He spent many of his evenings in a canoe, paddling around a small lake beside the house, feeling as he did during a trial when the prosecution was giving its closing argument and he couldn't wait for the chance to poke holes in it.
But one wonders what the chances of any actual prosecution are, given that, in many cases, US individuals and corporations already have the green light to do exactly what much of the world's public is so upset about right now.
The operation and prosecutions were given unqualified backing, even after they collapsed, by the chief constable, Peter Wright.
The prosecution case against Pussy Riot was given some time in his film, "ridiculous as it was", Lerner said, as were the views of Russian Orthodox religious campaigners.
Within months, Moore had booked flights to Palma, Mallorca, but the prosecution said her final destination was given away in a text from Nash's wife in Turkey saying "see you there".
Piquet was given immunity from prosecution in return for testifying.
But with both the C.I.A. captives and more important Guantánamo detainees, interrogation was given priority over prosecution, officials said.
Christie's, along with its former chief executive, Christopher M. Davidge, who testified for the government, cooperated with the investigation and was given amnesty from prosecution.
The court-appointed trial lawyers for Mr. Hoffman, convicted of killing a jewelry store owner during a robbery, were not told that the main witness against him had been paid for his cooperation and was given immunity from prosecution and a reduced sentence for bank robbery.
