However, experts say that even if the Swiss Federal Criminal Court rules in Polanski's favour, the decision would probably be appealed immediately by the Swiss government.
The IPCC said there were no consistent rules for criminal pursuits and called for compulsory guidelines.
So many federal rules carry criminal penalties that experts struggle to count them.
Naturally, the rules for conducting criminal trials differ from those for military tribunals.
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Moreover, the rules for conducting criminal trials in federal courts have been fashioned to prosecute conventional crimes by conventional criminals.
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Any time you have an African-American in the criminal justice system, the same rules apply.
The inquiry into Azelle Rodney's death follows years of delays because of rules relating to secret criminal intelligence material.
If Mr. Hayes is tried or enters into a plea agreement in the U.S., British prosecutors wouldn't be able to try him on similar charges under U.K. double-jeopardy rules, according to criminal-defense lawyers who aren't involved in Mr. Hayes's case.
Pointing out that the current Spanish rules predate the International Criminal Court (ICC) and regional tribunals, Mr Lossada argues that "today, there are a lot of international instruments that are more efficient and more consensual" than pursuing such cases in Madrid.
It sets out strategies for using criminal law to enforce EU policies and rules.
This is not the first time Snipes' has run afoul of the rules governing his life as a criminal defendant.
The NCAA slapped Penn State with fines and sanctions over the case, but Pennsylvania's governor announced a lawsuit against the collegiate athletic board, saying Sandusky's actions were a criminal matter and not a violation of NCAA rules.
This, the argument goes on, shows why it is worth changing the voting rules to make co-operation in criminal matters easier.
Since the hearsay rules are more relaxed than in a criminal trial, it would be natural for the plaintiff's lawyers to wish to call police officers from both sides of the border.
Later, Inspector General Glenn Fine and his investigators discovered at least 17 other documents loaded with top secret signal information and code words that Gonzales had mishandled in violation of Justice Department rules and potentially in violation of federal criminal laws.
Yet state ethics rules prohibit lawyers from using the threat of criminal liability to obtain advantage in a civil settlement.
It would also bar prosecutors from indicting criminal suspects without a grand jury, thus changing the rules in 28 states.
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Mrs Edwards has organised a petition calling for a review of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) and wants the arrest rules to be more flexible.
In a statement, the prosecutor general said Alaa, Gamal and seven others had been referred to the criminal court on charges of violating stock market and central bank rules.
The second part intends to amend the rules about the disclosure of information obtained by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Turkish law disqualifies candidates with criminal records from running for office - although Mr Erdogan had challenged those rules citing recent amendments to the Turkish penal code.
The office of the US Air Force Inspector General, while confirming the overall pattern of complaints, found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing and concluded that the mortuary officials named had not personally broken rules or regulations.
And he publicly threatened criminal action to force Merrill into a civil settlement--despite state ethics rules that forbid this kind of leverage.
Most operate within a web of risk limits, documentation requirements and other rules that make it easy to turn a bad bet into a criminal matter.
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The bill is in two parts, the first being to amend the rules about the punishment part of non-mandatory life sentences imposed in criminal cases.
But Wendy and other ex-offenders doing this sort of mentoring are being hampered by prison rules, which usually ban them from working inside prisons because they have a criminal record.
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Not surprisingly, jury-tampering is suspected, and the case was appealed to the Russian Supreme Court. (Double-jeopardy rules don't exist in Russia, and 25% to 50% of criminal cases are reversed on appeal.) The lead prosecutor has spoken of "gross violations" of procedural laws but won't elaborate publicly.
"According to the rules, Libya has the primacy to prosecute Saif, so if they present this to the International Criminal Court judges, probably they will get an approval, " Moreno-Ocampo said on Thursday.
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