Sentence examples for indictments to avoid from inspiring English sources

In August, Attorney General Eric Holder announced new Justice Department guidelines that would prevent listing drug quantities in many indictments to avoid triggering mandatory minimums.

Under federal rules, prosecutors were required to replace the complaint with an indictment to avoid a preliminary hearing, which had been set for Wednesday.

Mr. Jeffs, whose sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 20, still faces state charges in Arizona related to performing under-age or incestuous marriages, and a federal indictment for flight to avoid prosecution.

Mr. Nichols's lawyers, fighting a 54-count indictment, have offered to avoid the trial entirely and enter a guilty plea if the prosecutor, Paul L. Howard Jr., would agree not to seek the death penalty.

But Welch and Johnson are under pressure to avoid indictments by a federal grand jury that met twice last week without taking action.

Deferred prosecution agreements allow corporations involved in fraud to avoid indictments by agreeing to repay their victims and pay for an outside monitor to ensure that they comply.

The guidelines -- known as deferred prosecution agreements -- have permitted financial companies to avoid indictments if they agree to investigate and report their own crimes.

This is money that companies have paid to avoid indictment.

That deal allowed UBS to avoid indictment and instead enter into a deferred-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department.

About 250 of those names were handed over in February 2009 as part of a deal between UBS and the United States Justice Department that allowed UBS to avoid indictment.

He made it clear he wanted Andersen to be able to avoid indictment as well, although he said he had not spoken to the Justice Department.