The immunity usually enjoyed by Greek members of Parliament is automatically lifted in the case of felonies.
Gradually, however, certain crimes became no longer expiable by compensation; criminals, particularly in cases of felony, were punished by the local authorities, usually by death or mutilation.
The prosecutor brought seven cases against Isgur, who pleaded guilty to two cases of felony theft.
This institution began before the reign of Edward III but, by 1350, the justices had been given the power not only to investigate crimes and make arrests, but also to try cases, including those of felony.
One did not accept testimony from "a distracted person or of a possessed person in a case of murder, theft, felony of any sort, then neither may we do it in the case of witchcraft".
In the jurisdiction under study judges did not order probation in almost a third of felony cases,r and 19% of misdemeanor cases.
Mr. Leal's record includes a pending case on a charge of felony assault with a deadly weapon, and on July 12 , 2009 the police found him covered in blood at the scene of a stabbing, according to Douglass Keely, a gang expert at the Oakland Police Department.
Based on other policies developed by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly to stem persistent gun violence, special hearing centers through the Housing Authority will be set up to focus exclusively on cases of gun felonies, sex crimes and high-level drug crimes in housing projects.
A review by The New York Times of felony cases opened in 2008, for example, found 150 that were still open at the end of 2012.
His case ended up in the courtroom set up in January specifically to help reduce the backlog of felony cases.
