The prosecutor pushed for two years in prison, arguing that the long list of Metts's technical infractions was "not just a fluke . . .
In a statement, Kemper called the errors "technical infractions" and said it had implemented new policies to ensure that they did not recur.
Jonathan E. Gray, a financial analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, said that while regulators might well have found important technical infractions of accounting rules, Mr. Falcon's motivations had to be considered.
According to Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News, Abbott's two-year investigation yielded 26 cases of alleged fraud, but two-thirds of those turned out to be technical infractions in which the voters were eligible to vote and their votes were legally cast.
Their attitude about Baird's infraction was that it was a technical violation and that 'Everybody does it'.
In a statement, Stanley Schlein, a lawyer for People for Ferrer, said yesterday that the Ferrer campaign accepted the ruling by the board, calling the infractions "technical and unintentional errors".
Paroled young people are often re-incarcerated for so-called technical violations, including truancy, curfew infractions or continued unemployment.
Taylor makes her living blasting out press releases attacking Republican politicos for infractions as small as technical mistakes on campaign finance reports.
(The totals include technical fouls for three-second violations and other infractions).
Two delay-of-game infractions in a single game triggers a technical foul.
