Although there was no retrial, the case led to a lawsuit filed by the Women's Law Project against the university over its treatment of sexual assault.
Philosophically, some find the practice, unfair, and some states by statute prohibit a retrial in cases where there has already been a federal prosecution.
Hayne is still free to testify, however, and still takes the stand regularly in Mississippi, mostly to testify in retrials of cases in which he has already testified, and the backlog of over 600 cases he had when he was terminated.
"Removing judges, prosecutors and other court officials creates more work for our justice system and, at the same time, takes away important resources," said Casimiro dos Santos, Interim Director of the Judicial System Monitoring Project (JSMP), a Dili-based NGO, adding that at least two district courts have ordered retrials for cases heard by foreign judges.
The Orleans Parish District Attorney's office plans a retrial in the case the court addressed.
On Dec. 25, Libya's Supreme Court ordered a retrial in the case.
"It's certainly something that we anticipated and we look forward to the retrial of the case," Mr. Ricco said.
In January, Egypt's highest court ordered a retrial of the case.* The shakhs maghoul is a useful concept in thinking about Egypt's justice system.
He still faces a retrial in that case after appeals from the prosecution and defence, but this would not necessarily require him to stay in jail.
On Wednesday, Scott Dantuma, a financial consultant who was having lunch at a McDonald's and said he did not support a retrial because the case was weak, said the practice of corruption would look slightly different now.
