Sentence examples for in a future prosecution from inspiring English sources

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Mr. Sarkozy was not formally indicted but questioned as a witness under caution, meaning that evidence obtained could be used against him in a future prosecution, the Bordeaux prosecutor told French news agencies.

They have asked for the Justice Department records to determine whether there were other reasons for detaining him, like trying to gain a tactical advantage in a future prosecution, which could undermine the prosecution's national security argument.

In essence, the government laid out a road map of potential accounting issues in a future prosecution relating more directly to the Enron debacle, and then the jury found its way.

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The CPS and police said: "There remains a small but not inconsequential risk that an unscrupulous suspect might use the opportunity provided by the inquiry in effect to derail a future prosecution".

But if Private Manning's offer to admit to reduced charges leads to serious plea negotiations, his cooperation in any future prosecution against WikiLeaks could conceivably be part of a deal.

American commissions and hearings should have the power to bestow immunity to compel testimony, either "use" immunity (the testimony cannot be used in any future prosecution) or "transactional" immunity (no prosecution for acts connected to the subject of the testimony).

While awaiting departure, the family asked the Irish police if DNA from the aborted fetus would be admissible as evidence in any future prosecution of the perpetrator (who was subsequently sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape, a term that was reduced on appeal to four years).

Likewise, no one was prosecuted when CIA officials admitted destroying torture tapes to avoid their use in any future prosecution.

Thus, the passing of the limitations period for the 2008 trades at SAC would not put the Justice Department in a significantly worse position in a future conspiracy prosecution or limit the sentencing of anyone convicted.

So, given those facts, Brandis has either changed his story again – or he has abruptly raised a really important definitional point (hitherto missed by the majority of the legal profession) that will be argued vigorously by publishers in any future prosecutions (that the attorney general says won't happen. Probs).

But under the terms of the plea bargain Vlok, in the late 1980s a hardline minister who has since admitted he passed on directives from the cabinet for the police to "eliminate" anti-apartheid activists, is obliged to assist in any future prosecutions over crimes he knows about.

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