The POT would scrutinize the actions of elected representatives, public and judicial officials, prosecuting charges where they are found remiss in their responsibilities, censoring misrule and imposing penalties when applicable.
The money also will help the country's judicial system prosecute drug and money-laundering cases.
They would also illuminate the shadowy way in which the judicial system prosecuted contract killings, often having to go to great lengths to protect police sources who helped to secure convictions but were themselves closely connected to the criminal underworld.
France is among a handful of countries where the judicial authorities routinely prosecute in the event of a fatal air accident.
PAGE A8 U.S. Inquiry Into Aristide Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said American judicial authorities might prosecute the former Haitian president for corruption.
"Simply put, if the level of representation petitioner received falls short of Sixth Amendment standards, countless convictions would be called into question," Susann E. Gill, in an objection filed late Wednesday, wrote on behalf of the state's attorney in the Fairfield Judicial District, which prosecuted Mr. Skakel in 2002.
Now the democrats are shocked to discover that a normal judicial process to prosecute and convict the coup makers has metamorphosed into something almost out of control.
But Monday, prosecutors decided to charge her with simple misdemeanor battery, dramatically reducing the amount of jail time she could face, according to David Lustgarten, an assistant state's attorney in Florida's 19th Judicial Circuit, who is prosecuting the case.
The weak transitional government, bereft of a judicial system, has never prosecuted anyone for the attacks.
"How is the judicial system able to prosecute the right person?" he said.
