The phrase "a controversial trial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a legal trial that has sparked public debate or disagreement due to its subject matter or the parties involved.
Example: "The media closely followed the proceedings of the controversial trial, as it raised important questions about justice and accountability."
Alternatives: "a contentious trial" or "a disputed trial".
After a controversial trial for terrorism he was hanged.
But the Obama Administration's political preparations for a controversial trial were less thorough than those made by previous Administrations.
At times, Chief Nielsen sounds as if the city is preparing for the Olympics rather than a controversial trial.
The government oversaw a controversial trial of a group accused of plotting a coup against the ruling party in 2003.
The incident led to a controversial trial in which Mr Lebedev was charged with hooliganism motivated by political hatred.
A juror in a controversial trial of environmental activists has castigated police for withholding covert recordings that he said could have led to them being declared not guilty.
Last week, after a highly controversial trial, a Missouri court of appeals threw out the conviction of college wrestler Michael Johnson, who was sentenced last May to over 30 years in prison for "recklessly" infecting a sexual partner with HIV and exposing four others to the virus.
This is a politically controversial trial with a complex legal history, says the BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague.
This resulted in a highly controversial trial, debating whether she should be charged with murder or "destruction of property," and underscoring issues central to the impending Civil War.
In fact, in a somewhat controversial trial, patients with advanced ovarian cancer who had progressed after two prior treatment regimens were randomized to a "control arm" of either topotecan or PLD (based on which drug they had not received as "second-line" treatment) or an "experimental drug" (canfosfamide) (Table 3).
On July 5, after a lengthy and controversial trial, a jury of seven women and five men acquitted Anthony, 25, of killing her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee, but found her guilty of lying to investigators.
