the prosecution
noun
: the side of a legal case which argues that a person who is accused of a crime is guilty : the lawyer or lawyers who prosecute someone in a court case
The prosecution called their first witness.
The defense told the jury that the prosecution had not proved its case.
—often used before another nounprosecution attorneys/lawyers
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Camila Alvarez and Carolina Monterrey, now 21, testified for the prosecution.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
Defense attorney Ron Kuby on Thursday told the Daily News that Mangione’s lawyers’ withdrawal of the notice barred them from presenting psychiatric evidence, but not from using the prosecution’s evidence to make the case.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
On Wednesday, Carro also granted the prosecution’s motion to drop a weapons count from the case.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Bastien was listed in court documents as a potential witness in the prosecution’s case against Noreus, but did not testify.
—Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
Defense attorney Ron Kuby on Thursday told the Daily News that Mangione’s lawyers’ withdrawal of the notice barred them from presenting psychiatric evidence, but not from using the prosecution’s evidence to make the case.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
On Wednesday, Carro also granted the prosecution’s motion to drop a weapons count from the case.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Bastien was listed in court documents as a potential witness in the prosecution’s case against Noreus, but did not testify.
—Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
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“The prosecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20prosecution. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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