Quick's attorney now contends that the prosecution withheld important investigative material from the defence ( which the prosecution adamantly denies ).

By June 2003, the lower house of Parliament announced that President Akayev and two other " puppet " leaders of Kyrgyzstan, from the Soviet era, would be given lifetime immunity from prosecution, raising the prospect of Akayev finally stepping down.

On 7 October 2003 the South African Justice Ministry officials announced that the five policemen accused of killing Biko would not be prosecuted, because there was insufficient evidence, and because the time limit for prosecution had elapsed.

In 2003, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana Jr., and Antron McCray sued the city for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination and emotional distress.

Faisal Alam, founder of American Gay Muslim group Al-Fatiha, argued in the magazine Queer that Iran was condemned before the facts were certain, and in 2003 the United Nations Committee Against Torture noted that " from different and reliable sources that there currently is no active policy of prosecution of charges of homosexuality in Iran ".

He was also contacted by police in the West of England in 2003 who told him that they were pursuing a phone-tapping prosecution and he was one of those who may have been targeted.

On 7 April 2003 the Ingrams and Tecwen Whittock were each given prison sentences suspended for two years ( the Ingrams were sentenced for 18-months and Tecwen Whittock was sentenced for 12 months, also suspended ), each fined £ 15, 000, and each ordered to pay £ 10, 000 towards prosecution costs.

In court on 25 April, the defense argued that Bryant constitutionally enjoyed immunity for actions taken as head of state, while the prosecution argued that he did not because his appointment resulted from the Accra Accords in August 2003 and occurred outside the constitutional framework.

He was granted lifelong immunity from prosecution by the Lower House of Parliament in 2003.

Elected Mayor of New Paltz in 2003 with promises of environmental sustainability, Jason West gained international attention, initially as part of the first Green Party majority elected in New York State and later for risking criminal prosecution to marry twenty-five same-sex couples.

From December, 2003 through September, 2005, NYRA operated under a deferred prosecution agreement following a 2003 federal indictment.

From 2001 to 2003, Russian courts tried Colonel Yuri Budanov on the charges of March 27, 2000, kidnapping, rape ( an allegation later withdrawn by the prosecution ) and brutal murder of Elza Kungaeva, an 18-year-old Chechen girl whom Budanov alleged of being a sniper for Chechen rebels who were attacking his unit.

Law collectives have been central in the defense of activists from criminal prosecution in such protests including the Seattle WTO protests in November 1999 ; the " A16 " World Bank and International Monetary Fund protests in 2000 ; the Republican and Democratic convention protests, also in 2000 ; the Free Trade Area of the Americas ( FTAA ) protests in 2001 and 2004 ; protests by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty ; and in protests around the US against the war in Iraq in 2003.

XPW folded in 2003 because of issues related to the obscenity prosecution, and in 2004 Zicari sold the company's footage to Xtreme Entertainment Group.

; CAN-SPAM Notice: To enable prosecution of spammers under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, a website operator must post a notice that " the site or service will not give, sell, or otherwise transfer addresses maintained by such website or online service to any other party for the purposes of initiating, or enabling others to initiate, electronic mail messages.

* 2003: Wärtsilä Ltd is caught up in Sweden's largest ever bribery prosecution.

Mason's 2003 arrest and prosecution for the 1957 murder of two El Segundo police officers made national headlines.

On 23 December 2003, Conservative Alliance parliamentarian Samisoni Tikoinasau, a brother of George Speight, condemned Bainimarama for his attacks on the government's handling of coup prosecution cases while himself allegedly ignoring murder accusations against his own men.

Testifying as a prosecution witness, Russert said that although he and Libby did indeed speak on July 10, 2003, they never discussed Plame during their conversation.

" Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer testified as a prosecution witness that on July 7, 2003, Libby told Fleischer, " Ambassador Wilson was sent by his wife.

During Libby's trial, the prosecution focused the jury on a sequence of events occurring between May and July 2003.

According to Tacitus ( Annals 3. 14. 1 ), the prosecution could not prove the poisoning charge, but other charges of treason seemed likely to stick and Piso committed suicide.

But crucially citizens voting in both were not subject to review and prosecution as were council members and all other officeholders.

In contrast to other common law nations, Australian double jeopardy law has been held to extend to the prevention of prosecution for perjury following a previous acquittal where a finding of perjury would controvert the previous acquittal.

On 13 April 2005, Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, rejected criticism from Australia and some other countries over the prosecution and imprisonment of two foreigners charged with committing homosexual acts, which are illegal in Fiji, and said that other countries needed to respect Fiji's independence.

Perhaps his most significant achievement, other than his predominant influence in the early movement, was his leadership in overcoming the twin challenges of government prosecution after the Restoration and internal disputes that threatened its stability during the same period.

Another important constitutional move at Roncaglia was the establishment of a new peace ( Landfrieden ) for all of the Empire, an attempt to ( on the one hand ) abolish private feuds not only between the many dukes, but on the other hand a means to tie the Emperor's subordinates to a legal system of jurisdiction and public prosecution of criminal acts — a predecessor of the modern concept of " rule of law ".

:::( 1 ) President of the Republic may not be detained, subjected to criminal prosecution or prosecuted for offense or other administrative delict.

For a legal backup, the German German Restitution Laws ( Bundesentschädigungsgesetz ) were passed in 1956, allowing individuals and other ethnic groups than Jews to lay claims for compensation from the German state, if they were victims of Nazi prosecution.

The Roman Inquisition, though, was considerably more bureaucratic and focussed on pre-emptive control in addition to the reactive judicial prosecution experienced under other iterations.

In United States v. Barger, the prosecution team attempted to demonstrate a pattern of behavior to convict Barger and other members of the club of RICO offenses related to guns and illegal drugs.

* Reason for the delay: The prosecution may not excessively delay the trial for its own advantage, but a trial may be delayed to secure the presence of an absent witness or other practical considerations ( e. g., change of venue ).

Special agents are normally plain clothes officers who carry concealed firearms, and other defensive equipment, make arrests, carry out complex criminal investigations, present cases for prosecution to U. S. Attorneys, and prepare investigative reports.

Daimler itself will pay US $ 185 million as a settlement, but the company and its Chinese subsidiary remain subject to a two-year deferred prosecution agreement which requires further cooperation with regulators, adherence to internal controls and meeting other terms before they are required to return to the court room.

A few months after the exclusion, in the context of judicial prosecution against the group by the German state, Debord expressed his esteem to Gruppe SPUR, calling it the only significant artist group in Germany since World War II, and regarding it at the level of the avant-gardes in other countries.

At Wentworth's trial, Boyle was a key witness, but he did not take any other direct part in the prosecution itself.

The standard that must be met by the prosecution's evidence in a criminal prosecution is that no other logical explanation can be derived from the facts except that the defendant committed the crime, thereby overcoming the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty.

When Harpalus escapes and flees to Crete, Dinarchus writes the prosecution speeches against Demosthenes, Demades, Aristogiton, Philocles and other well-known politicians accused of misappropriating some of this money.

Martin Dillon's own investigations suggest that a number of other individuals ( whom he was unable to name for legal reasons ) escaped prosecution for participation in the crimes of the Butchers and that the gang were responsible for a total of at least 30 murders.

Witness coaching by the prosecution is even more blatant as they call in other jail inmates awaiting sentencing to testify against Manion, and is portrayed as subornation of perjury to an extent.

The prosecution did not examine the rumours that Bokassa had served the flesh of his victims to French President Giscard d ' Estaing and other visiting dignitaries.

This result flowed from Orchard's having turned state's evidence and having become the prosecution's star witness against Big Bill Haywood and two other leaders of the Western Federation of Miners whom the prosecution alleged had masterminded Steunenberg's assassination.

) and may also infer a duty on other motorists to move out of the direction of passage of the fire vehicle ( or face possible prosecution ).

In the spring of 1943 following the Axis defeat in North Africa, other major setbacks on the Eastern Front, and the Anglo-American assault on Sicily looming on the horizon, Ciano turned against prosecution of the doomed war and actively pushed for Italy's exit from the conflict.