No one asked about the allegations; or the distractions; or about the starting receiver, Chris Boyd, who is suspended, charged as an accessory after the fact.
The police and prosecutors eventually suspended charges against Mr. Pickton, apparently because of doubts over the prostitute's reliability as a witness.
Sports events and concerts have been cancelled until further notice nationwide, and phone operators suspended charges for text messages to allow people to communicate.
In a related protest, prosecutors suspended charges against Deia Schlosberg, a documentary maker arrested while filming as environmental protesters attempted to shut down the flow of oil through pipelines carrying crude from Canada to the United States in October.
Often they file a so-called deferred prosecution agreement, suspending charges as long as the company begins reforms.
Prosecutors then turned to deferred-prosecution agreements, which suspend charges against corporations in exchange for certain concessions and a promise to behave.
With companies, prosecutors often file a so-called deferred prosecution agreement that suspends charges, but prosecutors never considered such a deal with SAC, the people briefed on the matter said.
This culminates in a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) between the government and the corporation, which is essentially a form of probation, or "pretrial diversion," where the government suspends charges against the company if all the details of the agreement are fulfilled.
Three New York City police officers have been suspended on charges of threatening a fellow officer who arrested their precinct colleague on charges of drunken driving, officials said yesterday.
