Tribunal rules give prosecutors control over defense subpoenas and have looser restrictions against hearsay evidence, statements made outside court by people who are not available for cross-examination.
"When one considers the fact that more than 95percentt of all criminal cases are resolved with guilty pleas, it is very clear that prosecutors control the criminal justice system through their charging and plea bargaining powers," wrote American University law professor Angela Davis.
But because judges, not prosecutors, controlled most sentencing, plea bargaining was limited to those rare cases in which prosecutors could unilaterally dictate a defendant's sentence.
Local 1181 represents about 15,000 city school bus drivers, matrons and mechanics and was, according to federal prosecutors, controlled by the Genovese crime family for most of the 1980s and '90s.
Using the online moniker "Dread Pirate Roberts", a reference to a character in the 1987 movie The Princess Bride, Ulbricht, according to prosecutors, "controlled and oversaw every aspect of Silk Road, and managed a staff of paid, online administrators and computer programmers who assisted with the day-to-day operation of the site".
In May, 2010, President Colom chose a new Attorney General, who, according to CICIG, promptly fired honest prosecutors, seized control over agents' wiretap operations, and shelved sensitive cases.
The current struggle is really about whether judges or prosecutors will control access to the alternative programs, and whether second offenders should be eligible for consideration.
As a practical matter, prosecutors now control who qualifies for drug treatment, and they are reluctant to give up that power.
Of ten people held in connection with Judge de Castro's murder this week, four were policemen; they were later released.For years, Congress has been mulling reforms, including giving prosecutors more control over police investigations and restricting jail sentences mainly to those convicted of violent or serious crimes.
The mob, prosecutors charged, controlled part of the drywall industry, an essential part of nearly every major construction job.
Over the course of more than 90 minutes, Andres walked jurors through the extensive evidence against Manafort, who prosecutors say controlled 31 overseas bank accounts through which more than $60 million flowed.
