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prosecutor

[pros-i-kyoo-ter] / ˈprɒs ɪˌkju tər /
NOUN
accuser
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NOUN
plaintiff
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Sometimes, even when the prosecutor involved almost certainly knows something other than justice is in the works, there is a momentum of ego and bureaucracy that is hard to reverse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

A prosecutor who is willing to change his or her mind is critical to delivering real justice, because people get things wrong.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The following month, Trump nominated McDonald—the Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer who had represented Live Nation in the settlement—to be Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The prosecutor said evidence from the boy - now in his 20s - was also "straightforward and not contrived".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

I took the risk of talking to a few local lawyers about whether the new prosecutor might acknowledge that the conviction was unreliable and support a new trial if there was compelling new evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Washington, as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, have been involved in the latest investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

According to state prosecutors, Castro falsely claimed that Sosa-Celis and another man had attacked an ICE agent with a broom and shovel, and that he had simply acted in self defense.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

U.S. prosecutors have no mandate to respond to Mexican inquiries.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Anne Donaghy is one of three people referred to prosecutors for consideration over alleged misconduct in public office at Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

His alibi—that he was with another woman—checked out, and it became clear that the forger who had implicated Brown had fabricated his story hoping to bargain with prosecutors for better prison conditions.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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