criminal prosecution
State brings charges
Criminal prosecution is the legal process by which the government brings formal charges against someone accused of a crime and pursues their case through the courts.
Unlike civil lawsuits between private parties, criminal prosecutions are conducted by prosecutors on behalf of the state: The district attorney announced criminal prosecution of the company's executives.
The phrase emphasizes the serious, punitive nature of proceedings that may result in imprisonment or other penalties.
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- court of lawJudicial body for disputes
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- convictionFirmly held belief
- beyond reasonable doubtStandard for criminal conviction
pressing charges · prosecutor · grand jury · legal action · due process · defendant · arraignment · double jeopardy · mens rea · felony · district attorney · sentencing · life sentence · inculpation · turning state's evidence · plea bargaining · judge · culpability
- tax enforcementtax audit, tax lien, tax collection, tax sale, tax levy
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- antitrustantitrust, price fixing, cartel, collusion, antitrust laws
- extraditionextradition treaty, fugitive, fugitives, fugitive warrant, rendition
- fraud investigationforensic accounting, forensic audit, fraud detection, financial fraud, fraudulent schemes
- jurisdictionjurisdiction, legal jurisdiction, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction, court jurisdiction
criminal prosecutioncivil lawsuit
Non-criminal legal proceeding
civil litigation · civil action · civil suit · arbitration · mediation
criminal prosecutionnonprosecution
Refraining from criminal charges
dropping charges · acquittal · exoneration · pardon · amnesty
criminal prosecutionacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
not guilty verdict · exoneration · vindication · criminal defense · hung jury
crime, criminal, persecute, persecution, prosecute, persecuted, prosecution, criminality, incriminate