The police decided not to prosecute because they didn't have enough evidence.
The prosecutor asked the judge for a 5-year prison sentence for the man accused of raping a young woman.
Boxer Mike Tyson was prosecuted for raping a teenage beauty queen.
The prosecutor
presented evidence to the court showing that the defendant had threatened to kill the victim the night of the murder.
At his trial, the prosecution claimed he had planned the murder for months.
The losers in a war are often prosecuted for war crimes by the winners.
Studies show that
in the U.S., blacks are more often convicted when prosecuted for murder than whites.
Studies show that persons prosecuted for criminal offences are disproportionately members of the lower class.
Anyone found shoplifting in the store will be prosecuted for theft.
There was a
sign on the fence which read "Trespassers will be prosecuted."
The prosecution had to drop its case when its only witness died.
In 1996, South Korean prosecutors formally charged ex-Presidents Roh Tae-woo and Chun Doo Hwan for the 1980 army massacre of pro-democracy activists in Kwangju.
In 1994, the United Nations established a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for war crimes during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda.
Witnesses for the prosecution testified they heard a terrible argument between the defendant and the victim on the night of the murder.
The case was dropped because the prosecution had insufficient evidence to proceed.