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an officer of the court who represents the government in a criminal case and who tries to prove that the person accused of committing a crime is guilty
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The specialist in pharmaceutical cases was nearing his 2023 retirement, but first made a case against James Ryan with prosecutors, who charged and tried him.
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Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The measure is strongly backed by a group of California prosecutors and large retailers, including Walmart, and aims to overhaul parts of Proposition 47, a measure approved by voters in 2014 that reduced certain drug and property crime penalties.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Mills took a plea deal in which prosecutors call for up to 15 years in prison.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Just last summer, federal prosecutors charged two physicians with conspiracy to distribute ketamine in the Matthew Perry case.
—Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Some of the most emotional testimony at trial came from one of the officers, Desmond Mills, who took a plea deal in which prosecutors call for up to 15 years in prison.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Under his plea agreement, prosecutors will suggest a prison sentence of up to 40 years.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The measure is strongly backed by a group of California prosecutors and large retailers, including Walmart, and aims to overhaul parts of Proposition 47, a measure approved by voters in 2014 that reduced certain drug and property crime penalties.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Mills took a plea deal in which prosecutors call for up to 15 years in prison.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Just last summer, federal prosecutors charged two physicians with conspiracy to distribute ketamine in the Matthew Perry case.
—Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Some of the most emotional testimony at trial came from one of the officers, Desmond Mills, who took a plea deal in which prosecutors call for up to 15 years in prison.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Under his plea agreement, prosecutors will suggest a prison sentence of up to 40 years.
—Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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