"And at least in the big money settlements they have had in pharma cases, it appears that prosecutors are willing to settle even if it means forgoing prosecutions against individuals".
Therefore, authorities will often forgo prosecution if a defendant enrolls in a treatment program, especially if the defendant is a first-time offender.
Even under a use restriction, then, the choice open to the State is to forgo prosecution in at least a large number of accident cases involving illegal drivingthe precise situation where criminal sanctions are likely to be most appropriateor to forgo self-reporting in a large class of accident cases.
It is seeking a so-called deferred prosecution agreement in which the government forgoes prosecution, Andersen cooperates in the investigation of Enron and the charges are wiped out down the road.
But similar U.S. investigations have culminated in deferred prosecution deals, where law-enforcement agencies delay or forgo prosecuting a company if it admits wrongdoing, pays a fine and agrees to clean up its compliance systems.
Working together we carefully considered the substantial risks to our national security of proceeding with the public prosecution counterbalanced against the risks of forgoing the prosecution.
His centrist positions include forgoing torture prosecutions, straddling pro-choice/pro-life abortion positions, opposing strong gun control laws, and absolving telecommunications companies that spied on citizens.
In the NPA, the U.S. Attorney's Office acknowledged AMI's "cooperation and implementation of remedial measures" as principal factors in its decision to forgo criminal prosecution.
Kate Martin, the Center for National Security Studies director, warns, "We can't have a situation where political pressure forces the federal government to forgo criminal prosecution.
Federal juries could not reach a verdict after two trials of a group of the defendants, and the Justice Department decided to forgo further prosecutions.
Last month it was revealed that the Justice Department had decided to forgo a criminal prosecution, at least for now, and turned the matter over to the Senate Ethics Committee.
