Antonym: defense. Similar words: prosecutor, execution, consecutive, executive, section, speculation, pollution, evolution. Meaning: ['prɑsɪ'kjuːʃn /'prɒ-] n. 1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior 2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant 3. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
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121. Six parliamentary deputies faced criminal prosecution once their parliamentary immunity had been removed.
122. Its work force buckles under the 90, 000-prisoner caseload, as about 150 prosecution investigators struggle with some 600 cases each.
123. Failure to comply with these conditions could result in prosecution.
124. The Crown Prosecution Service decided there was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction.
125. However, there are no reported cases of a criminal prosecution for failure to report a case of child abuse or neglect.
126. The legal rights of children are emphasized, as are the prosecution and punishment of negligent or abusive parents.
127. This is to enable the prosecution to find and charge the other person.
128. Mahmoud was responsible for collecting the evidence, deciding whether there was a case, and then carrying through prosecution.
129. The prosecution alleges that Allitt injected Kayley with air and possibly another substance.
130. For the prosecution case to stand, it will be necessary to prove that Lenny McLean struck the fatal blow.
131. To his right was a heavy curtain behind which prosecution witnesses could be concealed.
132. Manning said Las Vegas police never recommended a prosecution in the hotel beating because Anderson declined to press charges.
133. The prosecution dropped the charges in 1976, announcing that the principal witness was too ill to ever testify.
134. He went further and said that the prosecution bore that burden whenever the issue of prejudice through delay was raised.
135. At Gloucester Prison while on remand awaiting trial the prosecution say Gardiner made threats against White.
136. The prosecution sought to adduce in evidence documents which contained statements made by the defendant in the earlier bankruptcy proceedings.
137. This would only be effective if it were accompanied by changes in policing practice and prosecution policy.
138. They changed the subject by noting their prosecution of some highly publicized cases against the Klan and other white supremacist organizations.
139. The court dismissed the charge against him when the prosecution offered no evidence.
140. Five members of the network pleaded guilty, and agreed to cooperate with the prosecution.
141. In many cases, it will be hard for the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he is lying.
142. Combs said he did not see a man throwing money at him, an incident that the prosecution says sparked the clash.
143. The prosecution alleges Hammond attacked the girl with his hands, fists(Sentencedict.com), a ruler and the flex from an electric kettle.
144. The prosecution does not have to show that the weapon of offence was intended to be used during the burglary.
145. Davis later returned and moved her cadaver to the Cloverdale spot, according to the prosecution theory.
146. Sir Joh, however, challenging the prosecution to mount a retrial, insisted that no Queensland jury would ever convict him.
147. Failure to observe that enforcement notice can result in a prosecution in the local magistrates' court.
148. Eighteen months later an appellate court reversed the convictions and criticized the conduct of the trial judge and the prosecution.
149. The prosecution said the demonstrators had committed a criminal act.
150. One of these is to improve prosecution and conviction rates.
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