the prosecution
noun
: the side of a legal case which argues that a person who is accused of a crime is guilty : the lawyer or lawyers who prosecute someone in a court case
The prosecution called their first witness.
The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.
—often used before another nounprosecution attorneys/lawyers
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Their ire also extends to President Joe Biden, whom Trump has claimed, without evidence, was behind the prosecution despite the case being handled entirely at the state level.
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 1 June 2024
Since the prosecution requested the death penalty, the case will proceed to a sentencing phase.
—Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 30 May 2024
In this case, the jury may well have been persuaded by the prosecution’s argument that the crime covered up was essentially a scheme to defraud the American people by concealing information about the character and conduct of a presidential candidate.
—Gabriel J. Chin, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Jurors' guilty verdict signals that — beyond a reasonable doubt — the evidence presented to them supported the prosecution's story.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
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Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 1 June 2024
Since the prosecution requested the death penalty, the case will proceed to a sentencing phase.
—Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 30 May 2024
In this case, the jury may well have been persuaded by the prosecution’s argument that the crime covered up was essentially a scheme to defraud the American people by concealing information about the character and conduct of a presidential candidate.
—Gabriel J. Chin, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Jurors' guilty verdict signals that — beyond a reasonable doubt — the evidence presented to them supported the prosecution's story.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
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“The prosecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20prosecution. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
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