The phrase "alternative prosecution" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to different methods or approaches to prosecuting a case.
Example: "The defense attorney argued for an alternative prosecution strategy that would focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment."
Alternatives: "alternative charges" or "different prosecution methods".
In the last two years, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office has referred more than 5,700 cases for alternative prosecution.
She said Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Belgium would seek an alternative prosecution mechanism, without giving further details.
As the irate foreign minister of Australia warned: "Those responsible may believe that they can now hide behind the Russian Federation's veto," but Australia, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine will find an alternative prosecution mechanism.
Mark Kammerer, the coordinator of alternative-prosecution and deferred -sentencing programs for the state's attorney's office, estimated the new deferred prosecution program, which began in March, had already saved the county at least $415,000 in court costs.
Asbos – a civil order – were increasingly used as an additional punishment for a criminal conviction instead of as an alternative to prosecution.
With grant money and government support, local leaders were encouraged to spot the warning signs of radicalization and equipped to prevent at-risk youth from going over the edge into violence, ostensibly as an alternative to prosecution.
Since April landlords have faced fines of up to £30,000 and as an alternative to prosecution the government is planning banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders with a database of convicted rogue landlords and letting agents.
Fitzgerald also told the court that the home secretary had failed to take account of "the reasonable alternative" of prosecution in this country, where McKinnon could face up to five years' imprisonment for offences under the computer misuse act.
They are referred here by a probation officer or a judge, as an alternative to prosecution in the city's overtaxed Family Court, where children under 16 are tried.
All first-time defendants, the youths are referred as an alternative to prosecution. 1 Third Parties' Endorsements With as much relief as enthusiasm, New York's Conservative and Liberal parties reverted to type, endorsing Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Senate, after both parties had endured several queasy months that left their nominations in doubt.
