They generally argue that she is the victim of an overzealous prosecution using dubious legal arguments to convict a celebrity.

One of those failings is a pattern of overzealous prosecution.

Protecting children is an important public responsibility, but overzealous and unconstitutional prosecutions are more common than is realized.

There is another factor that might encourage overzealous prosecution: Local police can use these cases to finance further investigations.

At heart, the case was an example of selective and overzealous prosecution.

Both brought accusations of overzealous prosecution that Mr. Romley shrugs off.

From our perspective as a community... we're basically feeling besieged by overzealous prosecution.

"There has been overzealous prosecution of this type of thing in this country," he said.

The Assembly and civil liberties groups had feared that lowering the bar could lead to overzealous, unjust prosecutions.

He talks about being railroaded by an overzealous prosecution, attacked and raped by other inmates, ostracized from his family.