From a practical point of view, it made no difference to me whether they left before indictment or after indictment.
The decision to prosecute Dr. Lee was made only after repeated attempts to gain his cooperation before indictment...
Two weeks later, on February 8th, an appeals court agreed with the prosecutor that Kerviel posed a possible risk of conspiring with others, and of compromising the investigation — standards that in France justify imprisonment before indictment.
After the rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl in 1995, the United States promised to consider handing over military personnel suspected in serious crimes, like murder or rape, even before indictment.
But several cases involving American servicemen, especially on Okinawa, where the bulk of United States troops in Japan are based, prompted the United States to offer "favorable consideration" to requests for transferring suspects to Japanese authorities even before indictment in heinous cases.
Under that agreement, the United States is not required to hand over criminal suspects until they are formally charged, although it is supposed to "consider" requests for custody before indictment.
After some inflammatory incidents involving members of the American military, particularly on Okinawa, the United States has pledged to show what officials call "favorable consideration" to requests for transferring military personnel to Japanese custody before indictment in murders, rapes and other serious cases.
Some people have been pardoned before indictment, including former President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal, but legal experts said this was the first case they knew of in which a felon had received executive clemency despite a current criminal investigation.
Japan had requested that the U.S. hand over suspects before indictment in three previous cases to which the U.S. had complied.
His three terms as mayor were marked by racial tension, high crime rates, and destructive high-level racketeering, which culminated in 1986 when Queens borough president Donald Manes stabbed himself in the heart before indictment on corruption charges.
