bring to trial
idiom
: to put into a situation in which evidence is presented in a court to a judge and often a jury to decide if one is guilty of a crime
He was arrested but not brought to trial.
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He was acquitted after the jury deliberated less than eight hours in a case that took six years to bring to trial.
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Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
But Ukraine’s prosecutor general Andriy Kostin has vowed to investigate all of them and to bring to trial all those in which enough evidence can be gathered.
—Liz Sly, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
But Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, has vowed to investigate all of them and to bring to trial all those in which enough evidence can be gathered.
—Liz Sly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
Likar and others said one reason for the drop in clearance rates is that these cases have been proven exceptionally difficult to solve or bring to trial.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 June 2022
But in 2008, Kelly was acquitted of those charges by a jury that deliberated less than eight hours over a case that took six years to bring to trial.
—Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
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Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
But Ukraine’s prosecutor general Andriy Kostin has vowed to investigate all of them and to bring to trial all those in which enough evidence can be gathered.
—Liz Sly, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
But Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, has vowed to investigate all of them and to bring to trial all those in which enough evidence can be gathered.
—Liz Sly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
Likar and others said one reason for the drop in clearance rates is that these cases have been proven exceptionally difficult to solve or bring to trial.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 June 2022
But in 2008, Kelly was acquitted of those charges by a jury that deliberated less than eight hours over a case that took six years to bring to trial.
—Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
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“Bring to trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20to%20trial. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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