grant immunity

Her lawyers said that the Crown’s decision to grant immunity to the prison officers meant this was now one of the only remaining routes to securing accountability.

A year ago the lord advocate apologised to her in person for the decision to grant immunity but she is still angry.

“That approach would grant immunity from criminal prosecution to a President who accepts a bribe in exchange for directing a lucrative government contract to the payer; a President who instructs the FBI Director to plant incriminating evidence on a political enemy; a President who orders the National Guard to murder his most prominent critics; or a President who sells nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary,” the filing said.

“We now hold that the F.S.I.A. does not grant immunity to foreign states or their instrumentalities in criminal proceedings,” Justice Kavanaugh wrote, adding: “Congress enacted a comprehensive scheme governing claims of immunity in civil actions against foreign states and their instrumentalities. That scheme does not cover criminal cases.”

The proposal would also grant immunity to prime ministers, ministers, and members of Knesset “for any crime they might commit in relation to their position while in office.”