Sentence examples for Initial prosecution from inspiring English sources

The case drew national attention for the way social media spurred the initial prosecution and later helped galvanize national outrage.

Klopfer teaches that the anxiety suffered by an accused person, even after the initial prosecution has terminated and after he has been discharged from custody, warrants application of the speedy trial protection.

Although the total period of delay between initial prosecution and trial is more than nine years, the period prior to dismissal of military charges is not chargeable to the Government because those charges were promptly resolved.

Both prosecutor and defendant stand to benefit from an initial prosecution in the District Court, the prosecutor at least from its less burdensome procedures and the defendant from the opportunity for an initial acquittal and the limited penalties.

At the time of Mr. Tankleff's initial prosecution, the commission issued a scathing report on corruption in Suffolk County law enforcement, and cited the lead detective in the Tankleff case as having lied at another murder trial.

It is the rare case in which a prosecutor should consider retrying a defendant who has been acquitted by another unit of government, particularly when there are no allegations of bias or prejudice in the initial prosecution.

Beyond these initial prosecutions, the ecclesia attacked Pericles himself by asking him to justify his ostensible profligacy with, and maladministration of, public money.

Nisman was a surprising choice: he had been part of the team that led the initial amia prosecution, which carried on despite overwhelming evidence that the case had been corrupted.

He also indicated that he would consider a request for pardon by Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the former head of Yukos Oil, whose initial jailing and prosecution were widely viewed as political.

Notably, in two-thirds of the 18 deadly police incidents so far in 2015 that led to criminal prosecutions, initial charges against officers were filed by prosecutors themselves rather than grand juries.

An initial round of prosecutions in 2011 and 2012 was aimed at quieting the activist community, Wille said.