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Recent Examples of prosecutor from the Web
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According to The Intercept's Aaronson, prosecutors and Agbareia's attorney did not respond to requests for comment.
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The state prosecutors, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, argue that the attorneys general in New York — and Massachusetts, which is also probing Exxon — are abusing their power to prove a political point about climate change.
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Zhang remains missing and is most likely dead, according to prosecutors.
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Prosecutors offered Coleman 10 years in prison or 15 years if placed on probation.
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Judges and commissioners have interpreted the change in different ways, according to interviews with advocates, defense attorneys, prosecutors and lawmakers.
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State courts generally honor subpoenas issued by prosecutors in other jurisdictions.
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Federal prosecutors argued in a court brief in June that the jury’s only role was to determine whether Pawlak knowingly possessed and received child pornography.
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A former state prosecutor, Duterte denies condoning extrajudicial killings and remains popular with the masses who embrace his unorthodox leadership style, profanity-laced outbursts and draconian bent in an Asian bastion of democracy.
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First Known Use of prosecutor
1593
Other Legal Terms
PROSECUTOR Defined for English Language Learners
prosecutor
playDefinition of prosecutor for English Language Learners
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: a lawyer who represents the side in a court case that accuses a person of a crime and who tries to prove that the person is guilty
PROSECUTOR Defined for Kids
prosecutor
playDefinition of prosecutor for Students
: a lawyer in a criminal case who tries to prove that the accused person is guilty
Law Dictionary
prosecutor
playLegal Definition of prosecutor
1 : a person who institutes a prosecution (as by making an affidavit or complaint charging the defendant)
2 : a government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution
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