"Every act for which he was prosecuted was undertaken for the purpose of protecting Enron and promoting its share value," his lawyers point out.
"Whilst prosecuting acts undertaken in countries such as Syria always brings new and unique challenges, the existing success of our specialist prosecutors in securing convictions for offences committed abroad - for example in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia - demonstrates that we are ready and able to take these challenges on.
They cannot be sued for what they say in parliament, for example; nor, in general, can they be prosecuted for acts undertaken as part of their official duties.
"I think from our point of view, from our trading standards and environmental health divisions, we will vigorously prosecute those who undertake fraud within the food chain".
The couple tried to negotiate to return to Britain without Shayler being prosecuted, but with an undertaking that his allegations be officially investigated.
General Chun, who seized power in the whirl of uncertainty created by the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979, was eventually prosecuted over Gwangju and other misdeeds undertaken during his rule, following the restoration of democracy.
In such cases a HEI could be prosecuted for allowing a researcher to undertake a regulated activity such as working with children without having made the necessary checks.
Let not those at a distance imagine that I have suffered nothing, or sacrificed nothing in this task ; but personal convenience and personal advantage has not been and is not my object, and after devoting time and fortune I shall retire with pleasure, if others will undertake to prosecute the plan more effectually.
He added that in such cases, he may ask the attorney general to give an undertaking that officers would not be prosecuted using that evidence.
Another beef I have with many plaintiff class action firms is that they're seemingly either unwilling or incapable of undertaking or funding any original research into matters they're prosecuting.
Elected general in 427 bc, he was replaced in 425 after he undertook an unsuccessful mission to support Athenian interests in Sicily and was prosecuted by Cleon (Aristophanes satirized the trial in his comedy The Wasps).
