Relating to the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
‘the government's prosecutorial powers against suspected terrorists’
‘charges of prosecutorial misconduct’
‘He is free to exercise federal prosecutorial discretion.’
‘Prosecutorial discretion is an essential feature of our criminal justice system.’
‘Faced with accusations of gross prosecutorial misconduct by defense attorneys, he was forced to remove himself from the case.’
‘She called it "a reprehensible case of prosecutorial misconduct."’
‘They are pushing for a draft amendment to the code of criminal procedure that would curtail prosecutorial powers.’
‘The two senators were angered by what they saw as prosecutorial abuse and harsh sentences given to those former agents.’
‘The investigative and prosecutorial resources of the police can be utilised.’
‘The principles are designed to ensure that accused persons induced to plead guilty pursuant to an agreement with prosecutorial authorities are accorded procedural fairness.’
‘Abuses of prosecutorial authority have continued unabated.’
‘Legislative reforms could ensure meaningful checks against excessive prosecutorial zeal in their use of the grand jury.’
‘To date, the Administration has given scant public indication of its prosecutorial strategy.’
‘She thinks that doping investigations are unfairly prosecutorial, and that the punishments are less about the athletes and more about politics.’
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