BOSTON — A federal judge said in a ruling filed Thursday that James Whiteyy" Bulger cannot tell a jury at his coming trial he had immunity from prosecution — a decision that is likely to hobble the defense strategy for the New England mob leader.
A police investigation ended with the Crown Office deciding there was insufficient evidence for any prosecutions - a decision that angered families of the victims.
It would have been barred from bidding on such work had Ms. Lynch chosen to indict the company rather than give it a deferred prosecution agreement, a decision she said was based in their cooperation with the investigation, the reforms the pact required and the hundreds of New York jobs it would save.
Before any of this happens, the prosecution makes a decision -- should it seek the death penalty?
Mubenga's 19-year-old son, Roland, has written to the director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders, saying the family will "remain desolate" until the Crown Prosecution Service makes a decision on whether to prosecute the guards.
In order for the prosecutions to proceed, a decision by the State Corporation Commission (SCC) was needed verifying that the loans solicited by LaRouche organizations were securities.
The authorities decided against prosecution – a landmark decision that paved the way for Lady Chatterley's Lover the following year.
In that time thousands more women face prosecution for making a decision about their own body.
The inquest, which was supposed to begin late last year, was delayed while the Crown Prosecution Service reviewed a decision, which remains unchanged, not to bring charges of gross negligence manslaughter over the deaths.
In a landmark decision last year, the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, published a decision not to prosecute the relatives of a 23-year-old rugby player, Daniel James, even though there was enough evidence, because it was not in the public interest.
In another statement, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said a decision not to prosecute made in 1970 by the then director of public prosecutions (DPP) would not have been made today.
