prosecutorial

adjective pros·e·cu·to·ri·al \ ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtȯr-ē-əl \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Definition of prosecutorial

: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution

Recent Examples of prosecutorial from the Web

David Temple, the Alief Hastings High School football coach whose conviction for his wife's murder was overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct, is set for trial on Feb. 2, 2019, just over 20 years from the date of the notorious slaying.

— brian rogers, Houston Chronicle, "David Temple gets trial date: Timeline of 20-year-old Katy murder case," 29 May 2018
As special counsel, Mr. Mueller exercises prosecutorial powers that are manifestly executive.

— the editorial board, WSJ, "Congress and the Special Counsel," 18 Apr. 2018
But neither is there any credible evidence that Mueller and his team are engaged in any prosecutorial misconduct.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "Tariffs give endangered Dems an out," 7 Mar. 2018
Months later, the case was dismissed before his sentencing amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

— marwa eltagouri, Washington Post, "Judge acquits Sen. Robert Menendez on several counts in bribery case," 24 Jan. 2018
Since his election last fall, Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, has been working to dismantle the prosecutorial practices that gave the city the highest incarceration rate of any major metropolitan area nationwide.

— maya wiley, The New Republic, "Power of the Prosecutor," 24 May 2018
In Justice Today reports that Louisiana currently has the country’s highest incarceration rate and the second-highest exoneration rate per capita, most of those cases due to police or prosecutorial misconduct (emphasis ours).

— angela helm, The Root, "Louisiana Prosecutors Try but Can’t Stop Ex-Felons From Regaining Voting Rights," 23 May 2018
That Phillips has been accused of prosecutorial misconduct?

— darrell smith, sacbee, "Ad Watch: Schubert’s ad claims against challenger are ‘iffy’ | The Sacramento Bee," 21 May 2018
Thus, the most one can say about yesterday’s tweet is that President Trump — by demanding an investigation personally, in the midst of a tweet storm — is transgressing important norms of prosecutorial independence.

— sean illing, Vox, "8 legal experts on whether Trump’s demand for an investigation into the FBI is legal," 21 May 2018

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