21. Many feminists are aghast that the presidential campaign includes a man who used congressional immunity to avoid legal action over claims he repeatedly raped his stepdaughter. 22. Ms. Rich has asked for congressional immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony. 23. Police arrested former senator Luiz Estevao on Friday, two days after he was expelled for misconduct and lost his congressional immunity from prosecution. 24. Prosecutors pursuing convictions of people with congressional immunity must prove their case is not derived from the public testimony. 25. Romero was released by a judge at dawn because of congressional immunity. 26. The unusual expulsion makes Albuquerque ineligible to hold public office for eight years and strips him of congressional immunity from criminal prosecution. 27. The Supreme Court stripped Guatemalan congressman Juan Carlos Gutierrez of his congressional immunity Thursday and ruled that the lawmaker will have to stand trial on rape charges. 28. With his removal from the legislature, Morales also loses his congressional immunity. 29. Now he has lost his congressional immunity from prosecution and could be detained and tried for allegedly provoking the violence in Sacaba. |
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