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prosecutor

[pros-i-kyoo-ter] / ˈprɒs ɪˌkju tər /
NOUN
accuser
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NOUN
plaintiff
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A former Missouri prosecutor Krasner hired to review the case said in an affidavit that Johnson’s innocence claim should be rejected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

A similar case had also been under way involving a second former camp guard at Senne, Dortmund public prosecutor Sonja Frodermann said in a statement.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

That conviction was overturned in 2021 because of a non-prosecution agreement struck with a previous prosecutor.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

“This is a reach, so far as I can tell,” said Bonnie Klapper, a former federal narcotics prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nearly all criminal cases are resolved through plea bargaining—a guilty plea by the defendant in exchange for some form of leniency by the prosecutor.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Graham, a groundworker from near Carlisle, and Carruthers, a mechanic from Wigton, never explained the motive for what prosecutors called a "moronic mission", but sought to blame each other during the trial.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Now, the scandal threatens to engulf Krasner, one of the nation’s most prominent prosecutors, and is rippling through Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Federal prosecutors said Bhengura registered to vote in 2024 when he applied for a driver’s license.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Federal prosecutors said in court filings that, although DEA agents were “briefed on the operation before and after it occurred,” they were “not involved” in planning or executing the raid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Although the state’s prosecutors are made to seem almost ridiculous in the book, weren’t their judgments the same as those of the ordinary people the hero would face every day?

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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