Sentences with 'prosecute'
Example sentences and phrases with the word prosecute and other words derived from it.
• « At the Nuremberg Trials, organised to legally prosecute Nazi leaders, they were charged with Crimes Against Humanity, an entirely new category of crime designed by the victorious Allies to deal with the enormity of what they still called "Nazi atrocities". »
• « Despite all the publicity surrounding the controversial affair, an internal report by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs, dated August 1990, stated that there was probably not enough evidence to prosecute any of the companies involved. »
• « However, the Navigation Act of 1696 created the Board of Trade, replacing the Lords of Trade. This act, intended to strengthen the enforcement of customs laws, also established vice-admiralty courts in which the crown could prosecute offenders of customs laws without the need for a jury. »