Sentence examples for the prosecution phase from inspiring English sources

But the prosecution phase, expected to last 10 to 15 days, will begin soon.

Now, however, as the prosecution phase nears and both federal and state courts pursue the case, complications will inevitably appear — beginning with the vast number of potential witnesses, and further magnified by the sometimes sharply different requirements of the two court systems.

The first witness, whose name has not been announced, is to appear Sept. 7. Prosecutors will have the chance to cross-examine the witnesses, but they will not insist on equal time as Mr. Milosevic did in the prosecution phase of the trial, said one senior prosecutor, who added that Mr. Milosevic often filibustered about irrelevant subjects or repeated himself, just to fill his time quota.

Ms. Hannum was the last witness for the prosecution in the sentencing phase of Mr. Malvo's trial.

And when the prosecution opened the sentencing phase – the part of the trial where the jury will decide whether to send Tsarnaev to his death – they did so in front of an easel displaying a picture of Martin Richard, dressed in green and wearing beads for St Patrick's day.

Victims of the marathon attack and their family members will almost certainly testify for the prosecution in the sentencing phase.

The indictment starts the trial phase of the prosecution.

The proceedings will now move on to the penalty phase where the prosecution will make its case to jurors that Wozniak deserves to be put to death.

In a death-penalty trial, a conviction is followed immediately by the sentencing phase, in which the prosecution urges execution and the defense argues for life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The prosecution and defense closed the penalty phase of Mr. Muhammad's five-week trial, leaving the jury to begin deliberating whether to sentence him to death or life in prison without parole for directing the 10 sniper killings that terrorized Washington and its suburbs last fall.

The "guilt phase" would determine whether the prosecution established beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the charged capital offense.