31.   The affidavits released Thursday go further, though, by providing details of serious espionage cases in which admitted spies apparently escaped criminal prosecution altogether.

32.   The challenge to the new legislature was filed by three criminal defendants seeking to escape prosecution, but it quickly grew into a crucial constitutional test.

33.   The conspiratorial kinfolk of Bihari, though, have escaped prosecution.

34.   The Dayton Daily News reported last year that the military allowed hundreds of accused sex offenders to escape criminal prosecution or go free despite convictions in military courts.

35.   The United States armed forces allowed hundreds of accused sex offenders to escape criminal prosecution or go free despite convictions.

36.   While it has been evident for weeks that Lindh would not escape criminal prosecution, the behind-the-scenes debate about how to handle the case has been intense.

37.   Although her blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit in Connecticut, Baiul escaped prosecution for drunken driving because of a technicality.

38.   Argentina was a popular refuge for Nazis following World War II, with the postwar Peron government even supporting war criminals who fled to South America to escape prosecution.

39.   Anti-crime groups in Asia vowed Wednesday to fix gaps and weaknesses in international cooperation being exploited by crime syndicates to escape prosecution and spread their influence.

40.   Authorities allege he faked his death to try to escape prosecution on a passport fraud charge.