There is some legal precedent for such an approach, said Olivier Hugot, a Paris lawyer specializing in Internet law, though he added that a conviction was highly unlikely.
Depositions taken from witnesses in Liberia had been unclear and unreliable, it said, adding that a conviction based on such evidence would be "built on quicksand".
This month, the National Council of Youth Sports is expected to announce expanded and tightened criteria, specifically adding any conviction or pending charges involving indecent exposure, prostitution or a crime involving harm to a minor to a list of "red lights" meant to warn sports leagues away from questionable volunteers.
If any of your friends say they don't care much for lentils on account of their virtuous, health-food credentials, serve them this and they will start questioning their convictions; add a poached egg on top, and you are guaranteed to win the battle.
The data added conviction to a sell-off that began late Wednesday after the Federal Reserve issued its latest somber outlook on the economy.
Blacks, he added with conviction, commit the overwhelming majority of crimes in Cuba -- a statement impossible to assess in a country that seldom publishes crime statistics.
As with a number of his policies, it is identical to the formal stance of his predecessor, John Major, though with the added conviction that arises from a huge parliamentary majority.
Another reader, Adam Firth, added, with some conviction: "That's not a piranha.
That the Czechs can produce a Hollywood-caliber action movie like "Dark Blue World" on a shoestring only gives them added conviction that they can find the necessary money.
