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Prosecuting hate crimes remains a top priority here at the Department of Justice. – Eric Dreiband	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Hate crimes threaten the health of our community life and a decade after the passage of the Shepard Byrd Act and more than 20 years after the brutal murders of the men for whom it was named, prosecuting hate crimes remains a top priority here at the Department of Justice. – Eric Dreiband	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Fentanyl disguised as a genuine pharmaceutical is a killer -- which is being proven every single day in the United States, we are aggressively targeting drug dealers responsible for trafficking illicit fentanyl, which has become the most deadly facet of the opioid epidemic. We are committed to slowing the number of overdose deaths and prosecuting those responsible for spreading this most dangerous opioid. – United States	Found on CNN 4 years ago
To be frank, the Obama administration showed little interest in prosecuting the fight against dangerous drugs. – General Bill Barr	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I would say that I've been prosecuting for 22 years, and I've not seen a 25-count murder indictment during these 22 years. – Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is genuinely interested in pursuing policies that will save lives, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam should focus on prosecuting violent criminals and fixing our broken mental health system, instead of blaming Virginia's law-abiding gun owners for the act of a deranged murderer. – Jennifer Baker	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The #MeToo movement has not spared the world of politics. As long as inequality between women and men persists, no woman will be safe from violence and harassment, we, women and men in politics, do however have a lever that can turn us into movers of change : the Istanbul Convention -- a legal instrument aimed at preventing, protecting, prosecuting and, above all, breaking the sexist pattern. – Liliane Maury Pasquier	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The attorney general is entrusted with prosecuting individual citizens and making decisions that affect the life and liberty of all Americans, so in carrying out that portion of the job, the attorney general has to be independent of narrow partisan politics. But I think it's a mistake to say that the attorney general is independent to the president in the sense that he's not, he's not there to help the president enforce the president's policy agenda. That's precisely what he's there to do. – Noel Francisco	Found on CNN 5 years ago
When you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away, now, we don't have to prosecute them, but then we're not prosecuting them for coming in illegally. That's not good. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger has a strong record that any prosecutor would be proud of, justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger rose through the ranks in the Eastern District of Virginia, from summer intern to Assistant United States Attorney who made a name for Justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger successfully prosecuting MS-13 members, Bloods members, and firearm offenders and putting them behind bars. – Jeff Sessions	Found on CNN 5 years ago
That is one of a number of allegations that prosecuting authorities have made without a shred of evidence. – Clare Montgomery	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I may have the honor of serving Alabama as your senator, but the most important thing I have done is prosecuting those klansmen who killed 4 little girls at 16th St Baptist Church. – Doug Jones	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Taking advices (sic) as he did from the deputy Attorney General Rosenstein that Comey should not have acted both as a prosecutor and an investigator. In other words, he should be investigating the Justice Department, under then-(Attorney General) Lynch should have made the decision on prosecuting. He seemed to take responsibility for both, which I think is main reason the President made his decision. – Chuck Grassley	Found on CNN 6 years ago
When you look at the history of what the (US Drug Enforcement Administration) has been prosecuting, you realize the extraordinary amounts of drugs that are being pumped into our society, we just want to see these companies change their behavior, follow the law and really do what's right -- not just for the Cherokee Nation but for our country. – Richard Fields	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Until the new US attorneys are confirmed, the dedicated career prosecutors in our US attorney's offices will continue the great work of the department in investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the most violent offenders. – Sarah Isgur Flores	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The Thai junta has sunk to a new low by charging an activist’s mother under the ‘insulting the monarchy’ law, which has been systematically abused to silence critics, prosecuting someone for her vague response to a Facebook message is just the junta’s latest outrageous twist of the lese majeste law. – Brad Adams	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The U.N.'s reputation for protecting civilians is at stake, the secretary-general's report shines a bright light on peacekeeper abuses, but countries that contribute peacekeeping troops will need to follow through on prosecuting these crimes. – Sarah Taylor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is delusional, dangerous, not to mention unconstitutional, we have a long list of criminals who own guns, who routinely purchase guns. We know who these people are, and we are not prosecuting any of them. – Carly Fiorina	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There are serious allegations that we are investigating across the whole range of Ihat investigations, which incorporates homicide, where I feel there is significant evidence to be obtained to put a strong case before the Service Prosecuting Authority to prosecute and charge. – Mark Warwick	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Thai government needs to show its sincerity about prosecuting traffickers by seriously stepping up efforts to protect witnesses who will point fingers at the corrupt officials and Rohingya trafficking gangs. – Phil Robertson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
...The U.S. has threatened “powerful and international sanctions” against those who purchase oil from ISIS. Rather than just economic sanctions, though, consideration shall be given to criminally prosecuting the oil buyers under U.S. statutes that outlaw providing material support or resources to designated terrorist organizations such as ISIS. Some U.S. terrorism laws include exterritorial jurisdiction authorizing prosecution for entirely foreign-based conduct if there are certain U.S.-connected results. – Kendall Coffey	added by SHUPirate2002 8 years ago
It's my understanding that we currently have all the authorities that we need to prosecute the campaign against ISIL, but I absolutely believe that a clear and unequivocal statement of support for the men and women that are prosecuting the campaign and our allies from their elected officials would be absolutely helpful. – Joseph Dunford	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Justice Department should resume prosecuting those who kill endangered wildlife, and the Interior Department should develop a national wolf recovery plan to ensure that the fate of wolves in an entire state cannot be determined by any number of negligent or rogue shooters. – Michael Robinson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is a lot of frustration because of the onerous restrictions that are being placed on individuals who are prosecuting air operations, the ‘mother may I?’ request chain to be able to engage is inducing delay in actually being effective. You have obvious Islamic State targets you would like to engage but you have to wait to get approval that takes hours. – David Deptula	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

Prosecuting hate crimes remains a top priority here at the Department of Justice.

– Eric Dreiband

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Hate crimes threaten the health of our community life and a decade after the passage of the Shepard Byrd Act and more than 20 years after the brutal murders of the men for whom it was named, prosecuting hate crimes remains a top priority here at the Department of Justice.

– Eric Dreiband

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Fentanyl disguised as a genuine pharmaceutical is a killer -- which is being proven every single day in the United States, we are aggressively targeting drug dealers responsible for trafficking illicit fentanyl, which has become the most deadly facet of the opioid epidemic. We are committed to slowing the number of overdose deaths and prosecuting those responsible for spreading this most dangerous opioid.

– United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

To be frank, the Obama administration showed little interest in prosecuting the fight against dangerous drugs.

– General Bill Barr

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I would say that I've been prosecuting for 22 years, and I've not seen a 25-count murder indictment during these 22 years.

– Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is genuinely interested in pursuing policies that will save lives, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam should focus on prosecuting violent criminals and fixing our broken mental health system, instead of blaming Virginia's law-abiding gun owners for the act of a deranged murderer.

– Jennifer Baker

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The #MeToo movement has not spared the world of politics. As long as inequality between women and men persists, no woman will be safe from violence and harassment, we, women and men in politics, do however have a lever that can turn us into movers of change : the Istanbul Convention -- a legal instrument aimed at preventing, protecting, prosecuting and, above all, breaking the sexist pattern.

– Liliane Maury Pasquier

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The attorney general is entrusted with prosecuting individual citizens and making decisions that affect the life and liberty of all Americans, so in carrying out that portion of the job, the attorney general has to be independent of narrow partisan politics. But I think it's a mistake to say that the attorney general is independent to the president in the sense that he's not, he's not there to help the president enforce the president's policy agenda. That's precisely what he's there to do.

– Noel Francisco

Found on CNN
5 years ago

When you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away, now, we don't have to prosecute them, but then we're not prosecuting them for coming in illegally. That's not good.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger has a strong record that any prosecutor would be proud of, justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger rose through the ranks in the Eastern District of Virginia, from summer intern to Assistant United States Attorney who made a name for Justice Department official Zachary Terwilliger successfully prosecuting MS-13 members, Bloods members, and firearm offenders and putting them behind bars.

– Jeff Sessions

Found on CNN
5 years ago

That is one of a number of allegations that prosecuting authorities have made without a shred of evidence.

– Clare Montgomery

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I may have the honor of serving Alabama as your senator, but the most important thing I have done is prosecuting those klansmen who killed 4 little girls at 16th St Baptist Church.

– Doug Jones

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Taking advices (sic) as he did from the deputy Attorney General Rosenstein that Comey should not have acted both as a prosecutor and an investigator. In other words, he should be investigating the Justice Department, under then-(Attorney General) Lynch should have made the decision on prosecuting. He seemed to take responsibility for both, which I think is main reason the President made his decision.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on CNN
6 years ago

When you look at the history of what the (US Drug Enforcement Administration) has been prosecuting, you realize the extraordinary amounts of drugs that are being pumped into our society, we just want to see these companies change their behavior, follow the law and really do what's right -- not just for the Cherokee Nation but for our country.

– Richard Fields

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Until the new US attorneys are confirmed, the dedicated career prosecutors in our US attorney's offices will continue the great work of the department in investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the most violent offenders.

– Sarah Isgur Flores

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The Thai junta has sunk to a new low by charging an activist’s mother under the ‘insulting the monarchy’ law, which has been systematically abused to silence critics, prosecuting someone for her vague response to a Facebook message is just the junta’s latest outrageous twist of the lese majeste law.

– Brad Adams

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The U.N.'s reputation for protecting civilians is at stake, the secretary-general's report shines a bright light on peacekeeper abuses, but countries that contribute peacekeeping troops will need to follow through on prosecuting these crimes.

– Sarah Taylor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is delusional, dangerous, not to mention unconstitutional, we have a long list of criminals who own guns, who routinely purchase guns. We know who these people are, and we are not prosecuting any of them.

– Carly Fiorina

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There are serious allegations that we are investigating across the whole range of Ihat investigations, which incorporates homicide, where I feel there is significant evidence to be obtained to put a strong case before the Service Prosecuting Authority to prosecute and charge.

– Mark Warwick

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Thai government needs to show its sincerity about prosecuting traffickers by seriously stepping up efforts to protect witnesses who will point fingers at the corrupt officials and Rohingya trafficking gangs.

– Phil Robertson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

...The U.S. has threatened “powerful and international sanctions” against those who purchase oil from ISIS. Rather than just economic sanctions, though, consideration shall be given to criminally prosecuting the oil buyers under U.S. statutes that outlaw providing material support or resources to designated terrorist organizations such as ISIS. Some U.S. terrorism laws include exterritorial jurisdiction authorizing prosecution for entirely foreign-based conduct if there are certain U.S.-connected results.

– Kendall Coffey

added by SHUPirate2002
8 years ago

It's my understanding that we currently have all the authorities that we need to prosecute the campaign against ISIL, but I absolutely believe that a clear and unequivocal statement of support for the men and women that are prosecuting the campaign and our allies from their elected officials would be absolutely helpful.

– Joseph Dunford

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Justice Department should resume prosecuting those who kill endangered wildlife, and the Interior Department should develop a national wolf recovery plan to ensure that the fate of wolves in an entire state cannot be determined by any number of negligent or rogue shooters.

– Michael Robinson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is a lot of frustration because of the onerous restrictions that are being placed on individuals who are prosecuting air operations, the ‘mother may I?’ request chain to be able to engage is inducing delay in actually being effective. You have obvious Islamic State targets you would like to engage but you have to wait to get approval that takes hours.

– David Deptula

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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