Sentence examples for major terrorism case from inspiring English sources

DETROIT, Oct. 30 — A federal prosecutor withheld crucial evidence from the defense in the first major terrorism case announced after the Sept. 11 terror attacks because he was consumed with winning a high-profile courtroom victory, Justice Department lawyers told a jury in closing arguments Tuesday at the trial here of their former colleague.

The closely divided and complex decision in a major terrorism case therefore came as something of a surprise.

The whole interview is terrific (it was conducted by Clémence Boulouque, the author of an excellent book, "Mort d'un Silence," about her father, a judge who had been involved in a major terrorism case in the nineteen-eighties).

But given her personal involvement in a major terrorism case now being tried in New York City, any talk of her replacement would be premature, and contrary to the interests of justice.

In one recent major terrorism case, prosecutors coaxed Najibullah Zazi, accused of plotting to set off bombs on the New York City subway, to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators in part by indicting his father for obstruction of justice and threatening similar charges against his mother.

The news conference at City Hall on Sunday night was the second time in six months that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; his police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly; and Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, announced the break-up of what Mr. Kelly cast as a major terrorism case that federal authorities had chosen not to pursue.

Transferring major terrorism cases can lead to mixed results.

Major terrorism cases are generally investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by the United States attorney's office in federal court.

Major terrorism cases are generally investigated by the F.B.I.-N.Y.P.D. F.B.I.-N.Y.P.D. Joint Terrorism Task Forceolice detectivestaffedederal agents, and prosecuted by the United States attorney's office in federal court.

But with several major terrorism cases headed to the Supreme Court, court watchers are starting to pick it up as a possible guidebook.

David Nevin, a Boise, Idaho, defense lawyer who has handled major terrorism cases, said it could be difficult for a lawyer to evaluate the smidgens of information that emerged from jury deliberations.