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The phrase "a case is prosecuted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to describe the action of bringing a case to trial or pursuing legal action against someone.
Example: "In this jurisdiction, a case is prosecuted by the district attorney's office, which represents the state in criminal matters."
Alternatives: "a case is brought to trial" or "a case is pursued in court."
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Although I'm not sure to what degree these nuances resonate with the general public, I do believe that McCord has put her finger on something important: How a case is prosecuted matters.
Factors such as where a case is prosecuted (i.e., federal versus state court) and what crimes are actually charged (terrorism versus non-terrorism offenses) carry moral indicators that signal how we as a society view the alleged harm.
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Gerald L. Shargel, a lawyer for a defendant in a high-profile case being prosecuted by Mr. Hynes's office, appeared in court on Thursday seeking an injunction that would prevent CBS from broadcasting anything related to his client, a landlord charged with manslaughter as a result of a tenement fire in Bensonhurst in 2010 that killed five Guatemalan immigrants.
In a similar but unrelated case being prosecuted in the Brooklyn courts, Israeli mobsters have been charged with using strippers from New York bars like Scores and Tens to shuttle Ecstasy from Europe to Miami and other cities.
The women who came forward not only brought their attackers to justice in front of an international court, but the case was prosecuted with sexual assault against women as a crime against humanity for the first time.
The case was prosecuted by a Crown prosecutor and tried by a New Zealand magistrate.
A murderer charged and convicted in the city of Waterbury whose crime made him eligible for capital punishment was at least seven times as likely to receive a death sentence as someone whose case was prosecuted elsewhere in the state.
The case was prosecuted as a hate crime, and Andrade was found guilty of first degree murder on April 22 , 2009[157].[157]
This case was prosecuted by a rogue Department of Justice, headed by the same people who crafted laws [allowing torture].
The Sikh Coalition, a national advocacy organization, told HuffPost it has seen a "significant" rise in hate and bias incidents in the Pacific Northwest over the past two years ― although it says not every case was prosecuted as a hate crime.
The Sikh Coalition, a national advocacy organization, told HuffPost it has seen a "significant" rise in hate and bias incidents in the Pacific Northwest over the past two years ― although it says not every case was prosecuted as a hate crime. .
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