prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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But many other analysts expect the court to be sympathetic to concerns about the expansion of prosecutorial power and to rule against the government.
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Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
The two news organizations, as part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, have reported extensively on Elkhart’s system of law enforcement, chronicling wrongful convictions, prosecutorial misconduct, and dubious investigative tactics and criminal wrongdoing by police.
—Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2024
Maricopa County attorney The county attorney serves as the head of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, one of the nation's largest prosecutorial agencies.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
And special counsels have historically been appointed to investigate crimes, not to revisit prosecutorial decisions made by Justice Department leaders.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
His lawyers sought a 90-day delay, or an outright dismissal, blaming prosecutorial misconduct for the last-minute cache of documents.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
As is routine with any drug arrest and for prosecutorial purposes, the pills will be submitted for laboratory testing and analysis to confirm the drug’s identification and composition.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
Far from prosecutorial misconduct involving potential evidence, Merchan said, prosecutors were doing their best to be careful and thorough with their handling of that material.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
But that conventional approach, rooted in prosecutorial muscle memory, yielded little.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
The two news organizations, as part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, have reported extensively on Elkhart’s system of law enforcement, chronicling wrongful convictions, prosecutorial misconduct, and dubious investigative tactics and criminal wrongdoing by police.
—Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2024
Maricopa County attorney The county attorney serves as the head of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, one of the nation's largest prosecutorial agencies.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
And special counsels have historically been appointed to investigate crimes, not to revisit prosecutorial decisions made by Justice Department leaders.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
His lawyers sought a 90-day delay, or an outright dismissal, blaming prosecutorial misconduct for the last-minute cache of documents.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
As is routine with any drug arrest and for prosecutorial purposes, the pills will be submitted for laboratory testing and analysis to confirm the drug’s identification and composition.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
Far from prosecutorial misconduct involving potential evidence, Merchan said, prosecutors were doing their best to be careful and thorough with their handling of that material.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
But that conventional approach, rooted in prosecutorial muscle memory, yielded little.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtōr-ē-əl
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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