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I look forward to holding Democrats accountable for their failure to prosecute crimes and instead engage in illegal political witch-hunts against their political opponents. – Elise Stefanik	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have a loophole, a gap in accountability, when we talk about accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, legally, currently, there is no international mechanism, which can investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine. – Anton Korynevych	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In order to prosecute a case, you have to have credible evidence, either tangible witnesses, and in this case, there was no credible evidence of any wrongdoing, joel Greenberg was somebody who (you) couldn’t put on the witness stand, as a prosecutor. I believe these women; none of them believed they were victims of any crime. – Attorney Tim Jansen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Everybody’s equal under the law. It doesn’t matter if he’s a liberal Democrat and I’m a conservative Republican, my job has always been to prosecute crimes and hold defendants accountable and help victims. In this case it’s no different. – Andrea Reeb	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning, the residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress. No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it. – Anne Donnelly	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
None of the matters involving January 6th, however, are relevant to the specific allegations of voter fraud concerning Mr. and Mrs. Meadows that were referred to my office for review, my office has concluded that there is not sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt against either Mr. or Mrs. Meadows, so my office will not prosecute this case. If further information relevant to the allegations of voter fraud comes to light in any subsequent investigation or prosecution by authorities in other jurisdictions, we reserve the right to reopen this matter. – Josh Stein	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I really have been enjoying watching Larry Krasner, your new district attorney, take some commonsense approaches, like getting rid of police officers that shouldn't be testifying, decriminalizing possessions of marijuana, refusing to prosecute those kind of crimes, reducing or eliminating cash bail on a lot of different offenses. – John Fetterman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Adnan's case was a mess -- is a mess. That's pretty much where we were when we stopped reporting in 2014, baltimore City Police have told the prosecutor's office they're gon na put someone back on the case. Someone will try to talk to the two suspects Becky [ Feldman, chief of the state's attorney's office sentencing review unit ] identified in the motion. I have zero predictions about what could come of that. But I do know that the chances of the state ever trying to prosecute Adnan Syed again are remote at best. – Sarah Koenig	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So the Governor of California sent a letter to the Department of Justice saying, ‘You need to prosecute Texas and Florida Governors.’ And all I can say is, I think his hair gel is interfering with his brain function. – Ron DeSantis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If they try to prosecute President Trump for mishandling classified information after Hillary Clinton set up a server in Hillary Clinton basement, there literally will be riots in the street. I worry about our country. – South Carolina	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In all investigations, the last thing you want to do is undermine the prosecuting attorney and her ability to prosecute the case, it is important to do a thorough investigation, especially when law enforcement officers are involved. – Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Today's dangerous decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals clears a path for county prosecutors to use Michigan's extreme 1931 abortion ban to prosecute doctors and nurses and jail them for doing their jobs. – Gretchen Whitmer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A prosecutor really does have a lot of discretion to decide their priorities and cases, but they could get voted out of office, or states could give the authority to prosecute to someone else. – Rachel Barkow	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The state over the years has tried to give 17-year-olds the right to vote and 12-year-olds the right to make medical decisions, but we do not want to prosecute criminals as adults until they're age 25 because their brains are not fully developed. – Heath Flora	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If we zero in on those shooters and the individuals who are participating in the shootings, if we do the work to get it to the grand jury, to get that indictment, to make the arrest, then the other team must do their part, the courts have to prosecute. Judges have to make sure they stay in. Everyone has to do their part. If not, they go out and come back. – New York	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
You know, Judge Jackson left Supreme Court to go to Nuremberg and prosecute the case against the Nazis, judge Jackson might have gone there to defend them. – Tom Cotton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Under the president’s budget, key federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service will have the resources they need to fight violent crime, including through fugitive apprehension and enforcement operations, the budget also ensures U.S. attorneys have the necessary support to prosecute violent criminals. – White House	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We will vigorously prosecute each and every named Defendant for their role in this conspiracy. – Alina Habba	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's going to be painful to deliberate, unless it becomes possible for Western aid, both military and humanitarian, to be absorbed in Ukraine at sufficient rates that they can genuinely turn the tide against the Russian advancement, if it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars. – Keir Giles	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars. – Keir Giles	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There is no place for hate in our community. No one should be victimized because of Jeremy Wayne Jones race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion, these types of crimes are reprehensible and my administration will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law to hold those who perpetrate hate accountable. – Verber Salazar	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The ICC may exercise jurisdiction only over individual humans ; The ICC has no jurisdiction over states such as Ukraine and Russia, the ICC operates on the basis that The ICC may prosecute anyone who is responsible for committing a crime falling within the jurisdiction of the court, irrespective of whether the person is a national of a state party to the court. Under that approach, The ICC may institute proceedings against a Russian or a Ukrainian national for a crime falling within the court’s jurisdiction allegedly committed on the territory of Ukraine during the current armed conflict. – Dustin Lewis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute those whose criminal acts enable the Russian government to continue this unjust war. – Merrick Garland	Found on CNN 2 years ago
One of the big drivers of crime in Los Angeles are guns and gangs and right now, this district attorney has basically said we cannot prosecute people for gang crimes and is not interested in prosecuting people for gun crimes, and that has really led to this surge in homicides. – Eric Siddall	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

I look forward to holding Democrats accountable for their failure to prosecute crimes and instead engage in illegal political witch-hunts against their political opponents.

– Elise Stefanik

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have a loophole, a gap in accountability, when we talk about accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, legally, currently, there is no international mechanism, which can investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

– Anton Korynevych

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In order to prosecute a case, you have to have credible evidence, either tangible witnesses, and in this case, there was no credible evidence of any wrongdoing, joel Greenberg was somebody who (you) couldn’t put on the witness stand, as a prosecutor. I believe these women; none of them believed they were victims of any crime.

– Attorney Tim Jansen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Everybody’s equal under the law. It doesn’t matter if he’s a liberal Democrat and I’m a conservative Republican, my job has always been to prosecute crimes and hold defendants accountable and help victims. In this case it’s no different.

– Andrea Reeb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning, the residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress. No one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.

– Anne Donnelly

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

None of the matters involving January 6th, however, are relevant to the specific allegations of voter fraud concerning Mr. and Mrs. Meadows that were referred to my office for review, my office has concluded that there is not sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt against either Mr. or Mrs. Meadows, so my office will not prosecute this case. If further information relevant to the allegations of voter fraud comes to light in any subsequent investigation or prosecution by authorities in other jurisdictions, we reserve the right to reopen this matter.

– Josh Stein

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I really have been enjoying watching Larry Krasner, your new district attorney, take some commonsense approaches, like getting rid of police officers that shouldn't be testifying, decriminalizing possessions of marijuana, refusing to prosecute those kind of crimes, reducing or eliminating cash bail on a lot of different offenses.

– John Fetterman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Adnan's case was a mess -- is a mess. That's pretty much where we were when we stopped reporting in 2014, baltimore City Police have told the prosecutor's office they're gon na put someone back on the case. Someone will try to talk to the two suspects Becky [ Feldman, chief of the state's attorney's office sentencing review unit ] identified in the motion. I have zero predictions about what could come of that. But I do know that the chances of the state ever trying to prosecute Adnan Syed again are remote at best.

– Sarah Koenig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So the Governor of California sent a letter to the Department of Justice saying, ‘You need to prosecute Texas and Florida Governors.’ And all I can say is, I think his hair gel is interfering with his brain function.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If they try to prosecute President Trump for mishandling classified information after Hillary Clinton set up a server in Hillary Clinton basement, there literally will be riots in the street. I worry about our country.

– South Carolina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In all investigations, the last thing you want to do is undermine the prosecuting attorney and her ability to prosecute the case, it is important to do a thorough investigation, especially when law enforcement officers are involved.

– Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today's dangerous decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals clears a path for county prosecutors to use Michigan's extreme 1931 abortion ban to prosecute doctors and nurses and jail them for doing their jobs.

– Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A prosecutor really does have a lot of discretion to decide their priorities and cases, but they could get voted out of office, or states could give the authority to prosecute to someone else.

– Rachel Barkow

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The state over the years has tried to give 17-year-olds the right to vote and 12-year-olds the right to make medical decisions, but we do not want to prosecute criminals as adults until they're age 25 because their brains are not fully developed.

– Heath Flora

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If we zero in on those shooters and the individuals who are participating in the shootings, if we do the work to get it to the grand jury, to get that indictment, to make the arrest, then the other team must do their part, the courts have to prosecute. Judges have to make sure they stay in. Everyone has to do their part. If not, they go out and come back.

– New York

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You know, Judge Jackson left Supreme Court to go to Nuremberg and prosecute the case against the Nazis, judge Jackson might have gone there to defend them.

– Tom Cotton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Under the president’s budget, key federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service will have the resources they need to fight violent crime, including through fugitive apprehension and enforcement operations, the budget also ensures U.S. attorneys have the necessary support to prosecute violent criminals.

– White House

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We will vigorously prosecute each and every named Defendant for their role in this conspiracy.

– Alina Habba

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's going to be painful to deliberate, unless it becomes possible for Western aid, both military and humanitarian, to be absorbed in Ukraine at sufficient rates that they can genuinely turn the tide against the Russian advancement, if it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars.

– Keir Giles

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars.

– Keir Giles

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There is no place for hate in our community. No one should be victimized because of Jeremy Wayne Jones race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion, these types of crimes are reprehensible and my administration will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law to hold those who perpetrate hate accountable.

– Verber Salazar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The ICC may exercise jurisdiction only over individual humans ; The ICC has no jurisdiction over states such as Ukraine and Russia, the ICC operates on the basis that The ICC may prosecute anyone who is responsible for committing a crime falling within the jurisdiction of the court, irrespective of whether the person is a national of a state party to the court. Under that approach, The ICC may institute proceedings against a Russian or a Ukrainian national for a crime falling within the court’s jurisdiction allegedly committed on the territory of Ukraine during the current armed conflict.

– Dustin Lewis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute those whose criminal acts enable the Russian government to continue this unjust war.

– Merrick Garland

Found on CNN
2 years ago

One of the big drivers of crime in Los Angeles are guns and gangs and right now, this district attorney has basically said we cannot prosecute people for gang crimes and is not interested in prosecuting people for gun crimes, and that has really led to this surge in homicides.

– Eric Siddall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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