on the street, the answer is simple: "No.
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"Federal bribery prosecutions are the legal case in which quid pro quo comes up the most," he said.
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Indeed, for much of the nation's history, the power to bring prosecutions wasn't even limited to the government.
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With our growing tolerance for intolerance, I fear, UK-style prosecutions may be on the horizon for us.
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But human rights groups say that, instead, similar prosecutions are taking place under the country's computer crime laws.
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Still, it is difficult to pinpoint the precise number of prosecutions related to fatal crashes and distracted driving.
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That could be true; vindictive prosecutions have happened in our justice system before and they will happen again.
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S. Attorney Sessions brought many prosecutions against bankers for their role in the historic savings and loan fraud.
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"We are losing the 'war on trafficking,' mostly because we have made this all about prosecutions," Vandenberg said.
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Since the start of 22015, Ponzi scheme prosecutions have increased by nearly 210 percent, with much greater losses.
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Flynn's cooperation has played a role in at least one new round of federal prosecutions, van Grack said.
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The bar for charging police officers with federal civil rights violations is extremely high, and prosecutions are rare.
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CMA said it had asked the office of public prosecutions to open charges against some of the individuals.
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That official, John Huber, has the ability to levy criminal prosecutions — something some analysts warn should worry McCabe.
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It's precisely this sort of self-dealing that has led to successful antitrust prosecutions of Google in Europe.
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The police keep interventions to a minimum, and prosecutions are rare, in part because few witnesses come forward.
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Even successful prosecutions sometimes result in wrist-slap punishments because defendants have no previous criminal record, CNN found.
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In contrast, the value of cooperation deals in federal terrorism prosecutions has been shown to be extremely effective.
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Decimated by mass prosecutions over the last three decades, New York's five crime families have struggled to adapt.
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However, officials have pointed out that prosecutions of foreigners under the bill - even as it stands - are unlikely.
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Government workers tasked with enforcing the laws lack the staff and funds for inspections, let alone pursue prosecutions.
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"It means absolutely eliminating political bias or favoritism — in either direction — from our investigations and prosecutions," Sessions said.
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As in, where will the money seized by the US government as part of these prosecutions end up?
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Analyzing data from state judiciaries, he compared the number of crimes, arrests, and prosecutions from 245 to 2100.
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This also makes it harder for officers to defect, knowing that a different government could bring criminal prosecutions.
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"We are actively involved in investigation and have commenced several prosecutions," she told CNN in a written statement.
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Analyzing data from state judiciaries, Pfaff compared the number of crimes, arrests, and prosecutions from 1994 to 2008.
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But it could not detain them for immigration violations while continuing to pursue their criminal prosecutions, she said.
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The idea was that more arrests, more prosecutions, and longer prison sentences would deter crime and drug use.
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The agency was unclear when reporters asked if the move will actually lead to more anti-marijuana prosecutions.
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She said it should also lead to more successful prosecutions of unregistered gun dealers who are flouting the law.
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Edmund Randolph proposed that a third exclusion from pardons join those for state crimes and impeachments: prosecutions for treason.
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It gives the state the power to bring prosecutions over posts found on social media, messaging apps and emails.
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And in tonight&aposs Angle I will examine what that pardon says about the left&aposs purely political prosecutions.
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The order called for maintaining the president&aposs zero-tolerance policy, but the government is divided about continuing prosecutions.
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It was not clear if Trump read the memo or pursued the prosecutions further, the New York Times said.
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Those findings haven't changed the Missouri Democrat's mind about keeping sexual assault prosecutions in the chain of command, however.
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"We haven't seen that many prosecutions related to the Public Order Act in the past two years," he said.
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This rarely resulted in prosecutions of bribe-payers, it said, as too many companies were doing the same thing.
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Security-related investigations and prosecutions at the FBI and Department of Justice will continue with all employees carried over.
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Crime labs look for illegal drugs like heroin or cocaine, not cattle dewormers, in order to enable criminal prosecutions.
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The original Freedom Hosting was compromised by law enforcement in 2013, resulting in a number of child pornography prosecutions.
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So far, there have been very few prosecutions of South Sudanese military or government officials for crimes against civilians.
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Safaricom denied all the accusations and said it was ready for any investigation or private prosecutions by any party.
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The Danish public prosecutions office said it had asked South Korea's justice ministry to submit a formal extradition request.
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They were found during an investigation by a specialized team within the Italian Public Prosecutions Department, the museum said.
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Child abuse prosecutions As Miami-Dade County state attorney, Reno earned a reputation as being tough on child abuse.
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In the months leading to the vote, BNP leaders and followers found themselves relentlessly harassed by arrests and prosecutions.
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The Royal Commission has extensive powers to subpoena documents and can recommend criminal or civil prosecutions and legislative changes.
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Indeed, the need for a SecureDrop was sparked by many of the recent leak prosecutions in the United States.
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Such private prosecutions can and do lead to criminal convictions, and Hunt's alleged rapist could face jail if convicted.
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Money, money, money Statistics (and prosecutions) suggest the vast majority of Russian hackers are in it for the money.
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Criminal prosecutions belong to the Department of Justice (DOJ), which has its hands full with drug dealers and terrorists.
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International borders make cases like this difficult, so high-profile prosecutions are often more a necessity than a choice.
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The spokesman said the agency is unable to collect comprehensive statistics on how often SARs lead to successful prosecutions.
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"The director of prosecutions turned down the request to stay the proceedings," National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku said.
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When priorities changed, under the Bush administration, widespread illegal entry prosecutions became common — swamping federal courts along the border.
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Most agree that the rise in prosecutions is a result of the police taking greater interest in such crimes.
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Western governments have said this can complicate investigations and prosecutions of those involved in child sex abuse or terrorism.
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So far this year, eight of the dozen Islamic State prosecutions have relied on undercover operatives, court records indicate.
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Appointed shortly after 9/11, he had a few high-profile terror prosecutions (some of which have proved controversial).
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They highlighted data showing there have been only 14 prosecutions for failure to pay the minimum wage since 1999.
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Many people are concerned that the decision will be broadly interpreted to make future prosecutions of crooked politicians harder.
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Such prosecutions are rare, however, as the black market trade in ding rights is hard to trace, said Chu.
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The case is one of a series of high-profile corruption prosecutions launched by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
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Then, in 1997, after other successful prosecutions for Civil Rights Era murders, the FBI Birmingham office reopened the case.
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Today, the number hovers at around 100, and some 2,000 people are the subject of politically driven judicial prosecutions.
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His prosecutions resulted in the convictions of more than 80 traders, consultants and analysts in the hedge fund industry.
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Dozens of Democrats are pushing a bill to withhold federal funds from municipalities unwilling to allow third-party prosecutions.
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Even this low number might be inflated given that they focused on credible claims, and not prosecutions and convictions.
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He has said one-quarter of the felony prosecutions by his office now involve internet crime or identity theft.
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New leaders mean new priorities, but most investigations and prosecutions are handled by career lawyers in the Justice Department.
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These cases require a significant commitment of resources for investigations and prosecutions, and they often take years to develop.
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That's why the Board of Regents routinely initiates prosecutions of people falsely holding themselves out as being licensed professionals.
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We are not aware of any prosecutions, if it was brought to my attention, we would advise against it.
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The inquiry will be able to make wide-ranging recommendations including legislative changes and on criminal or civil prosecutions.
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George P. Kent testified that he saw President Trump's demands for Ukraine to "initiate politically motivated prosecutions" as corrupt.
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His Justice Department is cracking down on nonviolent drug offenders and amping up prosecutions against non-criminal undocumented immigrants.
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The DOJ said the messages "disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions," according to the Post.
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Under Singapore law, sex between men is punishable by up to two years in jail, though prosecutions are rare.
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The charges were announced by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who has overseen a series of insider trading prosecutions.
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Given El Salvador's political polarization, entrenched poverty and weak institutions, carrying out credible and fair prosecutions won't be easy.
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POLITICO also reviewed and previously reported on documents seeking the authority to extend deadlines on merger reviews and prosecutions.
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Several potential candidates have complained of being pressured to quit, hounded through the courts, or threatened with corruption prosecutions.
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This was happening at the same time as Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx were limiting prosecutions of those crimes.
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New leak prosecutions quieted down and the administration revised internal guidelines to make it harder to obtain journalist records.
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Under previous administrations, the federal government usually reserved criminal prosecutions for people who repeatedly entered the United States illegally.
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A persistent criticism of the Justice Department in the wake of the financial crisis was the lack of prosecutions.
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And it is stepping up prosecutions of adults who paid smugglers to bring unaccompanied kids to the United States.
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In all, overdose prosecutions were found in 36 states, with charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to first-degree murder.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has increased the number of immigration judges and set a goal of 100 percent prosecutions.
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The families of the two men decided to begin a campaign of protest to demand an investigation and prosecutions.
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Millions recouped In some ways, the federal government is recouping some expenses in an indirect way through its prosecutions.
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In the end, these successful investigations and prosecutions have already yielded hundreds of millions in proceeds to the government.
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One way is to robustly "fund documentation efforts and support organizations focused on building evidence for third-country prosecutions."
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Malaysia was upgraded because of a significant increase in prosecutions for such offenses as employers who impound workers' passports.
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Rosenstein will have to make the decision about whether to pursue any prosecutions stemming out of the FBI's investigation.
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Using a lower standard for criminal prosecutions for campaign contributions would deter many from donating or running for office.
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Amid mounting furor over politicization at the Justice Department, the attorney general ordered reviews of such investigations and prosecutions.
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The money has, among other things, paid the salaries of emergency responders and covered the cost of drug prosecutions.
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IRS prosecutions, Hackney continued, are reserved for repeat offenders who show brazen disregard for laws against charitable self-dealing.
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Trafficking prosecutions have risen since 2012 - but hit a peak of 19,127 in 2015 - according to the compiled estimates.
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But they remain an entrenched feature of criminal prosecutions, even though they are the most unreliable kind of witnesses.
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Reformist prosecutors are also changing how they handle non-capital offenses, which make up the vast majority of prosecutions.
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After he became prosecutor general in 2015, Shokin was widely faulted for declining to bring prosecutions of elites' corruption.
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But pederasty is still widely tolerated in Afghan culture, and prosecutions of men who sexually assault boys are rare.
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Indeed, there have been only seven prosecutions under Foreign Agents Registration Act since 1966, when the law was revised.
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The El Monte, CA police department, for instance, promised witnesses free Ring cameras if they testified in burglary prosecutions.
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"It means absolutely eliminating political bias or favoritism, in either direction, from our investigations and our prosecutions," he said.
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Francisco said the attorney general's independence applies to a narrow slice of the job, primarily in terms of prosecutions.
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The principal concern of the country's Founders was that people not be railroaded by runaway prosecutions and public fury.
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They would be wise to study the Manafort trial as a preview of the prosecutions that could emerge next.
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Top military leaders at the Pentagon contend that prosecutions must remain with commanders to maintain good order and discipline.
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And, again, the Justice Department itself couldn't answer whether the new policy will lead to more anti-marijuana prosecutions.
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" John Dowd, former lead attorney for the president on the Russia probe, said, "I think the president's use of his pardon power to right the ship and correct eight years of despicable injustice is brilliant and just what our founding fathers had in mind to check rogue prosecutions and agents and rigged prosecutions.
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" The US Attorney's Office in Colorado released a statement Thursday saying there are no plans to change marijuana prosecutions: "Today the Attorney General rescinded the Cole Memo on marijuana prosecutions, and directed that federal marijuana prosecution decisions be governed by the same principles that have long governed all of our prosecution decisions.
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But academic research casts doubt on those assumptions, finding no clear link between increasing federal prosecutions and decreasing homicide rates.
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Oversaw the prosecutions of Manuel Noriega, John Gotti and led the investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 2124.
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Under the military government, prosecutions of those accused of defaming the royals have increased dramatically and sentences have become harsher.
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By looking at data from state judiciaries, he compared the number of crimes, arrests, and prosecutions from 1994 to 2008.
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Nor because they are considered big fish whose prosecutions could pay big time and big career dividends down the road.
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The Constitution does not give the President "unfettered authority to direct investigations or prosecutions, with no limits whatsoever," Mueller wrote.
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"Disrupting and dismantling those drug organizations through prosecutions under the Controlled Substances Act can drive violent crime down," Sessions wrote.
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Human Rights Watch underscored that identifying missing people and preserving evidence for possible prosecutions is critical for Syria&aposs future.
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The cross-party body of MPs recommended that the RSPCA should stop conducting its own prosecutions in animal-welfare cases.
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There will also be feedback exchanged between both teams after each case, to ensure that illegal gun prosecutions are successful.
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"Kansas' prosecutions," Francisco argued, "neither invade a federally occupied field not conflict with Congress' purposes" in passing the federal law.
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The jury heard how the mother turned to witchcraft to try to silence investigators and the director of public prosecutions.
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Even if some of the transactions were illegal, criminal prosecutions are unlikely given the statute of limitations for such cases.
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Tim Bonner of the Countryside Alliance argues that in some cases the standard of the RSPCA's prosecutions has been "appalling".
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"The increase in prosecutions would be reported by the media and it would have substantial deterrent effect," the draft said.
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But such broad prosecutions would be a grave mistake if Iraq is ever to establish some modicum of national reconciliation.
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Genetic evidence has not played a central role in those prosecutions so far, but it has obvious value for investigators.
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The new protocols were put in place after Stretch ordered a review of the FedEx case to improve future prosecutions.
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A Royal Commission is the most powerful investigative body in Australia, with the power to recommend prosecutions and new legislation.
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International legal experts saw the ruling in part as a recognition of the realities the court faces in conducting prosecutions.
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The point of it was to increase prosecutions for those breaking the law and not accept any class of aliens.
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Tolerant attitudes towards crime may also be a factor in explaining why arrests and prosecutions for property crime have declined.
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And even de Mistura sees little political will to pursue prosecutions while the international community is focused on defeating ISIS.
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"Arrests and prosecutions frequently related to social media posts that were critical of the government," read the new travel advice.
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The inquiry's final recommendations could lead to criminal or civil prosecutions as well as greater regulation on the financial sector.
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We know from personal experience how criminal laws, prosecutions and punishments grossly hamper human rights, particularly the right to health.
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Obama defended that record as the result of a number of holdover prosecutions from the George W. Bush White House.
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To the contrary, as the article also notes, we're pushing our investigations and prosecutions farther and wider than ever before.
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The Orange revolution in Ukraine and the mani pulite (clean hands) prosecutions in Italy failed to sanitise those countries' politics.
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Graham dealt with civil lawsuits against officers, but most states have also adopted the "objectively reasonable" standard for criminal prosecutions.
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Within the field of international law, the prosecutions of the C.I.A. agents for their role in renditions were closely watched.
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In announcing the charges last week, Sessions heralded the prosecutions, which, including the six from George's group, totaled 11 cases.
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Mr. Santucci's supporters said the prosecutions showed that he had not let personal relationships keep him from doing his job.
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And since February 2015, about 40 of 60 Islamic State prosecutions, or 67 percent, have been based on undercover operations.
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Even as criminal matters, presumably in prosecutions after Trump leaves office, this herd is even less threatening than it appears.
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Global banks such as Goldman and UBS should expect more fines and prosecutions in future, whether they're deserved or not.
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Prosecutions and arrests are rare, but fear of both persists -- often preventing people from seeking or offering help, Wurth explained.
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Dutch authorities have a long track record of settling bribery cases with companies, rather than pursuing tricky prosecutions of individuals.
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Senators are pledging to use an annual defense policy bill to renew a fight over prosecutions of military sexual assault.
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If victims did not respond in time, their cases were closed and their kits destroyed while prosecutions were still viable.
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For example, while Texas was a leader in trafficking prosecutions, it was joined by jurisdictions in Florida, Missouri and Pennsylvania.
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Allred worries that the outcome will deter crime victims from coming forward when victim cooperation is critical to successful prosecutions.
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" The email added: "A brief of evidence has been prepared and presented to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.
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"I'm a big supporter of vertical prosecutions," said Mr. Marquis, who is also the district attorney for Clatsop County, Ore.
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The Odebrecht case suggests that transnational bribery provisions and international cooperation are not sufficient for prosecutions in structurally corrupt countries.
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Prosecutions by the Israeli military have also increased in the occupied West Bank - most of those charged are young Palestinians.
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The DOJ said career prosecutors in Sessions' office would continue investigations and prosecutions until the new U.S. attorneys are confirmed.
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Wall Street firms like Morgan Stanley have sought repayment for the cost of aiding in government prosecutions of insider trading.
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There could be false statement prosecutions to either Congress or federal investigators, but that is hardly worthy of Watergate analogies.
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As UC Davis's Larson explained to me in an earlier interview, this language provides for two types of treason prosecutions.
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Prosecutions in Ontario are guided by the Criminal Code, direction from the Supreme Court of Canada, and the medical science.
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But the industry has compromised on this issue, collaborating with law enforcement to provide access to data for criminal prosecutions.
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The prosecutions, he acknowledged at the time, would result in children being separated from parents who were taken into custody.
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"The increase in prosecutions would be reported by the media and it would have substantial deterrent effect," the memo states.
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"Kansas' prosecutions," Francisco argued, "neither invade a federally occupied field nor conflict with Congress' purposes" in passing the federal law.
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Avenatti has maintained his innocence and said the earlier prosecutions were to punish him for representing Daniels and criticizing Trump.
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This week, Mr. Sessions told state attorneys general he wanted to work with them in local prosecutions against MS-13.
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Mr. Orban's allies control the Constitutional Court, while loyalists control which prosecutions make it to court in the first place.
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The chain of command's involvement in prosecutions, advocates say, is one reason victims have so little confidence in the system.
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Suppression orders that completely ban coverage related to continuing sensitive prosecutions have become more frequent in many parts of Australia.
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Ms. Nielsen also said homeland security would continue to pursue prosecutions against foreign entities that hack the American digital infrastructure.
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After the 2008 debacle, prosecutors have been criticized for failing to pursue criminal prosecutions of large and powerful financial institutions.
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But he also implied that it might be necessary to weed out "political bias and favoritism" from investigations and prosecutions.
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In Italy, the "clean hands" prosecutions in the 1990s helped reduce the corruption that had spread through the country's politics.
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The prevalence of systematic sexual abuse of boys in Afghanistan has been a problem for generations and prosecutions are rare.
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Prosecutions in these types of cases are rare, and the law is murky, particularly around people involved in presidential transitions.
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That was part of a 173 percent increase in all federal gun prosecutions in the first nine months of 2017.
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Credit...Spencer Platt/Getty Images Professor Tuerkheimer is a former assistant Manhattan district attorney who specialized in domestic violence prosecutions.
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The genre is increasingly framed as reformist, with critiques of police abuses, overzealous prosecutions and mass incarceration playing central roles.
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"This information will be made available to support future prosecutions before regional or national courts and tribunals," Mr. Clapham said.
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The prosecutions of Mr. Shkreli and Mr. Davis were built around their deceptions to help show there was a fraud.
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It was bread-and-butter advice from an American diplomat in the former Soviet Union, where political prosecutions are common.
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Several soldiers said in interviews they pleaded guilty only to end expensive and exasperating prosecutions that dragged on for years.
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He has claimed he is the victim of politically motivated prosecutions as a result of "animus" toward him by Trump.
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Beyond the fate of the current wide-ranging investigations and pending prosecutions is a power that Trump alone does wield.
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The prosecutions have inflamed critics who accuse the Aung San Suu Kyi government of turning its back on human rights.
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At the time, groping was not a crime and rape prosecutions required proof the victim had physically resisted the attacker.
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Justices across the ideological spectrum seemed wary of allowing prosecutions based on officials' misrepresentations about the reasons for their actions.
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But experts worry that each round of allegations, prosecutions and impeachment ultimately weakens the political system and diminishes public trust.
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Cohen pleaded guilty in November to violating campaign finance laws, financial crimes, and lying to Congress in two separate prosecutions.
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Just in: DOJ official responds "zero tolerance policy is still in effect," casting doubt on this report of suspended prosecutions.
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Vance has a litany of non-prosecutions, too—it just happens to include some powerful people who could help Vance.
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And there were no criminal prosecutions for counterfeiting by Canada in 2017, indicating it isn't doing its own enforcing either.
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His 33-year rule has been marked by numerous allegations of corruption, politically motivated prosecutions and crackdowns on civil liberties.
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Trump also called for the more frequent use of the death penalty in prosecutions of drug traffickers under existing law.
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Under Mr. Bharara's stewardship, the office was also known for its insider trading investigations, civil rights cases and terrorism prosecutions.
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They accuse Museveni, in power since 1986, of stifling dissent through intimidation, beatings, detentions and prosecutions on trumped-up charges.
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His trades resulted in gains and losses avoided of about $43 million, making it one of the largest prosecutions ever.
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Sessions and Andrade said the United States and Mexico would also cooperate with one another in their prosecutions against Yarrington.
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These cases did not involve extradition, and the individuals all came to the United States voluntarily to resolve the prosecutions.
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Over time, there were some prosecutions and convictions—a few high-profile—but also many tales of intimidation and retribution.
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Noble, a senior counsel for the committee, also worked in the Southern District, specializing in cybercrime and organized crime prosecutions.
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Yet they rely on the same police to assist them' says Nicolas Mutuku, deputy director of public prosecutions in Kenya.
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And while national data on prosecutions does not exist, some research suggests that prosecution rates remain low in many jurisdictions.
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When the DOJ filed its request, members of Congress questioned the use of JAG attorneys for border crossing prosecutions. Reps.
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His toughest competitor, a former mayor of Dakar, is in jail, sent there after prosecutions ordered up by the government.
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Andrew M. Cuomo, Mr. Schneiderman, a Democrat, sent his Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit to look into Mr. Thevenin's death.
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The lobbying world had long been dismissive of the threat of prosecutions related to foreign influence or violations of FARA.
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Since Mr. Trump's pardon power extends only to federal crimes, the ruling leaves people he pardons subject to state prosecutions.
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A spokesperson for the Director of Public Prosecutions declined to comment on the status of the case to VICE News.
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By making those closest to an overdose less likely to seek help, these prosecutions could increase harm—not reduce it.
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In China, criminal prosecutions often depend on confessions obtained by the police, and the use of torture and coercion is widespread.
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In lines 34-37 ("Prosecutions...sense"), what is the most likely reason Jordan draws a distinction between two types of "parties"?
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The case was widely regarded as one of the most significant terrorism prosecutions in recent years in a U.S. civilian court.
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The prosecutions are supposed to scare dealers into quitting the business, but the report notes that this strategy is failing miserably.
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Between 2011 and 2016, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Louisiana each saw more than 40 percent increases in drug-induced homicide prosecutions.
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Now, on the November thing, there is a very specific Justice Department policy about issuing prosecutions that might affect an election.
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In South Carolina alone in 1872, there were 1,207 arrests, 96 prosecutions, and convictions of 86 Klansmen who went to prison.
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He gutted progressive policies and crafted the administration's immigration agenda: detaining families, punishing sanctuary cities, ramping up border prosecutions, and more.
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Other, earlier prosecutions, include the sales of heroin, fentanyl, and marijuana laid out in the indictment of AlphaBay's head, Alexandre Cazes.
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But the unit also has evolved its mission in recent years to disrupting the black market antiquities trade through criminal prosecutions.
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The UN has established a special investigative team to gather evidence of IS crimes to assist Iraqi courts in their prosecutions.
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The number of prosecutions decreased after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin's younger sister, took office in 2011, the rights group said.
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The prosecutions were announced at a press conference in December 2011 but they ended in modest settlements over the following years.
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By revealing duplicitous and corrupt behaviour among Mr Trump's team, and by bringing prosecutions, Mr Mueller has helped cleanse political campaigning.
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Other programmes, notably the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which battles against corporate graft, can result in prosecutions in criminal courts.
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It stands to reason that at any given moment, one or two of those countries will find bank prosecutions rather appealing.
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There have been several cases of watches and fitness trackers helping authorities find missing persons, as well as help secure prosecutions.
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Subsequent federal prosecutions determined BCCI's Panamanian branch, in particular, to be actively engaged in money laundering for the Colombian drug trade.
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Scott's decision was "motivated by a specific desire to influence the course of capital prosecutions in Ayala's circuit," the suit says.
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Because Martin-Cramp had left the island, extradition was the only option, said Anthony Armstrong, director of public prosecutions in Antigua.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller has experience with organized crime cases, and several of his deputies have worked complicated white-collar prosecutions.
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The growing anti-Muslim bigotry could give his administration free rein to disproportionately target Muslims in counterterrorism investigations, surveillance and prosecutions.
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No. The DOJ policy that I've seen referenced when this story broke discusses the sensitivity around public corruption investigations and prosecutions.
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And Democrats have been hungry for prosecutions of those who they consider to be the corrupt fat cats of corporate America.
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" Daily Beast's Lachlan Markay: "Before Manafort/Gates, DOJ had brought just four criminal prosecutions under FARA in the last 10 years.
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Legal experts say prosecutions could be brought under the Penal Code, which makes it an offence to cause hurt to another.
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Had a neutral, career prosecutor been appointed to the post, any sensitive prosecutions to follow — such as an indictment of Mrs.
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Several criminal defendants in Western states challenged criminal prosecutions commenced before, but continued after, the first of these riders took effect.
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" In his Ninth Circuit opinion, Judge Tashima said that his examples of possible prosecutions "are not some parade of fanciful horribles.
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In Ms. Sineneng-Smith's case, the government argued that it did not pursue prosecutions based on ordinary interactions with unauthorized immigrants.
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But the Argentine example shows that full autonomy is not a perfect antidote to obstruction of justice or politically motivated prosecutions.
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The summer of 2015 was "the height of ISIS prosecutions," according to Greenberg, who pointed to a spike in her data.
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From the jump, Ratcliffe was dogged by accusations that he'd padded his resume with boasts of terrorist prosecutions that never happened.
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Removing victims from criminal prosecutions had been the work of centuries; putting them back in has been the work of decades.
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The alleged victory of the anti-extradition treaty protests may be followed by a spate of prosecutions against the protesters themselves.
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Noordin Haji, the director of public prosecutions, said his office will also go after individuals found to have facilitated the transactions.
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Criminal prosecutions appear unlikely, and outside of the courts, there is a poverty of options to hold the culpable to account.
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Comey's finding could upend the 2016 race, though Lynch, Obama's attorney general, will have the final say on any possible prosecutions.
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With rare exceptions, there are typically no formal indictments against those they name, no prosecutions or trials, no verdicts or sentences.
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One proposal stands out above the others: Give the president temporary immunity from civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions while in office.
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Waters to enable the breakup of big banks implicated in repeated violations of consumer rights and ease criminal prosecutions of executives.
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But the pre-Trump status quo, of perfunctory deferred prosecutions and no jail terms for financial fraudsters, was itself a scandal.
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The region is home to less than 2% of China's people, but last year hosted one-fifth of its criminal prosecutions.
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Prosecutions may be difficult because Myanmar has refused to cooperate with the International Criminal Court last week, according to the Journal.
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The city stopped using breath-test results in new prosecutions, but it only acknowledged problems in cases going back 2000 months.
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Bier combed through government data on terrorism prosecutions and terrorists killed by law enforcement in the midst of a terrorist act.
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The arrests came in dozens of unrelated prosecutions the Justice Department announced together as part of an annual healthcare fraud takedown.
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"This includes returning the prosecutions of civilians to civilian courts and providing adequate due process and fair trial protections," she said.
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The pair were discussing Grewel's recent order to suspend marijuana prosecutions on-air when Malloy said he couldn't remember Grewal's name.
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"It is under review, and I anticipate that there may be some changes to the policy on corporate prosecutions," Rosenstein said.
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In an interview on "Fox & Friends," the president questioned that tool, which has long been considered lawful and essential for prosecutions.
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The decision to downgrade prosecutions has all but decriminalized the mass distribution and use of powerful and untested drugs for athletes.
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Arrests, prosecutions and convictions of poachers are on the rise, and big cat populations — where diligently protected — are on the rebound.
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It was not until afterward that victims and their lawyers learned that no federal prosecutions against Mr. Epstein would be initiated.
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Every couple of weeks, representatives of the police, the state's attorney's office and others met to review data on firearms prosecutions.
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Such prosecutions are not unusual, as there are dozens of statutes making it a crime to issue various kinds of threats.
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Prosecutions for pregnancy loss invariably target the poorest, most marginalized people in society, including those who suffer unintended miscarriages and stillbirths.
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France being a country that generally respects freedom of the press, prosecutions under the 1881 fake news law are relatively rare.
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His administration secretly subpoenaed reporters' phone records and brought at least nine leak-related prosecutions, more than all previous administrations combined.
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Castro's plan goes a step further: he wants to eliminate the statute that makes these prosecutions possible in the first place.
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Over the years, he and supporters said the prosecutions were an attempt by political opponents to discredit the pro-statehood movement.
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Most immigration experts say it is unlikely that the administration would be able to reach its goal of 100 percent prosecutions.
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To emphasize that prosecutions should be independent of politics, criminal charges are brought in the queen's name rather than the government's.
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Many of the leading loan defaulters are behind bars, their assets attached, and prosecutions are being pursued vigorously in the courts.
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Criminal investigations in the United States and Sweden or by the International Criminal Court could ultimately lead to arrests and prosecutions.
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A bill before the state House would eliminate the time limit for prosecutions and move the lawsuit ceiling to age 2261.
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Prosecutions are also put at risk when defendants cannot exercise their right to test original evidence used against them in court.
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First, pursuant to 2900 U.S.C. §§220006,2202, either house of Congress can vote to refer criminal contempt prosecutions to the Justice Department.
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More prosecutions are being undertaken preventively, even when there is little firm evidence of a plot, as the French examples show.
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Asked about possible criminal prosecutions at AMP, Murray said the company "will deal with those diligently as they're presented to us".
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One of his challengers, Janos Marton, points to Vance's record on sex-crime prosecutions as proof he must resign from office.
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As is customary in prominent prosecutions, the line prosecutors on the Stone case discussed their proposed sentencing recommendation with senior officials.
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"Since the beginning of this year, the court has dropped Article 112 prosecutions and pursued other charges instead," Pawinee told Reuters.
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Since the Justice Department adopted its new approach to corporate cooperation, there have been few individual prosecutions for violations inside companies.
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"Derogatory information sometimes is disclosed in the course of criminal investigations and prosecutions, but we never release it gratuitously," Rosenstein wrote.
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Since then, there have been several high-profile prosecutions relating to sexual abuse involving politicians, K-pop stars, and regular men.
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The sentence was imposed by Judge Jackson and a federal judge in Virginia who presided over Mr. Manafort's two criminal prosecutions.
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Even during the Stone sentencing hearing on Thursday, Trump live-tweeted his support for Stone and threatened prosecutions for his enemies.
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Criminal and regulatory prosecutions (like the SEC's) are often investigated on parallel tracks, with coordination and cooperation among various government agencies.
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It was not yet clear if Little, who is in failing health, will face additional prosecutions in the newly uncovered murders.
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Because the Speedy Trial Act grants criminal prosecutions precedence, parties in civil cases have difficulty securing trial dates and finishing litigation.
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As a law professor who occasionally represents indigent criminal defendants, I am deeply troubled by prosecutions under vague, open-ended laws.
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But such prosecutions are rare, and are reserved for CEOs engaged directly in an activity that limits competition, like price-fixing.
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In all instances, Nielsen took a defensive stance, arguing that it was not policy, but law, referring to the criminal prosecutions.
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The prosecutions come at a time of heightened scrutiny of the use of force by U.S. law enforcement, particularly against minorities.
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"Thai authorities should halt all criminal prosecutions against community members, and review the policy on land and forest management," she said.
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A bill before the state House would eliminate the time limit for prosecutions and move the lawsuit ceiling to age 50.
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Half a century later, the Supreme Court began to protect Fourteenth Amendment rights to a fair criminal process in state prosecutions.
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He could even pardon Mueller's targets preemptively, leaving potential prosecutions of federal crimes dead in the water before they even begin.
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ISIS prosecutions take place under 2339B because it has no intent requirement and enables the monitoring and surveillance of particular groups.
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Such prosecutions are rare nationwide, but have stepped up in the wake of a crackdown on VPN use launched last year.
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It was an Obama-era policy that limited federal prosecutions of both individuals and dispensaries that relied upon prevailing state law.
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The Washington Post reported in June that Mueller was preparing to hand off some of his prosecutions to the Justice Department.
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Colorado U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, the first to weigh in publicly, said there would be no immediate change in marijuana prosecutions.
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It has helped free 11 people, including five who were determined to be innocent and six whose prosecutions were profoundly flawed.
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"The evidence is not strong enough to form the basis of an indictment," the country's deputy director of public prosecutions said.
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Federal prosecutors should handle such cases since localities often lack the training or resources and prosecutions should be standardized, she said.
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Of course, prosecutors and defense attorneys will tell you that white collar prosecutions rarely result in hard time for the guilty.
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More than 4,000 people in Chile faced prosecutions for abortion-related crimes between 2003 and 2013, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
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"It's worked," said Holman, pointing to the unprecedented lack of corruption prosecutions or even grand jury investigations into Obama administration officials.
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In fiscal year 2016, immigration offenses — illegal entry and reentry chief among them — made up a majority of federal criminal prosecutions.
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Half of the terrorism prosecutions since 9/11 have involved informants, and more than a quarter have employed government sting operations.
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Neither of those prosecutions were successful, but the cases were legal slogs for the defendants that sucked up time and money.
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Thelma Aldana, a former attorney-general, led some of CICIG's best-known prosecutions, and has publicly flirted with a run for president.
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"With proper support and with vigorous prosecutions, ATF can be more productive without large increases in funding," Sessions told Judiciary Committee Democrats.
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Trump administration officials denied family separation was a "policy" for legalistic reasons, but they affirmed that "zero tolerance" prosecutions were a policy.
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It has called a halt to most—but not quite all—prosecutions under the laws it criticised while it was in opposition.
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