"None of the entire five-year delay of this prosecution subjected Ghailani to a single day of incarceration that he would not otherwise have suffered," the judge wrote in his 46-page ruling.
The department has refused his request, saying in a letter last week to the committee that "we want to avoid any perception that the conduct of our criminal investigations and prosecutions is subject to political influence".
To date, 74 people arrested for possession of drugs under the Checkpoint scheme in County Durham including for class A drugs cocaine and heroin have had their prosecutions "suspended," subject to successful completion of a four-month "contract".
Initially, the programme applied only to drug users, with people arrested for possession having their prosecutions "suspended", subject to the successful completion of a four-month "contract" – during which offenders must attend a series of drug awareness, restorative justice and community work programmes.
No one seriously thinks that a computer search -- which can result in your prosecution or being subject to further review -- isn't just as violative of your privacy as a human search.
This was an issue that Wheeler felt very strongly about; writing his obituary for the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, the English archaeologist Stuart Piggott noted that Wheeler placed "great importance to the archaeologist's obligation to the public, on whose support the prosecution of his subject ultimately depended".
City University of New York Graduate Center: 'Revisiting the Rosenberg Trial' (Monday) The espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in the early 1950s and the role her brother David Greenglass played for the prosecution are the subjects of this free reading and discussion presented by the Martin E. Segal Center.
Moreover, under China's Criminal Law, which is a separate statute, defense lawyers would still be subject to prosecution if they presented evidence the prosecution deemed false.
— might theoretically be subject to prosecution in a Pakistani courtroom.
But not filing taxes for many years is technically subject to prosecution.
