Under the court's precedents, prosecutors themselves have absolute immunity for a decision to prosecute, meaning that such suits must be brought against the officials who influenced the prosecutor to bring the case.
Most states have a statute of limitations for rape prosecutions, meaning that cold cases may soon be solved but not prosecuted, even though the rapists are known by name and the evidence against them may be overwhelming.
Because of the complexity of this particular type of violence--it generally happens behind closed doors, and its victims often have family ties to or are financially dependent on their abusers--it is underreported and under-prosecuted, meaning that domestic violence is even more pervasive than these startling statistics suggest.
The South Australian government has removed the time limit to prosecute sex offenders, meaning that a raft of historical sex abuse cases are coming to court.
Mr. Bonds had been given immunity for the testimony, meaning he could be prosecuted for the information he gave only if he lied.
The statute also allows for "extraterritorial jurisdiction" for an offense, meaning that foreign nationals can be prosecuted in this country if at least part of the conduct occurred in the United States.
Diplomats have had immunity from prosecution in their host country for centuries - meaning they cannot be arrested or prosecuted for any offences they commit, from minor parking violations to serious crimes of violence.
Unlike almost all other federal crimes, F.C.P.A. cases can be prosecuted only with the consent of what is called "Main Justice," meaning the Justice Department's headquarters, in D.C. Normally, district-level U.S. Attorneys have enormous discretion over the cases they prosecute.
Trump's executive order keeps the "zero tolerance policy" in place, meaning people who cross the border illegally will still be criminally prosecuted.
"These tools will ultimately allow CSIS to conduct investigations into potential terrorists when they travel abroad, meaning that those potential terrorists will be tracked, investigated and ultimately prosecuted," he said.
For example, ES cells in which the NuRD repressor complex is inactivated by deletion of the Mbd3 subunit are compromised in prosecuting differentiation, but this defect is eliminated upon re-expression of Mbd3, meaning that the pluripotent state has been preserved throughout (Kaji et al., 2006).
