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- adjective Of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
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- adjective criminal law Relating to a
prosecuting criminal cases.
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Examples
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RANDOLPH: The state -- what they call a prosecutorial system.
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U.S. District J.dge Cormac J. Carney threw out the fraud case in December, citing what he called prosecutorial misconduct and a lack of evidence.
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Despite what he described as a prosecutorial misstep in the stock fraud case, Christie said Kelley, who had since gone to private practice, was the best qualified lawyer for the monitoring job.
unknown title 2009
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In order to eliminate marijuana use, state and federal legislators have sanctioned an enormous increase in prosecutorial power, the emergence of a class of professional informers, and the widespread confiscation of private property by the government without trial -- legal weapons reminiscent of those used in the former Soviet-bloc nations.
More Reefer Madness 1997
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It is not a stretch to call the prosecutorial excess being engaged by Justice "extortion."
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The judge in the Stevens case has repeatedly delayed sentencing and criticized trial prosecutors for what he's called prosecutorial misconduct.
A.G. Eric Holder will void the conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens and dismiss the indictment. Ann Althouse 2009
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And he recognized that there was a larger issue here called prosecutorial zealots -- that is, runaway prosecutors who, quite simply, in many cases don ` t care.
No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times 2003
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Department of Homeland Security officials announced last month that a federal working group will use what's known as prosecutorial discretion to determine more sympathetic cases and put the full focus on deporting hardened criminals.
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Department of Homeland Security officials announced last month that a federal working group will use what's known as prosecutorial discretion to determine more sympathetic cases and put the full focus on deporting hardened criminals.
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Department of Homeland Security officials announced last month that a federal working group will use what's known as prosecutorial discretion to determine more sympathetic cases and put the full focus on deporting hardened criminals.
hernesheir commented on the word prosecutorial
panvocalic, oeuoia
June 9, 2010