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unusual facts about criminal prosecution



Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford

During this period he enjoyed a very large practice at the bar, being instructed in many causes célèbres including the Swynfen will case and Cardinal Newman's criminal prosecution for his libel of Giacinto Achilli.


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Apocalypse Production Crew

On August 21, 2003, Mark Shumaker (known by the pseudonym markalso), pleaded guilty to violating copyright laws and became the first federal criminal prosecution of someone who specialized in music piracy after having been raided in Operation Buccaneer.

Benefit fraud

Where cases of benefit fraud result in criminal prosecution, in England & Wales such prosecutions are generally brought either under section 112 Social Security Administration Act 1992 (where no dishonesty is alleged) or under s111A of the same Act (where dishonesty is alleged).

Continuance

Under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a person accused of a crime and facing a criminal prosecution, is guaranteed the right to a speedy trial.

I Need a Haircut

The resulting case was Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc., in which the court granted an injunction against the defendants to prevent further copyright infringement of the plaintiff's song by sampling and referred them for criminal prosecution.

James E. Bistor

Mayor Anton Cermak and other politicians desperately tried to break the strike by threatening criminal prosecution of Bistor and other ARET leaders and revocation of city services.

OTE

In June 2010, Greek prosecutors said that OTE's chief executive officer, Panagis Vourloumis, should face criminal prosecution, accused of corrupt practices in the maintenance of network contracts extended to telecom equipment makers Siemens AG, Anko and Greece's Intracom Holdings SA.

R v Evans and McDonald

R v Evans and McDonald was the criminal prosecution of two footballers, Ched Evans and Clayton McDonald, who were jointly accused of the rape of a woman.

Sixth Amendment

Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, which sets out rights of the accused in a criminal prosecution

William Digby Seymour

His failure to observe this promise was commented on by the Morning Herald, and Seymour sought to institute a criminal prosecution of that paper, which was refused by Lord Campbell.