prosecution
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The prosecution said that man was George Stana.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
No, Ms. Brown was interested in grief, memory, selective prosecution, hasty police work, the politics of law enforcement, and the need to mollify the public when a heinous crime has been committed and goes unsolved.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The successful prosecution of his younger brother, two years earlier, was at the heart of Juan Orlando Hernández's conviction.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
He continued: "The prosecution case is that these defendants, together with Mr Andrei, were recruited to undertake a proxy attack on Mr Zeraati on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The "Pumpkin Papers" emerged as Exhibit A in Alger Hiss's prosecution, in a trial that lasted from November 1949 to January 1950.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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