Sentence examples for immunity from trial from inspiring English sources

The case faces immediate suspension because of a new law signed this week by President Giorgio Napolitano giving the prime minister and his ministers immunity from trial for 18 months because their duties constitute a "legitimate impediment" to attending hearings.

The constitutional court struck down a law passed by parliament last June granting immunity from trial to the state's five most senior officials, including the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

An appeals court is currently weighing a ruling that would strip him of his legal immunity from trial in connection with $17 million he is said to have illegally obtained and deposited at Riggs Banks and other financial institutions in the United States.

Italians were called to the ballot box to give their verdict on three crucial government policies: first they had the opportunity to repeal the famous "legitimate impediment" – the law that gave Berlusconi automatic immunity from trial proceedings (already partially revoked by the constitutional court).

According to an unnamed SCAF official quoted by Ahram Online, an Egyptian state-owned media outlet, "Some Arab rich countries offered to give Egypt a lot of economic assistance, in billions of dollars, in exchange of granting Mubarak immunity from trial".

Unless removed by parliamentary action, deputies and senators enjoy immunity from arrest, criminal trial, and search.

"He doesn't have immunity from civil fraud trials," he said.

The ruling does not necessarily mean that Mr. Sarkozy, who lost his re-election bid last May and with it his presidential immunity from prosecution, will stand trial.

As of April 7, 2010, the presiding judge has ruled that the issues of students' free speech and administrators' immunity from suit "deserve a trial".

Mr. Berlusconi will probably remain a member of Parliament, thereby keeping his immunity from prosecution in various trials, including one in which he is accused of paying for sex with a minor, the Moroccan-born Karima el-Mahroug, nicknamed Ruby Rubacuori Ruby Heart-Stealerr), then abusing his office to help release her from police custody.

She is also brave and defiant: Ms. Hussein resigned her position as press officer for the United Nations, which could have earned her immunity from the charges, to stand trial.