The phrase "assert that the crime" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing allegations or claims related to a criminal act.
Example: "The prosecutor will assert that the crime was premeditated and carried out with intent."
Alternatives: "claim that the crime" or "state that the crime".
It was unfair, he asserted, that the same crime committed under similar circumstances could result in widely different sentences, depending on the luck of the draw of which judges presided over the cases.
Opponents assert that the legitimate governmental interest in curtailing crime does not outweigh the great potential for infringing upon constitutional or fundamental guarantees of citizenship, such as individual privacy and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
It's a demand for justice in the sense described by the philosopher Immanuel Kant: We punish a crime not only to assert that the act was wrong but also to reaffirm the existence of the moral system disregarded by the criminal.
In his speech, Mr. Kelly took a swipe at one of the Giuliani administration's core success stories, asserting that the decline in crime was influenced as much by social trends, like the downturn in crack use, as by heralded innovations in police tactics.
The trading companies assert that some of the crimes took place using United States institutions, and have hired Robert Abrams, a former New York state attorney general, to represent them.
L.A.'s police chief at the time, Edward M. Davis, asserted that the law would double both the crime rate and the number of heroin addicts.
The fact asserts that implies.
In April, when Britain tested samples from victims of a Syrian chemical attack, a statement from Prime Minister David Cameron asserted that the results indicated "a war crime".
In court papers filed last year, the State Attorney General's office asserted that the computers are a valid crime-fighting tool and using them is not an illegal search.
