NOUN
- the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
How To Use criminal prosecution In A Sentence
- In cases involving criminal prosecution of unlawful belligerents, this could mean imposing peacetime rules on the collection of evidence.
- You lose credibility when you try to interpret a declination of criminal prosecution as an "exoneration" of anybody involved in the firings. Not Prosecuting Isn't the Same as Being Exonerated
- The President asked for opinions as to the likelihood of criminal prosecution of Poindexter and North.
- By June this year, the Task Force had successfully commenced 17 criminal prosecutions in the courts of law with only three of the prosecuted cases falling through.
- The couple held hands, the hearing officer remembered, and seemed intent on resolving the issue short of a criminal prosecution.
- As well , the EPA may recommend against criminal prosecution a firm that meets the nine criteria.
- Thus the headman had a veto over criminal prosecutions for the petty offences over which village tribunals had exclusive jurisdiction.
- But perhaps the most satisfying conclusion that he made was that Mitchell is suffering from "malingering" -- faking psychological symptoms to avoid criminal prosecution for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. Robin Sax: "The People" Have the Right to a Speedy Trial, Too!
- But criminal prosecution requires proof beyond reasonable doubt that the person charged committed the offence.
- A formal procedure hedged with safeguards would protect doctors from criminal prosecution.