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  2. Prosecutor - Wikipedia

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    A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against the defendant, an individual accused of breaking the ...

  3. Process crime - Wikipedia

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    Process crimes lend themselves to being prosecuted regardless of the actual harm done to the furtherance of justice. [7] They are therefore frequently a basis for "pretextual prosecutions", a prosecutorial tactic in which "prosecutors target defendants based on suspicion of one crime but prosecute them for another". [8]

  4. McMartin preschool trial - Wikipedia

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    The first trial opened on July 13, 1987. During the trial, the prosecution presented seven medical witnesses. The defense attempted to rebut them with several witnesses, but the judge limited them to one in order to save time. In their summation, the prosecution argued that they had seven experts on this issue, when the defense only had one. [23]

  5. Age of criminal responsibility - Wikipedia

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    The prosecution could overcome the presumption by proving that the child understood what they were doing and that it was wrong. In fact, capacity was a necessary element of the state's case (thus, the rule of sevens doctrine arose). If the state failed to offer sufficient evidence of capacity, the infant was entitled to have the charges ...

  6. Nanny told prosecution expert devil didn't tell her to kill kids

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    The nanny on trial for slaughtering two kids in her care undermined her own insanity defense when she admitted that the devil had nothing to do with it. Nanny told prosecution expert devil didn't ...

  7. VIDEO: Prosecution rests, defense case begins at Illinois ...

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    (The Center Square) – U.S. government attorneys have rested their case at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain.

  8. Criminal procedure - Wikipedia

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    In Anglo-American law, the party bringing a criminal action (that is, in most cases, the state) is called the prosecution, but the party bringing a civil action is the plaintiff. In a civil action the other party is known as the defendant. In a criminal case, the private party may be known as the defendant or the accused.

  9. United States criminal procedure - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution, including the United States Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, contains the following provisions regarding criminal procedure. Due to the incorporation of the Bill of Rights, all of these provisions apply equally to criminal proceedings in state courts, with the exception of the Grand Jury Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Vicinage Clause of the Sixth ...