Sentence examples for question prosecution from inspiring English sources

In an unusual move, a federal magistrate judge said today that lawyers for a man charged with trying to sell shoulder-fired missiles to terrorists could question prosecution witnesses at a hearing to determine if the man should be held without bail.

They were rarely allowed to question prosecution witnesses, and most of their own witnesses were not allowed.

[C5.] Judge Questions Prosecution of Accounting Partners A federal judge questioned the prosecution of 16 former employees of KPMG, the accounting company, over aggressive tax shelters, and criticized prosecutors for what he called murky definitions of fraud and evasion.

Ms. Rivera said the mistaken release called into question the prosecution of the case.

Mr. Lopez, 27, said the decision "didn't strike me as odd because they did get a chance to question the prosecution's witnesses".

"If the child had been smothered by its mother two weeks after being born, there'd be no question about prosecution," Mr. Hembree said.

The inquiry later raised questions about prosecution practices.

Cameron sidestepped the question of prosecutions when pressed in the Commons by acting Labour leader Harriet Harman.

Cameron sidestepped the question of prosecutions when pressed by the acting Labour leader, Harriet Harman.

In particular, some of them said, jurors could seize on questions of prosecution witnesses' credibility to acquit defendants entirely.

In his statement, he also questioned whether prosecution of current gun laws was adequate and described the mental health system as "broken".