Of the remainder, 150 were considered as serious candidates for prosecution, but only one was prosecuted.
Twenty-two more detainees have been identified as "candidates" for prosecution.
Among the potential candidates for prosecution is Israel's new defence minister, Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz, who is already under investigation by Scotland Yard.
Mr. Ieng Sary "repeatedly and publicly encouraged, and also facilitated, arrests and executions within his Foreign Ministry and throughout Cambodia," wrote Stephen Heder, a Cambodia scholar who assisted the tribunal and is a co-author of "Seven Candidates for Prosecution: Accountability for the Crimes of the Khmer Rouge".
But "Mr. Ieng Sary 'repeatedly and publicly encouraged, and also facilitated, arrests and executions within his Foreign Ministry and throughout Cambodia,' wrote Steve Heder, a Cambodia scholar who assisted the tribunal and is co-author of "Seven Candidates for Prosecution: Accountability for the Crimes of the Khmer Rouge," Seth reported.
"There is substantial and compelling evidence that Nuon Chea, commonly known as 'Brother No. 2,' played a leading role in devising the C.P.K.'s execution policies," two scholars, Stephen Heder and Brian D. Tittemore, wrote in their book "Seven Candidates for Prosecution," using the abbreviation for the Communist Party of Cambodia.
"It is difficult to believe that not a single murder in those 11 states since 1994 was a possible candidate for federal prosecution," Mr. Little wrote in the article, "The Federal Death Penalty: History and Some Thoughts About the Department of Justice's Role".
The bitter rivalry between Taiwan's president, Lee Teng-hui, and a leading contender to succeed him took its nastiest turn yet today as the governing Nationalist Party requested prosecution of the candidate for embezzlement and forgery.
Already, the calls for prosecution have begun.
