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Optimists and pessimists debated whether the case showed 1) the persistence of racial violence or 2) a growing resolve to prosecute it.
But the specter of a criminal indictment by Starr stirs up suspicion among Democrats that these findings of fact might help Starr prosecute Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a South Carolina child-endangerment law that has been used to prosecute pregnant women who imperil their fetuses by using illegal drugs.
The piece claims that China has successfully devised a new espionage strategy that can "consistently defeat our ability to investigate or prosecute spying offenses."
What behavior would he or she prosecute?