The phrase "a recent prosecution" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a legal case or action that has taken place not long ago.
Example: "The news reported on a recent prosecution involving a high-profile fraud case that shocked the community."
Alternatives: "a recent legal case" or "a recent court action".
There is little precedent for the case against Ms. Chu and Mr. Jennrich, although if the recent prosecution of a Belgian Sinologist accused of smuggling an ancient sarcophagus out of China is any indication, the punishment may be stiff.
By contrast, in the recent prosecution of a Russian man for abusing boys, the judge said a Russian embassy employee had paid the man's fines.
Sometimes it is easy to show the link to the information, like the recent prosecution of a Bristol-Myers Squibb executive who bought shares in companies he was vetting for possible takeovers by trading in accounts in his own name.
The government also pointed to bombing attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and the recent prosecution of a Hezbollah cell convicted of planning terrorist acts in Egypt as evidence of the need for preserving the emergency law.
During the recent prosecution of an 11-year-old rioter in Highbury, London, she was forced to complete her sketch in a hairdresser's salon, after court security turfed her out of the lobby.
Consider the most recent prosecution, of John C. Kiriakou, a former C.I.A. agent who is said to have disclosed classified information to journalists in 2008 about the capture and interrogation of an operative of Al Qaeda.
It must also prove that the defendant had a "bad faith purpose to either harm the United States or to aid a foreign government". So held the district court in the recent prosecution of two officials with the American-Israel Public affairulingmithat ("AIPAcontributedng toatheontributed to the government's decision to dismiss the case.
At a recent immigration prosecution hearing in Tucson, Arizona, a 36-year-old Guatemalan woman named Alma Jacinto asked through her assigned lawyer when she could be reunited with her two children, who were separated from her when they crossed the border.
As details about her life emerged, Los Angeles police detectives delved into whether the killing was tied to her recent prosecution on charges of possessing a cocktail of party drugs, including Ecstasy and meth.
Which brings me to Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J ., whose recent prosecution on corruption charges enD-N.J .a mistrial.
