But it is probably not prosecutable".
Jimmy's death not only mattered, it was explicable, if not prosecutable.
"Based on this review, we have concluded that allegations of criminal misconduct under federal statutes are not prosecutable".
It may also include forms of harassment that are not prosecutable offences: it is possible to make someone feel like a piece of meat and remain within the boundaries of the law.
In the parking space dispute discussed by Mr. Haberman, the assault was not prosecutable as a hate crime because the victim was not selected on the basis of his religion.
Though planned for transmittal before Labor Day, the "full description" of the investigation called for in the law -- which I sense will detail tawdry corner-cutting and egregious evasiveness but not prosecutable crime -- is unlikely to have great impact on elections.
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, issued last August, has sweepingly ruled out a notion long cherished by many chief executives and accountants: that misstatements affecting earnings by less than 5% were not material, and therefore not prosecutable.
It regards matters of honor [as] not prosecutable".
