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In a subsequent overarching tax deal with Switzerland, Hartnett went on record saying it was unlikely any bankers would be prosecuted, due to lack of evidence.
"Allegations of offences amounting to minor assaults could not be prosecuted due to the passage of time; and as many of the police officers involved in events at Orgreave are retired, no disciplinary action could be pursued.
Nearly everyone else involved in the tortures, including the police commanders and prosecutors who helped cover them up, couldn't be prosecuted due to statutes of limitations.
The result: Those who pose a serious security threat may not be able to be prosecuted due to a lack of valuable evidence or can bribe their way to freedom.
Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first Prime Minister, pointed out that the Sultan (then the Agong) could not be prosecuted due to the immunity that was accorded to the rulers, yet he condemned Sultan Iskandar's actions at the same time.
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In Mr. Palacio's case, for example, we successfully argued to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that he was being prosecuted due to his political opinion under laws which violated his basic human right to freedom of expression.
In March, Lohan was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run in Hollywood, but the actress with a long court history was never prosecuted due to the lack of a credible witness.
Offenders convicted of those crimes were about 3% less likely to be convicted of a new crime within two years, but the researchers said it's not clear if that was because they didn't commit new crimes or because they were less likely to be arrested and prosecuted due to the lower penalties.
That fear has only grown in the past 18 months as a string of cops have been arrested and criminally prosecuted due to acts caught on body cameras or bystander cellphones, according to Eugene O'Donnell, a former NYPD cop and prosecutor who know teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Will we soon see foreign users targeted or prosecuted due to "private" data shared on WeChat?
JHU Provost Robert Lieberman raised a similar concern, writing, "Seems to me we will need an answer to the question of timing: why are we issuing this statement now as opposed to weeks or months ago?" By the end of the day, Boyle emailed to say she had learned from Baltimore prosecutors that their office was declining to prosecute due to insufficient evidence.
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