prosecution
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"As a result of our enquiries, a file has been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider a charging decision," the force said.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
Prosecution should be reserved for cases in which companies or people “willingly choose not to comply, thereby causing or risking substantial public harm,” the White House wrote in a May 2025 executive order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
The scheme allows victims of crime to request a formal review of a decision by the police or the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute a suspect or to drop a case.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Prosecution lawyer Rosemary Walsh KC asked Sir Jeffrey about a meeting he had with Complainant B at the Christian Family Centre in Armoy in the late 1990s.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
If a Drop of Innocent Blood should be shed, in the Prosecution of the Witchcrafts among us, how unhappy are we!
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton
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