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Their prosecution, at a court a short distance from parliament, is the first to result from the Westminster expenses scandal.

Mr. Tinajero had testified for the prosecution at a murder trial and had been guaranteed special protection that never materialized.

While seven American democracy workers who were slated to be tried with Okail had been allowed to leave the country, she and dozens of her Egyptian colleagues still face prosecution at a trial re-set for June.

The Stand Your Ground provision also allows a defendant claiming self-defense to seek civil and criminal immunity from prosecution at a pretrial hearing based on a judge's determination.

For example, if a judge dismisses a prosecution at a preliminary hearing for lack of evidence, this determination does not bar the government from initiating new charges for the same offense, since jeopardy will not have attached at that point.

WARSAW, Nov. 28 — Poland is facing a rare war-crimes prosecution at a crucial juncture for both the newly elected government's commitment to overseas military engagements and the effort to overhaul the nation's armed forces.

It said the agreements represented "an important middle ground" between not bringing a criminal prosecution at all and charging a company and hurting all its employees and shareholders, who might have had nothing to do with the misconduct.

He also said the Bush administration had been "extraordinarily supportive of the prosecution at an unprecedented level of cooperation," and would continue to back the trial.

WaMu's mortgage business has been struggling of late; the deal gives the Seattle-based company an opportunity to sell its banking services to Providian's 10m customers.See articleIn summing up its prosecution at an eight-month federal trial, America's Justice Department said it was seeking $10 billion from tobacco companies it accuses of a 50-year conspiracy to make smokers addicted to cigarettes.

CNN reported last week that a mother from Honduras said her breastfeeding baby was taken from her by federal agents while she was awaiting prosecution at an immigrant detention center.

It has ceased being a prosecution at all.