Local corruption is a major issue with ordinary citizens, but kickbacks and favoritism are widely acknowledged to be widespread at the highest levels of government, where the rewards can be much greater and prosecution much harder.
The New York Daily News's Harry Siegel writes that while New York police have "real reasons to be upset" about Mr de Blasio's efforts to expose law enforcement officers to greater criminal prosecution, they shouldn't have launched this "unprecedented, deeply disturbing, police rebellion".
Adrian Dugdale, from the Greater Manchester Crown Prosecution Service, said the group knew exactly what they were doing and that it was "unlawful".
"He combines a complete lack of personal discipline with an impulse to place himself at ever greater risk of prosecution.
Disturbingly, in every year studied, a higher proportion of white defendants had previous convictions – which would normally result in a greater number of prosecutions and harsher sentences.
A Labour MP who suffered a forced marriage has criticised the failure to bring a greater number of prosecutions following the first conviction under a new law criminalising the practice.
Those documents spelled out in great detail the prosecution's version of what happened on the night Mr. Christofi was killed, including a charge that Mr. Williams taunted and cursed the chauffeur moments before the shooting.
But if you are the head of a Wall Street company, your power is so great that a prosecution could have destabilizing consequences with national or even worldwide implications.
