Just over a decade ago, Wells went to bat for Philip Morris in the United States v. Philip Morris lawsuit filed against the company by the DOJ in a case ending with a prosecution, but with actual penalties tantamount to kid glove treatment.
It compares the effectiveness and costs of sending minor criminals to court with using a "turning point contract", which combines a deferred prosecution with a set of conditions intended to prevent future reoffending, not unlike Mr Grayling's suspended prosecutions.
The office also brought a prosecution in connection with corruption in the United Nations oil-for-food program.
OFTEN the drama of a prosecution concludes with a legal settlement.
But that won't stop people from demanding a prosecution, perhaps with increasing fury.
The authority to approve a prosecution rests with the assistant Attorney general for civil rights, although, of course, the will of the [local] US attorney is obviously important.
With a prosecution case riddled with holes, the verdict came as no surprise.
"Shanley got away with it because the father didn't want to go public with a prosecution against a priest.
The businessman is also seeking consent from the director of public prosecutions to proceed with a prosecution against Ahmad and Ahsan for alleged breaches of the Terrorism Act 2000.
He was swiftly threatened with a prosecution under the Official Secrets Act and his home was raided without warning.
He was convicted in a federal prosecution, with both the Federal District Court in Montgomery, Ala., and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, refusing his request to suppress the evidence.
