How to Use prosecution in a Sentence

prosecution

noun

• The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.
• There has been an increase in prosecutions for gun-related crimes.
• The prosecution called their first witness.
• The defendant is awaiting prosecution.
• The prosecution rests, Your Honor.
• The tapes were then used later in 1974 in the corruption prosecutions of Nixon's former aides.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
• The tapes were then used later in 1974 in the corruption prosecutions of Nixon’s former aides.
  — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• The last state sentence of the officers marks the end of original prosecutions for those involved in Floyd's death.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
• New data shows the number of federal prosecutions for making threats spiked last year, and is on track to hit a new high in 2023.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• The Oath Keepers trial is the highest-profile prosecution to arise from the 2021 Capitol chaos.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• The trio resigned their positions but no charges were brought against them, despite calls for their prosecution.
  — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
• The overall timeline of the Trump prosecution matters for assessing the Supreme Court’s timing.
  — Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• The case was one of the highest-profile prosecutions of the thousand-plus lodged against participants in the Capitol riot.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
• The most recent prosecution under this dormant law was in 1843.
  — The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
• Bragg could use the testimony to prove that Trump could and would do anything to avoid prosecution for his behavior.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• Failure to register is a crime, but prosecutions have been rare.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Attorneys for Yellowhammer Fund said the threat of prosecution violates the right to free speech.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2023
• Such delays, the report said, reduce the chances of a successful prosecution.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• The former president pleaded not guilty to the charges earlier this month and claimed his prosecution by Smith is part of an attempt to harm his campaign.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
• But the shame is that some on the right will defend him because of the Justice Department’s double standard on contempt prosecutions.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2023
• The defense presented a motion to dismiss the case, saying the men were the victims of selective prosecution.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
• The questions filed by the defense and prosecution lawyers describe the potential biases each side will be looking for.
  — Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 12 Sep. 2023
• Yet in each of them, there is ample enough evidence of guilt on these fronts for prosecutions to proceed, and a lot of that evidence is, as Orwell might put it, right in front of our noses.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023
• The Kremlin scrambled to defuse the mutiny, leading to an arrangement in which Prigozhin was to leave for neighboring Belarus and avoid prosecution in Russia.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• The absence of a criminal prosecution can complicate the board’s work, experts said.
  — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• As Stanton showed, there have been no such instances of prosecutions, fines, or punishment.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
• She too was booked into jail on charges of hindering prosecution and failing to report child abuse or neglect.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
• The court’s decision in the Rahimi case could have widespread ripple effects, including in the high-profile prosecution of Hunter Biden.
  — Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
• That means there will be no prosecutions for use, growth, and possession across Washtenaw County.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2023
• The scandal led to a revamping of the statewide gang database and the criminal prosecution of several officers.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024