Ten years later, a private prosecution failed to secure convictions against two officers who led the policing operation.
His lawyers had asked for Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer's permission for a private prosecution under terrorism laws.
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The victim's parents, Doreen (pictured) and Neville Lawrence, embarked on a private prosecution.
Three suspects, all white, were acquitted after a private prosecution brought by the Lawrence family collapsed for want of evidence.
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The Lawrence family brought a private prosecution against the five three years later, but the action was dropped at the committal stage.
The courts will have to decide whether to delay the proceedings to allow for an inquest, an eventual private prosecution or both.
Earlier this month, a businessman began the process of launching a private prosecution, saying that British suspects should be tried in the UK, not abroad.
Three police investigations, an unsuccessful private prosecution for murder followed by two year-long official inquiries have left scars on the reputations of all those involved.
Stephen's parents, Neville and Doreen Lawrence, then took up a private prosecution against all five but the case against two of them was dropped at the committal stage.
Although the case against Mr Pinochet is a private prosecution, it can be seen, and in Chile is, as an attempt by one country to interfere in another.
In a private prosecution 12 years ago, a jury had been unable to agree whether Ch Supt David Duckenfield, in overall command at the match, should be convicted of manslaughter.
On Monday a judge granted permission to bring a private prosecution against housemate Michael Barrymore over the death of Stuart Lubbock, who died after being found unconscious in the entertainer's swimming pool in March 2001.
On the British mainland, frustration with police investigations in some high-profile cases - the Stephen Lawrence murder is one - has led to the issuing of a private prosecution to bring the alleged perpetrators of a crime to court.
In 1998 an unsuccessful private manslaughter prosecution was brought against two senior police officers by the Hillsborough Family Support Group.
That order granted private security contractors immunity from prosecution in Iraq but made them subject to the law of their "sending state".
Laws governing dog attacks will also be extended to cover private property, closing a loophole which has meant that dog owners whose animals have attacked people on private property are immune from prosecution.
Mueller, who previously had a lengthy career in the Justice Department, returned to prosecution after a brief stint in private practice as an attorney in Holder's District of Columbia U.S. Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted homicides.
But the RSPCA's policy of bringing private prosecutions rather than referring them to the Crown Prosecution Service was raised earlier this year in a parliamentary debate.
If people are prudent enough to settle their debts, it is not through fear of prosecution, but because much more unpleasant forms of private revenge may be in store.
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If there is sufficient evident to warrant a criminal prosecution, this president, when he returns to private life, can be indicted, prosecuted, tried, and if convicted, punished like any other citizen.
By not questioning the veracity of the affidavit or the assertion that the IDF is required to destroy homes built on private land without the permission of the owner, the state prosecution, which is supposed to represent the elected government, left the justices no choice.
There will be a natural tendency by practitioners to treat materiality and scienter as high hurdles for a government prosecution, an SEC enforcement action, or a private civil claim because these lawyers have treated Shariah as a black box into which they have refused to peer.
On Tuesday, Zebari said progress was made in one aspect of the deal: Private security contractors working in Iraq would no longer receive immunity from prosecution in that country.
But the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision.
Describing a second incident, during which the prosecution claimed he removed a young girl's underpants and inspected her private area, Mr Thorley said the examination had been carried out "sensitively" and by a female teacher.
In the trial, the prosecution in Milan have alleged that women were invited to Mr Berlusconi's private residence for so-called "bunga-bunga" party evenings as part of a prostitution system set up for his personal sexual satisfaction.
These laws will impact not only money laundering prosecution but almost any asset protection strategy that attempts to maintain an element of financial privacy such as private banking or family trusts.
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