Sentence examples for prosecution assumed from inspiring English sources

Since the prosecution assumed anyone dressed in tartan was guilty, Ferguson and Lockhart had their servants dress in tartan and appear along with the other defendants.

(Knox's case is currently on appeal. ) In these cases and others, the prosecution assumes (as many people do) that the rap music in question is sincere – a literal communication or direct reflection of biography.

But short of that, the prosecutor will probably be reluctant to grant an immunity that might possibly trump a prosecution (assuming, of course, the conduct in question is actually criminal).

It is the brief of the prosecution to assume that the defendant is guilty and to construe the evidence in such a way as to demonstrate that guilt.

The prosecution said he assumed he was buying a component of TATP (triacetone triperoxide) explosives, when in fact he bought the wrong product.

But even more important to me than the selective nature of these prosecutions, even assuming they are warranted and serve some purpose, is the extraordinary expenditure of time and money in their pursuit.

Most of the time, though, he assumed prosecutions rarely resulted from interceptions of small quantities.

Throughout his prosecution, Mr. Workman simply assumed that he had fired the fatal shot.

Such hands-on involvement and dedication to crime-fighting may explain why the 52-year-old has this month become the first insider from the Crown Prosecution Service to assume the exacting position of director of public prosecutions.

The prosecution should not assume that a jury impaneled with Crimson Tide fans would necessarily go soft on the defendant, based on the work of the Facebook group Tide for Toomer's.

The case became a cause célèbre in leftist circles, where it was assumed that the prosecution and eventual execution of the pair in 1927 was motivated by reactionary and xenophobic politics.