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They told him they weren’t going to prosecute him, then 10 years later, they revoked it, after what? After he gave a deposition. – Jennifer Bonjean	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He's the one who's telling us he's not going to charge people with gun crimes and fully prosecute them, according to the law. So it's just lip service from people like him. And unfortunately, that has real-world consequences, every single police action, whether it's a domestic violence response like this or a traffic stop, has the potential of going south. And if police officers are not going to be protected by the law, if the prosecutors are going to go after the people, then we have to reconsider whether it's even worth the risk of sending cops in the first place. – Joe Borelli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Mayor after mayor that tolerates this sort of thing, that decriminalizes even minor offenses, that don't believe in putting people in jail – when your prosecutors are elected, who prosecute certain people who are committing very minor offenses, but then allow other people to go who are committing offenses of moral turpitude and so forth, this is what you get, when Ronald Reagan was governor of California, none of that crap would be going on in L.A. or anyplace else for that matter. – Mark Levin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
None of those cases came to us, we can not prosecute an empty chair. – George Gascón	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that. – Betsy Brantner-Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are hoping that he will fight for a reversal of bail reform in New York. We hope that he is going to hold the newly elected Manhattan district attorney accountable for any failures to prosecute violent criminals and gun crime, mayor Adams has been talking a lot about gun crime. And yet when you look at the realities of the gun laws in New York as opposed to how they are prosecuted, there are a lot of failures there that I hope the mayor recognizes and speaks out against. – Betsy Brantner-Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I am completely innocent of these charges, the government is spending millions of dollars to prosecute me for a case that should have never been filed. Meanwhile, they continue to allow Trump and his co-conspirators to walk free and suffer no consequences for their criminal conduct. That is not justice. – Michael Avenatti	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
These are sociopathic killers that have to be sequestered from society, turn yourselves in. We will find you, and we will prosecute you. – James Butts	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What has happened on this stretch of the Union Pacific railroad is unacceptable, we are committed to an all-of-government approach to prevent thefts, prosecute the criminals involved, and clean up local communities. – Gavin Newsom	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s unlikely that we will be able to, in the near future, investigate or prosecute these human rights violation cases from North Korea, having these civil lawsuits and being able to actually have these punitive damages or other financial penalties imposed on North Korea from a human rights angle, I think that’s pretty important. – Ethan Hee-Seok Shin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When you say, ‘here's a list of crimes I'm not going to prosecute,’ -- Yeah, you are not a good D.A., and you are not a good prosecutor. That shouldn't be the first thing you do when you become D.A. – Jon Hatami	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
County Attorney Dee Hobbs is still trying to prosecute me. He should immediately dismiss the charges against both Dustin and me. i was literally dragged off the public comments stand in the middle of my lawful speech. – Ryan Deck	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Human trafficking — whether in the form of forced labor, sex trafficking, or other offenses — is an abhorrent abuse of power and a profoundly immoral crime that strikes at the safety, health, and dignity of millions of people worldwide, during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The police are doing their due diligence to try to solve these crimes and hold people accountable for these crimes, the district attorney's office is not willing to prosecute and hold these criminals accountable. – Jason Young	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To prosecute him and kind of make an example out of him, I don’t think would’ve happened number one if he wasn’t a Latino and number two if he wasn’t an immigrant, i think race played a role in this. – Domingo Garcia	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The phone may have evidence implicating Alec Baldwin, and why help the district attorney’s office prosecute you when you do n’t have to ? law enforcement is looking for evidence of Baldwin’s knowledge, specifically evidence that Alec Baldwin knew the gun had previously misfired, that there were live rounds on set and that the revolver was loaded with live ammunition and not blanks. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Drug crimes need to be used to prosecute the traffickers, not the users, i’ve visited the border, I’ve seen the huge amounts of opioids, fentanyl-related substances, methamphetamines — I’ve seen them. The [district attorney] has shown me those that they’ve confiscated. – John Joyce	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There is no playbook about how to prosecute a school shooting and candidly, I wish I'd never even had -- it didn't occur so I wouldn't have to consider it, but when we sat down, I wanted to make sure all of the victims were represented in the charges that we filed against this individual, if that's not terrorism, I don't know what is. – Karen McDonald	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's no political will to prosecute the people in this climate. Why should a police officer waste time getting into an altercation when the person is not going to jail because it's overcrowded and a prosecutor is not going to prosecute that case because it's not high on the priority list ? the takeaway is we need the political will, more prosecution and backing of law enforcement. – Pete Eliadis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If he were alive today ... I'd probably try to prosecute him for arson. But I can't because the defendant killed him. – Thomas Binger	Found on CNN 2 years ago
SLED agents continue to work diligently to bring justice to all victims in these cases. As I have previously stated, our agents remain committed to following the facts no matter where they lead us, i have been in contact with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. From very early on in this investigation SLED has utilized federal resources as needed. We will continue to call upon our federal partners as their assistance is needed to successfully investigate and prosecute specific aspects of these cases. – Mark Keel	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I’m from the home of college basketball and I’m very passionate, but there is a line that doesn’t need to be crossed, we’re not looking to try to prosecute the passionate fan that is there rooting for their team. But when it crosses the line and becomes a criminal offense, that changes the dynamic ... so to be able to put the NBA in contact with the right people in each jurisdiction, I think is very important and you need that groundwork done before an incident happens. – Billy West	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are aware that there are possible additional fires here in Shasta County that she may be linked to as well as other charges in other fires, statewide, my office will not hesitate to prosecute( any) person who either intentionally or recklessly starts a fire. – District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett	Found on CNN 2 years ago

They told him they weren’t going to prosecute him, then 10 years later, they revoked it, after what? After he gave a deposition.

– Jennifer Bonjean

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He's the one who's telling us he's not going to charge people with gun crimes and fully prosecute them, according to the law. So it's just lip service from people like him. And unfortunately, that has real-world consequences, every single police action, whether it's a domestic violence response like this or a traffic stop, has the potential of going south. And if police officers are not going to be protected by the law, if the prosecutors are going to go after the people, then we have to reconsider whether it's even worth the risk of sending cops in the first place.

– Joe Borelli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mayor after mayor that tolerates this sort of thing, that decriminalizes even minor offenses, that don't believe in putting people in jail – when your prosecutors are elected, who prosecute certain people who are committing very minor offenses, but then allow other people to go who are committing offenses of moral turpitude and so forth, this is what you get, when Ronald Reagan was governor of California, none of that crap would be going on in L.A. or anyplace else for that matter.

– Mark Levin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

None of those cases came to us, we can not prosecute an empty chair.

– George Gascón

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that.

– Betsy Brantner-Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are hoping that he will fight for a reversal of bail reform in New York. We hope that he is going to hold the newly elected Manhattan district attorney accountable for any failures to prosecute violent criminals and gun crime, mayor Adams has been talking a lot about gun crime. And yet when you look at the realities of the gun laws in New York as opposed to how they are prosecuted, there are a lot of failures there that I hope the mayor recognizes and speaks out against.

– Betsy Brantner-Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am completely innocent of these charges, the government is spending millions of dollars to prosecute me for a case that should have never been filed. Meanwhile, they continue to allow Trump and his co-conspirators to walk free and suffer no consequences for their criminal conduct. That is not justice.

– Michael Avenatti

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These are sociopathic killers that have to be sequestered from society, turn yourselves in. We will find you, and we will prosecute you.

– James Butts

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What has happened on this stretch of the Union Pacific railroad is unacceptable, we are committed to an all-of-government approach to prevent thefts, prosecute the criminals involved, and clean up local communities.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s unlikely that we will be able to, in the near future, investigate or prosecute these human rights violation cases from North Korea, having these civil lawsuits and being able to actually have these punitive damages or other financial penalties imposed on North Korea from a human rights angle, I think that’s pretty important.

– Ethan Hee-Seok Shin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When you say, ‘here's a list of crimes I'm not going to prosecute,’ -- Yeah, you are not a good D.A., and you are not a good prosecutor. That shouldn't be the first thing you do when you become D.A.

– Jon Hatami

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

County Attorney Dee Hobbs is still trying to prosecute me. He should immediately dismiss the charges against both Dustin and me. i was literally dragged off the public comments stand in the middle of my lawful speech.

– Ryan Deck

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Human trafficking — whether in the form of forced labor, sex trafficking, or other offenses — is an abhorrent abuse of power and a profoundly immoral crime that strikes at the safety, health, and dignity of millions of people worldwide, during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we reaffirm our commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking, to prosecute traffickers, and to bring an end to human trafficking in the United States and around the world.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The police are doing their due diligence to try to solve these crimes and hold people accountable for these crimes, the district attorney's office is not willing to prosecute and hold these criminals accountable.

– Jason Young

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To prosecute him and kind of make an example out of him, I don’t think would’ve happened number one if he wasn’t a Latino and number two if he wasn’t an immigrant, i think race played a role in this.

– Domingo Garcia

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The phone may have evidence implicating Alec Baldwin, and why help the district attorney’s office prosecute you when you do n’t have to ? law enforcement is looking for evidence of Baldwin’s knowledge, specifically evidence that Alec Baldwin knew the gun had previously misfired, that there were live rounds on set and that the revolver was loaded with live ammunition and not blanks.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Drug crimes need to be used to prosecute the traffickers, not the users, i’ve visited the border, I’ve seen the huge amounts of opioids, fentanyl-related substances, methamphetamines — I’ve seen them. The [district attorney] has shown me those that they’ve confiscated.

– John Joyce

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There is no playbook about how to prosecute a school shooting and candidly, I wish I'd never even had -- it didn't occur so I wouldn't have to consider it, but when we sat down, I wanted to make sure all of the victims were represented in the charges that we filed against this individual, if that's not terrorism, I don't know what is.

– Karen McDonald

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's no political will to prosecute the people in this climate. Why should a police officer waste time getting into an altercation when the person is not going to jail because it's overcrowded and a prosecutor is not going to prosecute that case because it's not high on the priority list ? the takeaway is we need the political will, more prosecution and backing of law enforcement.

– Pete Eliadis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If he were alive today ... I'd probably try to prosecute him for arson. But I can't because the defendant killed him.

– Thomas Binger

Found on CNN
2 years ago

SLED agents continue to work diligently to bring justice to all victims in these cases. As I have previously stated, our agents remain committed to following the facts no matter where they lead us, i have been in contact with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. From very early on in this investigation SLED has utilized federal resources as needed. We will continue to call upon our federal partners as their assistance is needed to successfully investigate and prosecute specific aspects of these cases.

– Mark Keel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m from the home of college basketball and I’m very passionate, but there is a line that doesn’t need to be crossed, we’re not looking to try to prosecute the passionate fan that is there rooting for their team. But when it crosses the line and becomes a criminal offense, that changes the dynamic ... so to be able to put the NBA in contact with the right people in each jurisdiction, I think is very important and you need that groundwork done before an incident happens.

– Billy West

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are aware that there are possible additional fires here in Shasta County that she may be linked to as well as other charges in other fires, statewide, my office will not hesitate to prosecute( any) person who either intentionally or recklessly starts a fire.

– District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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