As White demonstrates, he acquired credibility as his pursuers lost theirs: Joseph McCarthy, Vietnam and Watergate proved the government capable of vicious lying and exposed the corruption of Hiss's initial prosecutors, most notably a young congressman, Richard M. Nixon.
Preckwinkle has also been proactive in the effort to pursue compensation for victims of police brutality in the Jon Burge cases and sought hearings on the initial special prosecutor's report.
During the initial investigations, prosecutors also neglected to tell Mr. Sugaya that he could consult with defense lawyers and that he had the right to remain silent, his lawyers said.
Although additional allegations emerged after the initial charges, prosecutors focused instead on plea bargain negotiations.
After the initial conviction, prosecutors presented more evidence against Franklin during the penalty phase of the trial.
The defendant, 16, is a Spaniard who has been identified just by his initials, G.M.V. Prosecutors said he knowingly delivered a backpack filled with dynamite from the northern region of Asturias to Madrid, where he gave it to the suspected leader of the group that carried out the train attacks, which killed 191 people.
Based on initial findings, the prosecutor general issued a warrant for 6 officials from the National Guard who might be responsible for the murders or, at the very least, who issued orders to fire on civilians.
Scotland Yard passed its initial evidence to prosecutors on Friday.
After those initial charges, county prosecutors charged Judge Kline with child molestation after a man stepped forward saying he had been abused by Judge Kline as a child.
The prosecutors' initial unsteadiness came through in the classic manner of lawyers with a weak hand to play: they overstated their evidence.
