The outcome of these legislative battles could have far greater consequences for the prosecution of child molesters, compensation of victims and financial health of some Catholic dioceses, legal experts say, than the trial of a church official in Philadelphia, where the jury is currently deliberating.
Vitiello said that while officials were aware separation "would have been a consequence" of the prosecutions, the government did not contemplate "having the systems work backwards" for reunifications.
A further argument worth consideration is whether the penal consequences of extradition, prosecution and conviction such as the length of any sentence and the conditions in which it may be served should be taken into account.
Journalists are finding it more and more difficult to cultivate the trust of whistleblowers, a consequence of the aggressive prosecutions that have already occurred.
After this horrendous attack, the woman (or girl) would required by law to bear the child of the rapist; if she chose the "morning-after" pill to end the pregnancy, she would, according to the undeniable consequences of the law, be subject to prosecution for murder.
After the lone dissenter, an engineer who invented a cellphone diode (Sergey Makovetsky), insists that they remain long enough to consider the consequences of rubber-stamping the prosecution's case, they reluctantly settle down to debate.
Announcing the record fine at a press conference in New York, assistant attorney general Lanny Breuer said that despite HSBC"s "blatant failure" to implement anti-money laundering controls and its wilful flouting of US sanctions, the consequences of a criminal prosecution would have been dire.
In dissent, Judge Tashima wrote: "This case is a stark demonstration of the unsettling and untoward consequences of the government's use of anticipatory prosecution as a weapon in the 'war on terrorism.'" He then described anticipatory prosecutions and explained why they are so dangerous:...
But we also learned that when dealing with major companies or industries, we had to carefully consider the collateral consequences of our prosecutions.
