41.   The bill would give federal authorities jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute such crimes and to aid local law enforcement.

42.   The bill would allow the federal government to prosecute crimes motivated by race, gender and sexual orientation that are now outside its reach.

43.   The broad juvenile justice legislation, which addresses preventing and prosecuting violent crime, has awaited full Senate consideration since July.

44.   The commission does not have power to prosecute crimes.

45.   The court would prosecute international crimes when national legal systems are unwilling or unable to do so.

46.   The declaration includes a pledge to modernize extradition treaties and criminal justice institutions in general to ensure that crimes are effectively prosecuted across the hemisphere.

47.   The focus shifted from merely prosecuting crime, to trying to prevent it.

48.   The Nuremberg Principles established the authority of the international community to prosecute crimes committed by a state against its own people.

49.   The proposal would not establish new crimes, but would make it easier for officials to investigate and prosecute environmental crimes such as illegal dumping of toxic wastes.

50.   The regulations for the military tribunals do not specify what crimes may be prosecuted but identify violations of the laws of war.