The practice of prosecuting individuals out of embarrassment, well in excess of any demonstrable harm. The practice is particularly ubiquitous in Western democracies where sedition is an unpopular prosecutorial tack in order to dispense retributive punitive enforcement in response to indefensible egg-on-the-face.
Two cases are particularly illustrative:
The US government's piling on of charges against Barrett Brown constitutes a very clear, inflamed case of butthurt-prosecution.
Barrett Brown guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/barrett-brown-persecution-anonymous
Although he pleaded guilty to offenses carrying ~20 years in prison, Bradley Manning must still stand trial for his life, as the DoD and DoS have a wicked bout of butthurt-prosecution.
1. Another word for The Man. Gets you busted for possession of marijuana, copying DVDs, and other "crimes". Never ever in a Gogolplexian years does the prosecution do a good thing for yourself.
2. What you'll be on the receiving end of if you screw up.
1. In Heaven the prosecution is spiritually incapable of winning ever.
2. Violators subject to prosecution.
a narcicistic, seemingly self confident, yet self loathing {individual involved in the legal system}, who once was a {victim} and now is overeager and ready at all times to stick it to the {bad guys}.
She was a {prosecution whore} who could sniff out those likely to have {perpetrated a wrongdoing} like no oneelse, and was always eager to convict their sorry asses.
A specific form of Accusation Bias where one approaches debate like a prosecutor approaching a defendant—assuming guilt, seeking evidence of wrongdoing, and interpreting all responses through the lens of culpability. Prosecution Bias doesn't seek truth; it seeks conviction. The opponent isn't a fellow seeker; they're the accused. Every statement is scanned for admission of guilt, every question is cross-examination, every response is evidence of something. The bias transforms dialogue into trial—with the prosecutor as judge, jury, and executioner.
"She tried to explain her position, but he just kept asking 'yes or no' questions designed to corner her. Prosecution Bias: not understanding, but convicting. He wasn't there to learn; he was there to win a case. The problem is, she didn't know she was on trial—and he didn't care."
Passive aggressive employees who do not have enough work to do post complaints about the behavior of other employees on the tagwall (telecom employee webpage supposed to be used for outages). Such as: "I wanted to thank whoever "borrowed" my chair from my desk while I was on vacation. Most important, I'd like to thank them for also stealing my brown ACD hoodie that was attached to it. I really appreciate working with trustworthy employees." - Chair was actually in a corner with hoodie hung over it; thus never really stolen. There are also many posts about dirty dishes and such.
"I am sick of people posting tagwall prosecution to bitch at eachother all day!"
A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought home alot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.