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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director...

lawful evidence for the prosecution of the arrested criminal. In the case of Berger v. New York (1967), the Supreme Court said that the purpose of the probable-cause...

Evidence-based prosecution (sometimes termed "victimless prosecution") refers to a collection of techniques utilized by prosecutors in domestic violence...

is adopted in civil law. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against the defendant, an individual...

try to avoid generating direct evidence. Hence, the prosecution usually must resort to circumstantial evidence to prove the existence of mens rea, or intent...

on charges of tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution in connection with Jennifer's disappearance. Later, the two – along with Fotis's attorney...

and supporting evidence. In contrast to the other prosecution teams, the French prosecution delved into Germany's development in the nineteenth century...

the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, DNA evidence in the O. J. Simpson murder case was the key physical proof used by the prosecution...

sentencing or immunity from prosecution. The testimony of a witness who testifies against co-conspirator(s) may be important evidence. According to a 2008 United...

evidence even if not requested to do so. While the prosecution is not required to search for exculpatory evidence and must disclose only the evidence...

witness for the prosecution. Romaine's decision is part of a complicated plan to free her husband. She first gives the prosecution its strongest evidence, then...

by circumstantial evidence and testimony favoring the prosecution, and difficulty finding evidence and witnesses that would aid the defense. Alford pleas...

been made. A declination of prosecution may be made for many reasons, such as weak evidence or a conflict of interest. The power of entering a nolle prosequi...

separate filings with 59 separate requests for evidence from the prosecution related to vote fraud in the election, actual or attempted foreign interference...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual...

though some countries (such as the United States and, to an extent, Australia) proscribe the prosecution from exploiting evidence obtained in violation of constitutional...

verdict in a court case. Falsified evidence could be created by either side in a case (including the police/prosecution in a criminal case), or by someone...

defendant confesses, a confession is entered into evidence, but the prosecution is not absolved of the duty to present a full case. A court may decide that...

confession from coming into the hands of the prosecutor. With the tactic having failed to generate any new evidence for the prosecution, Cora benefits from a...

under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution of the United States, the prosecution must turn over to a criminal defendant any significant evidence in...