Directing the prosecution of political enemies is a habit of autocrats.
"We're disappointed," said Doug Jones, the former United States attorney who directed the prosecution of Mr. Blanton.
Judge Thomas Kubovec at Prague Municipal Court ruled that Blythe's actions did not constitute a crime and directed the prosecution to a civil court if they wished to apply for compensation.
Rather, they say he spoke to The Times to correct the Ukrainian Justice Ministry's claims that the report cleared Mr. Yanukovych of accusations that he directed the prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko for political purposes.
During the proceedings today, a lawyer for El Paso Merchant, William S. Scherman, sought to show that the California utilities commission had relied too heavily on research paid for by Edison, which he said "has directed the prosecution of this case".
David V. Harbach II, who is directing the prosecution team, walked the jury through Mr. Young's relationship with the Edwards family and his connections to Rachel Mellon, the elderly banking heiress who contributed $725,000 of the money at the heart of the case and said she would do anything to support Mr. Edwards's presidential campaign.
On 10 April 2002, the Trial Chamber issued, proprio motu, an oral decision directing the Prosecution to conclude its case, subject to "the unexpected" events such as illness or other unforeseen circumstances, within 12 months.
As he described it, Susan Crawford had overstepped her administrative role, and "had her staff assessing evidence before the filing of charges, directing the prosecution's pretrial preparation of cases (which began while I was on medical leave), drafting charges against those who were accused and assigning prosecutors to cases".
"Rajat Gupta never did any inside trading".Instead of direct ties, the prosecution presented a stream of witnesses that established Mr Gupta had access to important, confidential information, and asserted that Mr Gupta had contacted Mr Rajaratnam prior to unusually large and successful trades.
An employee in Canary's office -- Tamara Grimes -- alleged that Canary maintained direct connection with the prosecution team, directed actions in the case, and monitored the case through members of the prosecution team and the First Assistant U.S. Attorney.
The move took him away from direct supervision of the prosecution.
