Sentence examples for take the prosecution from inspiring English sources

One bill to be debated this fall, sponsored by Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, would take the prosecution of sexual assault cases outside a victim's chain of command, with a goal of increasing the number of people who report crimes without fear of retaliation.

After crawling through 72 witnesses during 17 weeks of testimony — longer than the whole trial was supposed to take — the prosecution is expected to wrap up its case on Tuesday, leaving lawyers to debate whether the avalanche of information has advanced the case or obscured it.

Inside a blandly lighted courtroom, a lawyer stood before packed rows of protesters who had been arrested in September, laying out their options: They could take the prosecution's offer to have their cases dismissed after six months, or ask for a trial.

Take the prosecution of Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to death this year for the shooting deaths of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015.

The largest difference between their proposals was whether to take the prosecution of such cases out of the military command structure, as supported by Gillibrand but opposed by McCaskill.

Levin offered his own way to tackle the problem which does not take the prosecution decision out of the hands of the commanders but does achieve several other positive reforms, including removing the power to overturn a jury's verdict in such cases from the commanding officers.

Even before what the police's critics allege was a vengeance killing, it was hard to find anybody in Juarez who took the prosecution's case against the bus drivers at face value - including the relatives of the victims discovered in November.

On the first day, Caion excused himself as sick, while Stoenescu recused himself, taking the prosecution's side.

Sen. Gillibrand's legislation would have taken the prosecution of sexual assault cases out of the military chain of command and given it to the independent Judge Advocates General Corps.

My mission is to take the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes out of the Chain of Command so the military can focus on the mission at hand.

"There is going to be a big incentive for the federal government to take the lead in the prosecution because of the viciousness of the crime".