Sentence examples for prosecutions dismissed from inspiring English sources

A year and a half later, in April of 2009, two weeks before national elections, the director of public prosecutions dismissed the corruption charges against Zuma, declaring that there had been political interference in the handling of the case.

But at trial the prosecution dismissed the sperm as "tertiary" evidence – in other words, irrelevant.

The lawyer used an insanity defense, claiming Mr. Polizzi had been repeatedly raped as a child and had collected the pictures not for sexual gratification, but in hopes of finding evidence of his own abuse — claims the prosecution dismissed as implausible.

During his trial, in 2007, Mr. Polizzi used an insanity defense, saying he had been repeatedly raped as a child and had collected the pornographic pictures not for sexual gratification, but in hopes of finding evidence of his own abuse — claims the prosecution dismissed as implausible.

The prosecution dismissed this argument, but Svartholm-Warg's legal team called in Jacob Applebaum, noted computer security researcher and Tor developer who testified to the contrary.

Scaring said, "I'm surprised that the prosecution dismisses this so quickly.

The magistrate would make a recommendation -- that the prosecution dismiss the case; that the case proceed to trial; or that a plea deal be struck.

Much of the evidence cited by the prosecution he dismissed as "irrelevant" or "peripheral".

But a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service dismissed the idea.

The Justice Department investigated the issue of contact between the jury and the prosecution and dismissed it as "rumors".

A state appeals court in Los Angeles on Monday rejected Mr. Polanski's request that the Los Angeles County Superior Court be disqualified from deciding whether his prosecution be dismissed because of alleged wrongdoing in the justice system.