If she wants to go easy on a given defendant, she can indict for the most minor possible crime, present a skimpy criminal history, and downplay the offense.

CNN: Testing sentencing guidelines' constitutionality

In that case, it would be no answer for the prosecutor to argue that everyone agrees that murder is wrong since the prosecutor would be authorized under such a statute to indict someone for conduct that not everyone agrees is wrong.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Feds indict auction chiefs for price-fixing.

FORBES: The Taubman Trial

Ms. White faced a tough decision: She could indict the Egyptian cleric for plotting to blow up major U.S. landmarks or seek to throw him out of the country for lying on his entry documents.

WSJ: Both Sides of SEC Nominee Face Heat

Prosecutors have yet to indict Madoff, postponing that deadline for a second time Wednesday, while they scrounge for assets to recover and return to investors.

FORBES: The Madoff Ponzi

And I was listening to the French foreign minister and I was reminded, because I've argued for another option to war, which was to indict Saddam Hussein and leading members of his regime.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

For months, officials in the Obama Administration pressed Karzai to indict, or at least get rid of, some of the corrupt people around him.

NEWYORKER: The Afghan Bank Heist

Before the indictments were announced, sources close to the investigation told CNN that U.S. law enforcement may not have enough evidence to indict Iranian intelligence officials, though U.S. officials have said for months they are suspected of helping to plan the attack.

CNN: Khobar Towers indictments returned