Sentence examples for prospective prosecution from inspiring English sources

"THE trial of the century" is how some lawyers already view the prospective prosecution of Cambodia's former tyrant, Pol Pot, before an international tribunal for genocide.

To make sure he'd be judged fairly, lawyers for the prosecution and defense asked prospective jurors questions aimed at revealing biases.  .

Painstakingly, lawyers for the prosecution and the defense are questioning prospective jurors one by one.

Painstakingly, lawyers for the prosecution and the defense began questioning prospective jurors one by one, from a pool of hundreds, trying to weed out bias.

After the prosecution and defense teams agree to prospective jurors culled from the initial round, which could last days if not weeks, a second round of questioning will occur.

After the prosecution and defense teams agree on prospective jurors culled from the initial round, which could last days if not weeks, a second round of questioning will begin.

"These defendants cannot expect to receive a fair trial if the people provide the public — including prospective jurors and witnesses — with an 'insider's look' at the prosecution's side of the case, on network television," Mr. Shargel wrote.

The prosecution said there had been no agreement to shorten the prospective sentence of 150 years.

It was not uncommon for prosecutors to meet with the attorneys of a prospective defendant, giving them a chance to present their side and try to talk the prosecution out of filing a case.

Prospective jurors in the aggravated manslaughter trial of Jayson Williams were questioned on Monday about the impact of the prosecution's contention last week that Mr. Williams killed his pet watchdog over a $100 bet in August 2001.

In August, using advice from their respective jury consultants, the prosecution and the defense in the Simpson case submitted questions to Judge Lance A. Ito that they wanted prospective jurors to answer.