prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
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Definition of prosecutorial
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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The whole trial was almost upended after Foxx asked for the charges to be dismissed on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct. — Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, "Jury splits Waffle House verdict: Not guilty of disorderly conduct but guilty of resisting arrest," 23 Aug. 2019 There’s her backtracking on busing and her waffling on Medicare for All, not to mention her prosecutorial scandals. Anew national CNN poll of the 2020 Democratic primary has some pretty brutal numbers for Kamala Harris. — John Mccormack, National Review, "Why Kamala Harris Is Fading in the Democratic Primary," 21 Aug. 2019 Monday's restart is the latest prosecutorial setback in the case. — Fox News, "Judge orders jury to restart deliberations in deadly Oakland warehouse fire case," 20 Aug. 2019 Monday’s restart is the latest prosecutorial setback in the case. — Washington Post, "Jury to restart deliberations in Oakland warehouse fire case," 19 Aug. 2019 But after an appeal in which his attorneys successfully argued that prosecutorial misconduct delayed or withheld evidence in his favor, Temple was set free in 2016 after nine years — only to be brought to trial again in June on the same charge. — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, "Texas Football Coach Convicted of Murdering Pregnant Wife While Having an Affair With Teacher," 7 Aug. 2019 In his report , Mueller said his team declined to make a prosecutorial judgment on whether to charge Trump, partly because of a Justice Department legal opinion that said sitting presidents shouldn't be indicted. — Calvin Woodward, Fortune, "Fact-Checking Trump Claims and Mueller Hearing," 24 July 2019 But Democrats shouldn’t get away with implying that Mr. Acosta is guilty of prosecutorial abuses without evidence. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Prosecuting Alex Acosta," 9 July 2019 The Supreme Court was not considering the evidence against Flowers, but instead examining Evans' prosecutorial tactics. — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, "Supreme Court overturns Mississippi murder conviction in case that raised questions of racial bias," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prosecutorial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
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Legal Definition of prosecutorial
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution