The prosecution argument was that expectant mothers don't kill themselves.

She disagreed, too, with the prosecution argument that it would be "prohibitively difficult, if not impossible" to secure convictions under the tighter standard.

I thought I could do a better job of dismantling the prosecution argument, which was far from 'impossible to win' - once you examined the discrepancies hard enough.

Jurors heard a description of a robbery-murder, then a prosecution argument, and then an argument for the defense.

Last week, Ronald Kuby, Mr. Friedman's lawyer, said he would answer the prosecution arguments next month.

Once the jurors are seated, the prosecution argument begins.

Rejecting prosecution arguments, the judge said, "If I am in error, the Appellate Division can reverse me on it."

At times the Libyan leader sounded like a seasoned defense lawyer poking holes in flimsy prosecution arguments, circumstantial evidence and the three key witnesses.

The prosecution argument that the pictures were "inherently obscene", and tended of their very nature to corrupt all viewers, was rejected.

He scoffed at prosecution arguments that the government was not responsible for Kalchinian's actions.