The FA will be keen that the timescale of the investigation and prosecution of any potential charge is succinct after Suárez's case took two months to complete, and Terry's a year.
A former undercover police officer who blew the whistle on a covert Scotland Yard squad has been denied immunity from prosecution for potential breaches of the Official Secrets Act.
Mr. Glisan is on the prosecution's list of potential witnesses in the trial of Mr. Skilling and Mr. Lay.
If McDonnell's conviction stood, it would "cast a pall of potential prosecution over these relationships".
For companies, the fear of potential prosecution effectively raises the cost of doing business in high-corruption countries, making it less likely that they will want to operate there at all.
The former proprietor of The Daily Telegraph was freed last year after successfully persuading the US Supreme Court to limit the scope of potential prosecution arguments in fraud cases, after which two of his four convictions were quashed.
In lawsuits the West Virginia Citizen's Defense League filed against gun ordinances in Charleston and Martinsburg, the plaintiffs cited their fear of potential prosecution.
Janet Reno is reluctant to be remembered for aborting the potential prosecution of James Riady and other sources of illegal funds.
Ms. Burdzhanadze has called for the investigation and potential prosecution of Mr. Saakashvili after he leaves office for abuse of power, and Mr. Ivanishvili has signaled his support for that idea.
There are indications that the Obama administration may be taking steps toward a potential prosecution of Mr. Assange by establishing a record that he was on notice that the law required him to return the documents rather than distribute them.
