For one thing, the loss-prevention team needed to build a solid criminal case; for another, they needed to find out if he was working in collusion with another crooked sales associate.
"It always matters to bring solid criminal cases where you are holding people accountable," he said.
That also ensures you can bring solid criminal charges against the first conspirators caught, charges that give them an incentive to cooperate against their co-conspirators higher up the pyramid.
In the hearing on Wednesday, Pauffley said the "expression of views [by Butler from the dock], albeit in the heat of the moment immediately after the verdict, gives a solid indication this criminal process is likely to extend to the making of an application for permission to appeal or a submission should be made that this conviction should be overturned.
Holmes was a solid student with no criminal record, leaving Aurora's community devastated and grasping for explanations.
In happier times, Liz Taylor, Cher, Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga and, rather infamously, Michael Jackson were regulars at his Beverly Hills practice; a solid decade of lawsuits, criminal investigations, and embarrassing press appearances, however, have irreparably tarnished the legacy of the man once hailed as the "Father of Botox".
As the tips on the prison escapees continue to mount, none appear to have brought investigators anything solid on where the criminals might be.
"All that remains to be told is how I changed from a hunted criminal into a solid pillar of the Bangalorean society," says Balram towards the end of this book.
The Kentucky senator Rand Paul, arguably the only Republican presidential candidate who has made criminal justice a solid policy platform, even suggested the Black Lives Matter movement change its name to "Innocent Lives Matter" or "All Lives Matter".
Since its beginning, Court TV has given viewers solid programs focusing on many aspects of criminal justice.
Five current and recently retired criminal investigators, in interviews this year, described solid cases against major tax cheats that were not being pursued for lack of money.
