An individual who has acquired income by illicit means is not excused from making out an income tax return because he might thereby expose himself to a criminal prosecution by the United States.
The concept of a criminal prosecution is much narrower than that of a "criminal case" under the Fifth Amendment.
It is also violated by compelling the production of private papers of the defendant in a criminal prosecution.
Criminal prosecution is the means adopted to bring a supposed offender to justice and punishment by due course of law.
Boiscoran acts very rashly in playing in this way with a criminal prosecution.
Nicholson denied that the House managers had "resorted to the forlorn hope of contending that an impeachment was not a criminal prosecution, but a mere inquest of office.
We do contend that this is a criminal prosecution, for offenses committed in the discharge of high official duties.
It seemed probable that they would be mulcted in heavy damages; and even these would be no bar to a criminal prosecution.
Contrary to his habit, he proved amenable to advice, and refrained from a criminal prosecution.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "criminal prosecution" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
