Fines that judges levy as part of sentences, which can go as high as $100,000 in major drug trafficking cases, generally go to the local government and are used for general expenses.
Defector cases generally are handled under parole procedures.
Serious criminal cases generally end in plea bargains and occasionally result in trials.
"Witnesses are too afraid to come forward," she said about murder cases generally.
Councils can take civil proceedings against prostitutes but cases generally result in small fines.
Infanticide cases generally require an autopsy of the baby, but circumstantial evidence is also heavily weighed.
Lawyers who finance other civil cases generally keep at least a third of the winnings.
U.S. courts and German courts, both of which currently are hearing 9/11-related terrorism cases, generally consider confessions inadmissible if they were coerced.
The ruling established that a "defence of necessity" should be allowed in secrets cases generally, despite the blanket ban on disclosures imposed by the act.
The other was Justice Souter, who replaced Justice Brennan and in other cases generally voted with Justice Stevens and the rest of the court's more liberal wing.
An agency spokesman, citing protocol, said that he could not confirm whether an investigation was under way, but that such cases generally took a long time to pursue.
