In the first quarter of 2013, the number of trials declared ineffective because the prosecution failed to disclose materials to the defence doubled, compared with the same quarter of 2012.
Mr Kanellopoulos says Greece's status as a trafficking hub can be attributed to two factors: its geographical location, and its ineffective prevention and prosecution procedures.
Wrongful convictions have many causes, including police and prosecution misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, eyewitness misidentifications, un-validated and improper forensic science, false confessions, incriminating statements, and informants with untruthful testimony.
The service's big artillery piece — Lacey Act felony prosecution — would likely be ineffective against a company that attempts, however unsuccessfully, to delete illegal items.
While some doubt remains about whether the president has the authority to pardon himself, a self-pardon is most likely legally ineffective from shielding a president from future federal prosecution.
The current system of penalty notices is ineffective, he says, as non-payment rarely leads to prosecution.
Finally, even successful prosecutions of gun law violations are relatively ineffective.
The Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office are embarrassingly under-resourced and ineffective.
In March the state's highest court granted her a new trial on the attempted murder charge after ruling her trial attorney was ineffective because he failed to consult an independent oncologist to try to rebut the prosecution's claim that LaBrie withheld her son's medication because she wanted to kill him.
And the prosecution of the case by the Bronx district attorney's office was flawed, ineffective and incompetent, he said, also a reason for the federal government to step in, as it did in the case of the Los Angeles police officers who were acquitted in a state court of beating Rodney G. King.
