"The prosecution views this as an effort by the defense to draw out the trial," Mr. Ryaznichenko said.
In legal circles, the Olis prosecution has been viewed as a dress rehearsal for the Skilling case.
He also indicated that he would consider a request for pardon by Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the former head of Yukos Oil, whose initial jailing and prosecution were widely viewed as political.
The outcome of Mr. Belnick's case "is a second defeat or misstep in the Tyco prosecution, which everyone viewed as the slam-dunk of all cases," said Orin Snyder, a former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.
Many Iraqis also viewed the prosecution of the guards as a test case of American democratic principles, which have not been wholeheartedly embraced, and in particular of the fairness of the American judicial system.
The prosecution and conviction were viewed by many governments – most prominently the European Union, who repeatedly called for release of Yulia Tymoshenko as the primary condition for signing the EU Association Agreement, and the USA – and international organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as politically biased.
Britain viewed criminal prosecutions as difficult to achieve and the tax office had focused on taking civil action, minister Gauke said.
It has been a bad week for the hidebound defenders of a hopelessly antiquated military justice system that views prosecution decisions in all cases, including rape and sexual assault, as the private preserve of commanders rather than lawyers.
In his 79-page decision, Justice Cataldo wrote that Mr. Bermudez's rights were violated because the police had allowed prosecution witnesses to view Mr. Bermudez's mug shot as a group and to discuss his resemblance to the killer.
Justice John Cataldo of State Supreme Court in Manhattan ordered the hearing last month, after defense lawyers presented evidence suggesting that the police had allowed prosecution witnesses to view Mr. Bermudez's mug shot as a group and to discuss his resemblance to the killer.
