prosecution
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Justice Robert C. Grier was assigned to the Christiana case, and he initially seemed friendly to the prosecution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Testimony reopened scars of unnecessary episiotomies, which prosecution witness Mack equated to a perineal tear.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Labour politician, 55, was found guilty by a magistrate last month of keeping an unlicensed vehicle, in a criminal prosecution brought by the DVLA.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A British independent inquiry opened in 2022 is still ongoing and the report does not mention any prosecution in the US.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
As nearly everyone knows, Clarence Darrow, for the defense, roundly humiliated William Jennings Bryan, for the prosecution, but what most people don’t realize is that Darrow lost the case.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The prosecutions led to the imprisonment of Leon Baptiste, a UK Athletics coach and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist for England in the 200m.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
There is no public confirmation of prosecutions in any of the 17 cases, despite the entreaties of the Mexican government to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Without evidence of a coordinated effort or plot, it didn’t make sense to put resources into such prosecutions, a former DOJ official who oversaw election cases said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
New York’s highest court ruled the dual prosecutions were permissible because some of the charges were legally distinct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The other affidavit was from a defense attorney who had extensive experience in state prosecutions.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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