Sentence examples for committed the prosecution from inspiring English sources

After presenting evidence that atrocities were committed, the prosecution intended to prove that there was a strategy by the ex-dictator and his co-defendant, former intelligence chief José Rodríguez Sánchez, to destroy the Ixil ethnic group.

"Under the law in effect at the time the acts were committed, the prosecution's case was legally insufficient," Justice Stevens said, noting that Mr. Carmell would have been legally entitled to a judgment of acquittal.

"The CPS is committed to the prosecution of war crimes and we take our responsibilities under international law very seriously.

A reasonable compromise, in my opinion, is to limit I.C.C. jurisdiction over aggression to states that sign on to the new prohibition, thereby creating a regime of states committed to the prosecution and enforcement of the crime.

The state statute requires prosecutors in felony cases, before trial, to make available to the defense "the complete files of all law enforcement agencies, investigatory agencies and prosecutors' offices involved in the investigation of the crimes committed or the prosecution of the defendant".

The judge told them it was not possible for Thornton to have committed the acts alleged by the prosecution and still have made it to the Holden farm by the time he was seen by Heydon, and stressed that Thornton did not act like a man who ran.

The podcast, however, demonstrated that there were enormous inconsistencies in Wilds' version of events, and ultimately suggested that even if Syed arguably had a motive and an opportunity to commit the crime, the prosecution's specific narrative had been totally implausible.

The prosecution rested, and Washington's attorney asked him whether he had committed the offense.

In some of the cases involving veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the fact that the suspect went to war bears no apparent relationship to the crime committed or to the prosecution and punishment.

The responsibility is on states to ensure the protection of victim's rights and commit to the prosecution and prevention of this crime.

The declaration signed this month commits the G8 to develop a new protocol to investigate rape in conflict, offers training for the military, and commits support for prosecutions in some of the countries that are worst affected.