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There are so many people in our community … who were there on August 11 who were terrorized by torch-wielding terrorists, there’s a law, a burning objects law, that says they can be prosecuted but our prosecutor’s not doing that. – James Hingeley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There need to be stringent measures taken in relation to this gang of spies, murderers and terrorists, this is treason. All these people related to such organizations, should be prosecuted a traitors. This is a matter of honor to detain the heads of these organizations no matter where they are. – Andrei Isaev	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We understand that these types of events must be prosecuted and condemned, we are in favor of penalizing this behavior. Society in general reproaches this type of behavior. The culprits must be found, brought to trial and sentenced. – The AFE	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So it is the State, the Justice and the Security Forces [police and Civil Guard] who must investigate and act immediately in the face of this type of event, then, within the sports field, there is a disciplinary code that also contemplates possible sanctions for this type of conduct. We want to insist that what happened with Vinícius is a hate crime, which is criminally prosecuted. – The AFE	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My priority in this case – and in every case I’ve prosecuted in my 25-year career – has been justice for the victim, however, it has become clear that the best way I can ensure justice is served in this case is to step down so that the prosecution can focus on the evidence and the facts, which clearly show a complete disregard for basic safety protocols led to the death of Halyna Hutchins. – Andrea Reeb	Found on CNN 1 year ago
No one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, it’s legal in many states, and criminal records for marijuana possession have led to needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities. And that’s before you address the racial disparities around who suffers the consequences. While white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people are arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The day will come when people will be prosecuted for doing good. – Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 1 year ago
This was not an overdose. This was poisoning, and, that's what my message is today. It's to all the attorney generals out there across the state, the federal prosecuting officers, the county attorneys … This is murder. And, it should be prosecuted as such. – Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us. – Joseph Sobran	added by Normando 1 year ago
We want to support those victims, but also those victims can access health care immediately, as well as to report it, by accessing health care immediately, they can get the Plan B pill that can prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place. With regard to reporting it to law enforcement, that will ensure that the rapist will be arrested and prosecuted. – Greg Abbott	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Gotabaya Rajapaksa and others accused should also be investigated and appropriately prosecuted. – Elaine Pearson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Indeed who would be prosecuted or fined should over 500 be killed in the next two years ? No doubt if over 500 were killed in a year then those responsible would claim they did not realize that the pod was so big until it was driven into the shallows and the dolphins killed, this new' quota' is meaningless for dolphins in the long run and has only hastily been announced as a thinly-veiled attempt to deceive both politicians and the press in the face of continued outrage over the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands. – Lukas Erichsen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
She violated Russian law, and now she’s being prosecuted. It’s not about being a hostage. There are lots of American citizens here. They’re enjoying their freedoms… but you have to obey the laws. – Dmitry Peskov	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What I found in my research is that women were indeed punished, even if, you know, almost none of them are prosecuted and incarcerated for having an abortion. – Leslie Reagan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I do know we've seen pretty much across the board, with very few exceptions, a real commitment of lawmakers to make it clear that the woman can not be prosecuted. – Katie Glenn	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This was the most traumatic experience of our lives. I feared that the suspect would kill us because of what we looked like — because we are Asian, we are demanding a full investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and demand that this case be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. – Patricia Roque	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Great things have come out of Black Lives Matter. We've had more black corporate hires than in the history of this country. We've passed progressive laws. The cops that killed George Floyd wouldn't have been prosecuted. So many of these cops, so many measures for accountability. It came as a result of that. – Hawk Newsome	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I hope whoever is responsible for the leaked draft opinion is fired, prosecuted, and has to serve real jail time. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Leaks of government information, by themselves, are not crimes, usually, leakers are prosecuted for leaking classified information, which this isn't, or for offenses related to how they obtained the information they leaked. – Steve Vladeck	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Matt Mowers moved to New Jersey, established residency there and then had a pattern in voting in New Jersey. New Jersey is New Jersey whether the election referred to in the statute would be a party controlled primary election in one state, versus another state months earlier, even if New Jersey were a clear violation of a clear statute within the statute of limitations, which New Jersey is not, but even if New Jersey were, there is no evidence, that I am aware of, of anybody having been prosecuted. – Charlie Spies	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The DOJ has prosecuted over 700 people, but all people who were physically present at the Capitol. – Elie Honig	Found on CNN 2 years ago
What happened January 6 was horrible and it was a terrible day, it should never happen again. And people are being prosecuted for it, but what does that have to do with the fact that people are paying exorbitant prices for everything, they can't find things, can't find workers ? – President Trump and Sen. Rubio	Found on CNN 2 years ago
What I've always said is it violated the law, and people ought to be prosecuted, it could have probably had some less ugliness to it, but it was a demonstration. – Rick Scott	Found on CNN 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

There are so many people in our community … who were there on August 11 who were terrorized by torch-wielding terrorists, there’s a law, a burning objects law, that says they can be prosecuted but our prosecutor’s not doing that.

– James Hingeley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There need to be stringent measures taken in relation to this gang of spies, murderers and terrorists, this is treason. All these people related to such organizations, should be prosecuted a traitors. This is a matter of honor to detain the heads of these organizations no matter where they are.

– Andrei Isaev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We understand that these types of events must be prosecuted and condemned, we are in favor of penalizing this behavior. Society in general reproaches this type of behavior. The culprits must be found, brought to trial and sentenced.

– The AFE

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So it is the State, the Justice and the Security Forces [police and Civil Guard] who must investigate and act immediately in the face of this type of event, then, within the sports field, there is a disciplinary code that also contemplates possible sanctions for this type of conduct. We want to insist that what happened with Vinícius is a hate crime, which is criminally prosecuted.

– The AFE

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My priority in this case – and in every case I’ve prosecuted in my 25-year career – has been justice for the victim, however, it has become clear that the best way I can ensure justice is served in this case is to step down so that the prosecution can focus on the evidence and the facts, which clearly show a complete disregard for basic safety protocols led to the death of Halyna Hutchins.

– Andrea Reeb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, it’s legal in many states, and criminal records for marijuana possession have led to needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities. And that’s before you address the racial disparities around who suffers the consequences. While white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people are arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The day will come when people will be prosecuted for doing good.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
1 year ago

This was not an overdose. This was poisoning, and, that's what my message is today. It's to all the attorney generals out there across the state, the federal prosecuting officers, the county attorneys … This is murder. And, it should be prosecuted as such.

– Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us.

– Joseph Sobran

added by Normando
1 year ago

We want to support those victims, but also those victims can access health care immediately, as well as to report it, by accessing health care immediately, they can get the Plan B pill that can prevent a pregnancy from occurring in the first place. With regard to reporting it to law enforcement, that will ensure that the rapist will be arrested and prosecuted.

– Greg Abbott

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Gotabaya Rajapaksa and others accused should also be investigated and appropriately prosecuted.

– Elaine Pearson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Indeed who would be prosecuted or fined should over 500 be killed in the next two years ? No doubt if over 500 were killed in a year then those responsible would claim they did not realize that the pod was so big until it was driven into the shallows and the dolphins killed, this new' quota' is meaningless for dolphins in the long run and has only hastily been announced as a thinly-veiled attempt to deceive both politicians and the press in the face of continued outrage over the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands.

– Lukas Erichsen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She violated Russian law, and now she’s being prosecuted. It’s not about being a hostage. There are lots of American citizens here. They’re enjoying their freedoms… but you have to obey the laws.

– Dmitry Peskov

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What I found in my research is that women were indeed punished, even if, you know, almost none of them are prosecuted and incarcerated for having an abortion.

– Leslie Reagan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I do know we've seen pretty much across the board, with very few exceptions, a real commitment of lawmakers to make it clear that the woman can not be prosecuted.

– Katie Glenn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This was the most traumatic experience of our lives. I feared that the suspect would kill us because of what we looked like — because we are Asian, we are demanding a full investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and demand that this case be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

– Patricia Roque

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Great things have come out of Black Lives Matter. We've had more black corporate hires than in the history of this country. We've passed progressive laws. The cops that killed George Floyd wouldn't have been prosecuted. So many of these cops, so many measures for accountability. It came as a result of that.

– Hawk Newsome

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I hope whoever is responsible for the leaked draft opinion is fired, prosecuted, and has to serve real jail time.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Leaks of government information, by themselves, are not crimes, usually, leakers are prosecuted for leaking classified information, which this isn't, or for offenses related to how they obtained the information they leaked.

– Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Matt Mowers moved to New Jersey, established residency there and then had a pattern in voting in New Jersey. New Jersey is New Jersey whether the election referred to in the statute would be a party controlled primary election in one state, versus another state months earlier, even if New Jersey were a clear violation of a clear statute within the statute of limitations, which New Jersey is not, but even if New Jersey were, there is no evidence, that I am aware of, of anybody having been prosecuted.

– Charlie Spies

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The DOJ has prosecuted over 700 people, but all people who were physically present at the Capitol.

– Elie Honig

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What happened January 6 was horrible and it was a terrible day, it should never happen again. And people are being prosecuted for it, but what does that have to do with the fact that people are paying exorbitant prices for everything, they can't find things, can't find workers ?

– President Trump and Sen. Rubio

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What I've always said is it violated the law, and people ought to be prosecuted, it could have probably had some less ugliness to it, but it was a demonstration.

– Rick Scott

Found on CNN
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

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