Criminal Litigation

Discussed in Introduction to Legal English, Unit 4 In the UK, prosecutions are carried out by the Crown Prosecution Service, The US equivalent would be the District Attorney's office. An interesting difference is that the DA is an elected official, whereas the British CPS is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions - is an employee of the Home Office. see Los Angeles County DA's Office and The CPS on youtube

Textbook references
see Chapter 4 of Introduction to International Legal English chapter 5 of English Law for students of English

Useful Links
crimeline has uk criminal law decisions online with search by keywords and text of the judgements.