Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York who worked on the bill, also lobbied to reform prosecution of sexual assault in the military.
The collapse of Enron and WorldCom, the fall from grace of Martha Stewart and Richard Grasso and the humbling of Wall Street in general have spawned new legislation, regulatory reforms, criminal prosecutions, lawsuits, books, articles and -need we add? -- stock-market losses.
("CIA torture report not likely to result in reforms or prosecutions," Dec. 10).
The Fraternal Order of Police has taken the justice system hostage in terms of reform and prosecution.
The official response to the case has been inconsistent from the outset, with some officials — most notably the president — urging both reforms and prosecution.
Ukraine has passed a "lustration law" and reformed its prosecution system, and the oligarchs want to see plenty of MPs in the new parliament who will work to blunt the effect.
Under the reforms, no prosecution for a political crime could be brought even in the regular courts unless approved by the local Party committee.
If red tape and government meddling derails the promising reforms to criminal prosecutions, it would, sadly, not be new or surprising.
Some of the fault lies on the Turkish side: its reforms have slowed, prosecutions of writers for insulting Turkishness have continued, renewed fighting has broken out with Kurds and a new mood of nationalism has taken hold.
If maintaining the trust of the Muslim community is an important counterterrorism strategy, then reforming terrorism investigations and prosecutions is essential to our security.
