Once women have been pressed to retract, what is to stop the police from accusing them of lying and the Crown Prosecution Service from prosecuting?
The director of public prosecutions has refrained from prosecuting in around 100 cases where family members have helped terminally ill patients travel to Switzerland to end their lives.
News that the prosecutor Robert Colover had labelled the young victim "predatory" and "sexually experienced" caused outrage and led to his suspension from prosecuting sexual offence cases pending a review by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
News that the prosecutor Robert Colover had described the victim as predatory and sexually experienced caused outrage and led to his suspension from prosecuting sexual offence cases pending a review by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Colover has been suspended from prosecuting sexual offence cases pending a review by the Crown Prosecution Service, while Peters's comments are to be investigated by the Office for Judicial Complaints.
"What good would come from prosecuting her?
Such a move, however, prevents the government from prosecuting the person based on any information provided.
But legal experts say the narrowed scope of the law will not prevent the government from prosecuting financial crimes.
African leaders have responded by setting up their own court, which they recently barred from prosecuting sitting leaders.
I hope the Obama administration has learned from prosecuting and persecuting multiple whistleblowers, Bradley Manning being just one of them.
But the First Amendment prevents authorities from prosecuting people solely on the basis of association or ideology, and espousing radical beliefs is not in itself a criminal act.
