Today, tens of thousands of stateless Rohingya people remain trapped in limbo in Malaysia unable to legally work or return home, while facing years-long waits for potential resettlement by UNHCR.
While the plant has faced years of lawsuits seeking its suspension because of its precarious location, Japan's compliant courts have consistently ruled in the industry's favor.
If, like Clinton, they leave office while still relatively young, they face years of a twilight existence, trapped in the dignity of their former office but shorn of its power.
But while Mr. Spitzer and Mr. Cayne face years in exile, the indefatigable Mr. Grasso brings his case to New York's highest appeals court on Tuesday, with a growing chance that he may keep the vast portion of his payout.
They face years in prison.
He comes into the Masters, fresh off his first official PGA tour victory in two and a half years, while facing questions on the future of his game.
Mr. Clinton also defended his pardon of Mr. Rich, the commodities trader who has lived in Switzerland for 17 years while facing charges of mail fraud, racketeering, income tax evasion and trading oil with Iran in violation of a trade embargo.
He was imprisoned in Venezuela for nine years while facing charges of plotting the bombing with another Cuban exile, but escaped in 1985 to El Salvador aboard a shrimp boat.
The debate is of limited legal relevance to Mr. McLaughlin, who also claimed a moral victory even while facing a potential 20-year prison sentence.
Swartz committed suicide earlier this year while facing a possible 50-year sentence and up to a million dollars in fines.
He is a second-term president who must contend with partisan politics while facing end-of-the-year spending and tax cuts in an increasingly polarized country.
