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Prosecuted cases peaked in 2020, with 41 anti-race/ethnicity cases filed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Prosecuted for a shortfall of £36,000 in 2006, she was persuaded to plead guilty to a charge of false accounting.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

Prosecuted in 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison and his teaching license was revoked.

From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2016

Prosecuted twice and convicted once, Lawson brought suit six years ago seeking damages from police officials and trying to get the vagrancy law struck down.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prosecuted before juries, all these journals were acquitted.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.