This year, government prosecutors have contributed their own corruption scandals.
Mr. Kenyatta, prosecutors said, "contributed money towards the retaliatory attack" and was "aware of the widespread and systematic nature of the attack".
BOSTON — The largest construction contractor involved in the Big Dig was charged in federal court on Friday with actions that federal prosecutors say contributed to problems that caused a fatal tunnel ceiling collapse in 2006.
Those two issues, some prosecutors said, contributed to the difficulties in the case against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund who had been considered a leading contender for the French presidency.
High-profile losses for prosecutors can contribute to broad factors that discourage people experiencing sexual assault from working with law enforcement, said Verona Singer, the head of victim services for the Halifax regional police.
Although those lawyers — Henry Christensen III and G. Warren Whitaker — were not charged with crimes, prosecutors said they contributed to the fraud against Mrs. Astor by having her sign documents that did not reflect her wishes and that she was not competent enough to understand.
This knowledge, according to the prosecutor, may have contributed to their survival when police finally stormed the store and killed Coulibaly.
Some sex-crime experts and former prosecutors said the policy contributed to a culture of secrecy in ultra-Orthodox communities, which made it harder to curb sexual abuse.
Ms. Liao believes public pressure contributed to prosecutors being reluctant to press the heavier charge, while the local police were keen to do so.
Based on Mr. Haggerty's representations about how much the operation would cost, prosecutors said, Mr. Bloomberg contributed $1.1 million, which was supposed to be used on the project, to the Independence Party.
