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01. The police decided not to [prosecute] because they didn't have enough evidence.

02. The [prosecutor] asked the judge for a 5-year prison sentence for the man accused of raping a young woman.

03. Boxer Mike Tyson was [prosecuted] for raping a teenage beauty queen.

04. The [prosecutor] presented evidence to the court showing that the defendant had threatened to kill the victim the night of the murder.

05. At his trial, the [prosecution] claimed he had planned the murder for months.

06. The losers in a war are often [prosecuted] for war crimes by the winners.

07. Studies show that in the U.S., blacks are more often convicted when [prosecuted] for murder than whites.

08. Studies show that persons [prosecuted] for criminal offences are disproportionately members of the lower class.

09. Anyone found shoplifting in the store will be [prosecuted] for theft.

10. There was a sign on the fence which read "Trespassers will be [prosecuted]."

11. The [prosecution] had to drop its case when its only witness died.

12. In 1996, South Korean [prosecutors] formally charged ex-Presidents Roh Tae-woo and Chun Doo Hwan for the 1980 army massacre of pro-democracy activists in Kwangju.

13. In 1994, the United Nations established a tribunal to [prosecute] those responsible for war crimes during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda.

14. Witnesses for the [prosecution] testified they heard a terrible argument between the defendant and the victim on the night of the murder.

15. The case was dropped because the [prosecution] had insufficient evidence to proceed.