Strategists on both sides agreed that Hurricane Sandy had at the very least interrupted Mr. Romney's late-stage prosecution of Mr. Obama in a way that may have stunted the sense of upward movement that had been surrounding his campaign.
Then at the second stage, the prosecution had the burden of showing that there was a neutral nondiscriminatory reason for the challenges.
Hoon statement on Iraq abuse claims Mr Hoon disclosed that investigations into two cases of alleged improper behaviour had reached an "advanced stage" with prosecution decisions pending.
In an angry dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the 1986 opinion, which he wrote, was designed to ensure the right to counsel at every critical stage of prosecution.
MOSCOW — Russia's Investigative Committee on Monday acknowledged for the first time that 37-year-old Sergei L. Magnitsky died in pretrial detention because prison authorities denied him medical care, setting the stage for prosecution in a case that has come to epitomize Russia's trouble establishing rule of law.
But enforcement still stops short, at the investigation and rescue stage, without criminal prosecution.
The case, he argued, should be considered essentially closed so that it could proceed to the prosecution stage.
At one stage even the prosecution seemed to distance itself from its high-profile witness, suggesting she be considered a court witness, rather than one for the prosecution – an offer the court declined.
Brazilians are fed up with Brazil, this Brics member country where 45% of households have no access to any sewage system, where just 10% of homicides reach prosecution stage.
Less than a third will go to prosecution stage.
Meanwhile, allegations of abuse have taken center stage in the prosecutions of detainees at Guantánamo.
