Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I agree with the prosecution of people directly involved with the deportations, but there should be higher priorities.
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In Wikipedia:
With the passage of the Organized Crime Control Act (OCCA) in 1970, ATF took over the regulation of explosives in the United States, as well as prosecution of persons engaged in criminal acts involving explosives.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We took a day trip to the Hague and saw the “The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 or the ICTY.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In 1993, the Salvadoran National Assembly passed an amnesty law which blocks the prosecution of persons for crimes committed during the civil war, including such high profile cases as the assassination of Oscar Romero, the murder of the Jesuits, and the massacre at El Mozote.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But you must know, as we do, that Ezam’s conviction only confirmed that there was a document from the Public Prosecutor recommending the prosecution of certain top UMNO people who were holding important government posts.
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In the British National Corpus:
Opponents of the bill had argued that it amounted to “retroactive justice” by declaring illegal acts committed in another country and allowing the prosecution of people for offences committed before they became British citizens or residents.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The Obama campaign has even threatened criminal prosecution of people who produce perfectly legal ads they don’t like.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Even our own judges and prosecutors are still in the dark in relation to prosecution of persons who traffic (human beings).
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In Wikipedia:
In criminal cases he drew public attention to himself by his cross – examination in the Bravo case in 1875, and from that time onward was connected with most criminal “causes clbres,” being conspicuous in the prosecution of fraudulent persons like Madame Rachel and Slade the medium.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Its full name is “The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Salt Lake has undertaken the prosecution of persons who recycle the
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Its full name is “The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
State Bar Act Libertarians support the repeal or sunsetting of the State Bar Act and ending the prosecution of persons for the unauthorized practice of law.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people who use firearms in self-defense.5
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Such? laws passed by Congress? might well include the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) (18 U.S. C. 3261), which allows for the prosecution of persons? employed by or accompanying the armed forces? overseas for crimes punishable by imprisonment of more than one year.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people who use firearms in self-defense.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Obama won *n’t be able to counter the argument and he’ll go forward with the criminal prosecution of people who’s only crime is that they are hated by the left.
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In Wikipedia:
Here is the relevant section of the September, 1999 United Nations report: “Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994”: ““The Prosecutor v. Jean Paul Akayesu (ICTR – 96–4 – T)” “14.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Obama voted to allow the prosecution of people who use a firearm for self-defense in their homes Illinois Senate, S. B. 2165, vote 20, 3 / 25 / 04 Obama supported increasing taxes on firearms and ammunition by 500 percent Chicago Defender, 12 / 13 / 99 Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting United States Senate, S. 397, vote 217, 7 / 29 / 05
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Independent Voters of Illinois / Independent Precinct Organization general candidate questionnaire, 9 / 9 / 96 Obama voted to allow the prosecution of people who use a firearm for self-defense in their homes.
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