Example Sentences

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It investigates alleged crimes and prosecutes when evidentiary standards are met.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Established by the country's parliament, the KSC investigates and prosecutes suspected war crimes committed by ethnic Albanian guerrillas during the war.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Dibble and Alan Yochelson, head of the unit that prosecutes police officers for the district attorney’s office, declined to comment outside the courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

Luke, my boy, you will be just; while, if another man prosecutes him, he will see in him only the forger and the cheat, and fight his best to get him condemned.”

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville