Despite the fact that the defense called about half as many witnesses as the state, Mr. Zimmerman may have benefited from the testimony of several prosecution witnesses who appeared to bolster his self-defense claim.
The refusal of several prosecution witnesses to take the stand and failure to produce any evidence of a plot meant it was more likely they would be exonerated.More than embarrassing this would have undermined Mr Kiir's assertion that the violence began as part of an attempted coup in December led by Riek Machar, his sacked vice president.
"This has already led to several prosecutions and settlements.
There have been several prosecutions of soldiers for abusing detainees, including Baha Mousa, the case first reported by The Independent on Sunday in January 2004.
"The lack of oversight makes these organizations fertile ground for those looking to game the system," said Daniel L. Stein, a partner at Richard Kibbe & Orbe, who oversaw several prosecutions of nonprofit groups as a federal prosecutor.
Significant FBI resources were devoted to after-the-fact investigations of major terrorist attacks, resulting in several prosecutions.
Dr. Marzouki's trial is one of several recent prosecutions of Tunisian civil rights and democracy activists.
It was the latest of several successful prosecutions following stings by vigilante groups who say they are filling a vacuum left by inadequate policing of the internet.
The Adelphia case, in which the cable company's founder, John J. Rigas and two of his sons, Michael and Timothy, are charged with conspiracy and fraud, is one of several prominent prosecutions recently of corporate executives.
In the last seven years, it has been the scene of several major prosecutions, beginning with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a later plot to blow up the United Nations and other sites in New York.
