"When you think back to when this prosecution happened, it may have saved the administration," said Ronald J. Gilson, a specialist in corporate governance at Stanford Law School.
That could be true; vindictive prosecutions have happened in our justice system before and they will happen again.
"Now that people are aware prosecutions can happen, it will be more stressful.
Timothy B. Lee, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, wrote Saturday on the blog Ars Technica: "We should pay tribute to Aaron's memory by reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prevent such disproportionate prosecutions from happening in the future".
The Acourt brothers and Knight may never face new prosecutions unless, as happened with Norris and Dobson, compelling new evidence emerges.
Some human rights groups have expressed disappointment that the commission's investigation will not be followed by prosecutions, as has happened in other South American countries.
His family went to the local police, who mounted an investigation and assured them that a prosecution would happen because other complaints had been received about Jones.
It might seem unthinkable that any such prosecution would happen here in the UK, or that the Queen would ever make such a direct defence of her unearned position.
It's so clear that there's a conflict of interest there we were surprised that no prosecution was happening.
Reporting is important, even if prosecution never happens, because it can serve as a red flag later if that person rapes again.
