Talk:Nolle prosequi
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[edit] Objection! Contradiction!
The article gives to very different and highly conflicting statements:
- In most circumstances, the court with jurisdiction to hear the case must adjudicate on the application for nolle prosequi, thus finding the defendant innocent of all charges
and
- Courts seldom adjudicate on the application for nolle prosequi. Instead, courts typically sign an order prepared by the prosecution or make a docket entry reflecting the case has been "nolle pros'ed."
Only one of those could possibly correct. I strongly suspect it is the later. Especially as the first statement contradicts the later statement that the case is not adjudicated on the merits, so it does not prevent the case from being re-introduced later. However, if that was the case, the charges then are merely dropped, not the court ruling the defendant innocent. Somebody fix this. 66.254.241.199 (talk) 03:59, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation
Someone should put in how to pronounce it correctly (and maybe how people actually tend to pronounce it). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.110.112 (talk) 18:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
