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criminal prosecution

NOUN
  1. 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.
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