How to Use bring charges against in a Sentence

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  • The grand jury could not and did not bring charges against anyone.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Alvarez waited more than a year to bring charges against the officer, a pace that Foxx said at the time was far too slow.
    Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • In many cases, just praying in a group has been enough for police to bring charges against a person.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 18 July 2021
  • Van Orden said in a statement about the Kind's decision to not bring charges against the football players.
    Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2020
  • An indictment is one way to bring charges against someone suspected of a crime.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Prosecutors are not relying on the PRA to bring charges against Trump.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 13 June 2023
  • Two Texas grand juries also opted not to bring charges against him earlier this year.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The grand jury’s decision not to bring charges against the officer was met with mixed reactions.
    Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The family is still waiting to hear if the district attorney will bring charges against the officer.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Carmack-Altwies is expected to decide whether to bring charges against Baldwin or crew members in the next few months.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Council would bring charges against the individual and a public hearing would be held.
    Julia Fair, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
  • An expert who reviewed photos and witness accounts for The News said enough evidence exists to bring charges against him.
    Madi Alexander, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • That file became public after the grand jury decision not to bring charges against Griffiths.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 9 July 2021
  • But there wasn’t enough evidence to bring charges against the executives or the company itself.
    David Streitfeld, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Congress formed a commission last month to investigate why the country failed to bring charges against Mr. Hernández.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Prosecutors agreed not to bring charges against Johnson’s wife, Janice.
    Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Prosecutors agreed not to bring charges against Johnson’s wife, Janice.
    Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • On Tuesday, Contee said that video evidence had been used to clarify the situation and bring charges against Lewis.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The charges against Morphew were dismissed without prejudice, so prosecutors can still decide to bring charges against him again.
    CBS News, 16 May 2023
  • Officials said the Justice Department will train a group of prosecutors on the challenges of cases involving such firearms and how to bring charges against those who use them.
    Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
  • She's also urged him to use the Uniform Code of Military Justice to bring charges against current members of the military and eligible retirees who joined the mob.
    USA Today, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The lawyers have also accused the government of threatening to bring charges against several other people the defense wants to call as witnesses at the trial.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Ultimately, the district attorney involved in the case declined to bring charges against the production company behind The Crow.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The senator took issue with the failure to bring charges against police officers involved in Breonna Taylor's death in Kentucky.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Bragg has taken a cautious approach with Trump, declining so far to bring charges against him personally in what's now a three-year investigation.
    Michael R. Sisak, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The January 6 committee does not have the power to bring charges against Trump, nor can the committee (or Congress more generally) prosecute federal crimes itself.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Cook County prosecutors would not bring charges against a Midlothian police officer who shot him.
    Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Federal charges may apply in shooting: Federal prosecutors are working to bring charges against the suspect in the coming days, law enforcement officials say, and would be in addition to state charges.
    Travis Caldwell and Alaa Elassar, CNN, 17 May 2022
  • The decision by the government to bring charges against the 47 individuals marks the biggest escalation so far of the national-security crackdown that has seen months of crushing blows for the pro-democracy movement.
    Natasha Khan, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2021
  • In April 2012, the Illinois state’s attorney’s office declined to bring charges against Castro, citing insufficient evidence.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 July 2021

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