So prosecutors pressed on to trial in January 2004 on the lone remaining offense - failure to appear.
To maximize the deterrent effect, the prosecutors are more often pressing for jail sentences rather than fines alone.
Canadian prosecutors pressed charges against at least four men on allegations of participation in Holocaust war crimes.
The arrest order was lifted by court order last July, but the prosecutors pressed on with the investigation.
With prosecutors pressing her for more and more graphic detail, she supplied it.
Even when a defendant already has a death sentence, prosecutors often press ahead with other charges in case the sentence is overturned.
But even if that witness confesses to a crime, prosecutors can still press the case using evidence other than that confession.
Parents of the children were elated, having waged a publicity and political campaign in recent days to persuade the prosecutors to press on with the charges.
The publicity also helps motivate prosecutors to press forward on the cases, say law enforcement officials.
But he gave few details and prosecutors did not press him, saying later that his claims had been "fully investigated."