The case never came to a vote, and Silver is in no way bound to prosecute future incidents in exactly the same way.
The review suggested the Financial Services Act, which is currently passing through parliament, be amended to allow the FSA to investigate and prosecute future Libor manipulation.
In response, the government of Nova Scotia is setting up an investigative cyberbullying task force that will hopefully prevent and properly prosecute future harassment crimes that live online.
The EIA says that unless these people are prosecuted the future for the orang-utan looks bleak.
The existence of the victims' right to review, however, may prompt a rethink about how much detail can be provided in explaining decisions not to prosecute in future.
7.16pm BST The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the US government of "seeking to intimidate" anyone who might consider whistle blowing in the future in prosecuting Manning under the Espionage Act.
It is almost certain that such a monumentally misguided decision will have a chilling and deleterious effect not only on our ability to prosecute current and future detainees, but also on our ability to prosecute the overall war on terror.
Given the indisputable link between the commission of animal abuse and violence against humans, prosecuting animal abusers could potentially prevent future crime.
The decision will narrow the scope of a law that bars public officials from taking gifts in exchange for "official action", potentially making it harder to prosecute such cases in future.
If WikiLeaks is a terrorist organisation, as New York congressman Pete King stated, and if its founder, Julian Assange, is prosecuted for espionage, the future of investigative journalism everywhere is in jeopardy, as is our right as citizens to be told the truth.
