"From the government's perspective, it's better to maintain options for custody and prosecution and in each case to select that option that best fits the needs of a particular case," Mr. Wainstein said.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island took a principled position when he refused an order from a federal court to transfer a prisoner to federal custody for prosecution because that would expose the prisoner to the death penalty.
Now, finally, Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who masterminded that butchery, is where he should be -- in custody, facing prosecution before the International Criminal Court and, we hope, a lifetime in prison.
DECATUR, Neb.— The Legislature on Friday revised an unusual law permitting parents to hand children up to age 18 over to state custody without prosecution, instead limiting its reach to infants up to 30 days old.
"The bill also makes the military, not civilian law enforcement authorities, responsible for custody and prosecution in the military courts of foreign terrorist suspects apprehended within the United States.
A police doctor will be prosecuted over the death of a man in police custody, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
A Baltimore grand jury has formally brought charges against all six police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died last month while in police custody, allowing the prosecution to move forward.
Two of the detainees, including Redha al-Najar, were transferred into Afghan custody for possible prosecution, while the third wasn't considered a threat and is seeking resettlement in another country.
3. (S) An August 2005 exchange of diplomatic notes between the USG and the GIRoA provides the legal basis for the GIRoA,s detention and prosecution of detainees transferred into Afghan custody.
The Obama administration has drawn fire for its hybrid approach, starting with interrogation in military custody and moving to prosecution in the traditional court system.
