In a profession whose negative image often fuels more punch lines than prosecutions, the idea of attorneys being led away in handcuffs from high-rise offices draws cheers.
But a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service dismissed the idea.
The courts have often diminished the damaging reality of this crime and although much has changed in the prosecution of rape, the idea that women or girls provoke or at least collude in sex that results in violence remains part of our mythology.
So it fashioned an unusual prosecution strategy based on the idea that Dr. Lee must have intended to injure the United States.
But Mr. Holder, who has led the prosecution team since October 1993, rejected the idea that Mr. Rostenkowski was a victim of shifting standards.
Prosecution lawyers scoffed at the idea the Mr. Padilla was mentally incompetent, saying that his jailers had never reported any psychiatric problems and that he had comported himself well during court hearings.
Those prosecutions have added to the idea that bitcoin is a resource for criminals, but figures from the community argue that their stories have very little to do with the currency and its chances of lasting success.
Among the stranger aspects of the court martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified files to WikiLeaks, is the prosecution's idea of what it means to aid our enemies.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin June 4, 2013 Among the stranger aspects of the court martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified files to WikiLeaks, is the prosecution's idea of what it means to aid our enemies.
The idea of prosecution after the end of the President's term is particularly erosive of constitutional process and the orderly transition of power.
