The bank is subject to a stringent non-prosecution agreement with the US authorities, and said Michael Cherkasky, appointed as the formal monitor for the next five years, had begun his role on 22 July.
Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA employee in whose trial Risen must now testify or face possible jail time, is the seventh former government employee to face prosecution under the stringent Espionage Act since Obama took office, alongside former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning, currently on trial for passing documents to WikiLeaks.
This Article examines the use of stringent cooperation requirements and deferred prosecution agreements, pursuant to which corporate internal investigations have become extensions of government enforcement efforts.
Termination for severe fetal disorders in case of dismal, but not necessarily lethal, prognosis for the fetus may be excepted from legal prosecution provided adherence to stringent criteria.
Despite all his stringent and justified criticism of America's prosecution of the war, he never spells out quite what the right response to September 11th should have been.
A preliminary hearing is held to determine if there is probable cause for a case to go to trial, an outcome most Colorado legal experts consider a near formality because the standard the prosecution must meet is not stringent.
Some think the "safe harbour" rules (under which American companies, when dealing with European citizens, must observe the stringent EU privacy rules to obtain "safe harbour" from prosecution), on which America and the EU agreed in March, do not do enough to protect the privacy of European citizens.
That requires more and tougher prosecutions higher up the food chain, more stringent financial investigations, and governments working with businesses.
Both banks have deferred prosecution agreements; these defer prosecution as long as stringent conditions are met.
The fix is for more stringent rules regarding the use of this tactic and, more important, the prosecution of defendants in the same court before the same judge.
