Politicians from all major parties have campaigned for suspects in offenses committed on British soil to be prosecuted in Britain.
Such organizations engage in offenses such as cargo theft, fraud, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and the demanding of "protection" payments.
As for Jackson, Nix called him a strong-armed quarterback who is accustomed to playing in offenses that feature a quick passing attack like the one the Bills will use.
At those practices, the players are schooled in offenses and defenses that, more than ever, mirror those played in the N.F.L. Luck played in a pro-style offense at Stanford; Wilson played in a West Coast offense at N.C.
"I deeply regret that this decision resulted in offenses against youths and apologize to all who were harmed by it," he said, according to a statement posted on the archdiocese's Web site.
The police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, stressed that the department had reined in offenses with 4,000 fewer officers than it had three years ago, and with 1,000 of the current 36,000 officers assigned to counterterrorism.
