Thesaurus results for PROSECUTORS

prosecutors

noun

plural of prosecutor

as in lawyers

an officer of the court who represents the government in a criminal case and who tries to prove that the person accused of committing a crime is guilty

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Recent Examples of prosecutors At Hansen’s trial in 2009, prosecutors argued that the pair had plotted to kill MacNeil, 63, for money. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 Because Lindsay Clancy agreed to what’s called a stipulation of facts in the case, prosecutors don’t have to present all of their evidence in court. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, learned on Friday that prosecutors intend to try him for a second time on the charges. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Davis was at the Tyson fight but not the brawl, prosecutors say. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Last year, just weeks after the homicide, Solano County prosecutors charged Evans with fatally shooting 19-year-old Tamarcus Williams on the 300 block of West Texas Street in Fairfield, court records show. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 State prosecutors have argued their case is distinct, and that double jeopardy should not apply. — Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 The 2020 killing of Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Jackson, occurred when Jester was 15 years old, according to a sentencing memo written by prosecutors. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The motion also claims both sets of prosecutors overcharged him. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

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At the oral argument on appeal, Judges Eric Clay, Rachel Bloomekatz, and Julia Gibbons spent almost an hour pressing the lawyers, and the questioning suggested skepticism of Kalshi’s position.

— The Insider, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Whether defendant Tyler Robinson acted out of political animus could be key for prosecutors seeking the death penalty — or for his attorneys in taking that punishment off the table.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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