So, if there were to come a time that lie detector evidence were as reliable as, say, fingerprint or DNA testing -- put aside the "integrity" of the collection process (raised so well in the O. J. Simpson case) -- presumably a strong number of Justices would be quite fine with lie detector experts basically being game, set, match for criminal prosecutions, right?
If the prosecution is right, he is an emotional sociopath who conducted a serial crime spree quite openly at Penn State and in his own home.
This is the first judgment that gives the state or the prosecution the right to treat such crimes as an act against the people of India.
That law shortened the statute of limitations after which charges are time-barred, a provision that directly benefited Mr Berlusconi.The new bill would abolish the prosecution's right to appeal against acquittals by the court of first instance.
The appointment, however, came before the charges were dropped, and one of Mr. Cuomo's first moves will be to preserve the prosecution's right to appeal the court's decision.
On Wednesday, she acknowledged the prosecution's right to appeal against her own verdict, showing that South Africa's courts were working well.
Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, is right to question the morality and legality of US drone strikes in Pakistan (The Predator paradox, 6 May).
The country's top legislative body passed a decree allowing the military to keep its seats in the legislature until 2009, and banned retroactive prosecution of rights cases.
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Nervous former state governors pressured and blackmailed Mr Yar'Adua into letting the police chief sack Mr Ribadu to spare them any more prosecutions.For, right now, Mr Yar'Adua needs all the political support he can get.
