not warranted

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If no case is filed, state prosecutors must release a report detailing the evidence and the legal reasoning for why charges were not warranted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

"I don’t understand this – it doesn’t make any sense - it's not warranted and not needed," Mr Nicholl said.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

But prosecutors said in the filing that sending him to prison for the rest of his life was not warranted, despite the severity of his crime, because of his relative youth.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

“Given the absence of an identified safety defect based on available information and FCA’s customer satisfaction campaign which addresses the failure mode, further action is not warranted at this time,” the agency wrote.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

"I can see that you are in a state of excitement which is not warranted by anything I understand."

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard