Please Please Please Someone answer this question for me? Its about nolle prosequi?

Question

IF someones criminal case got disposed of by nolle prosequi does this really mean that person was innocent or does it mean that they just got lucky and got off easy?

Answer 1

It means they just go off lucky and the DA didn't have enough to prosecute with.  

Answer 2

Lucky... so far.  :)  Here's the legal definition of it for you, but it doesn't mean they're off the hook, just that the prosecutor doesn't have enough to get a conviction.  Yet.

NOLLE PROSEQUI - An entry made on the record, by which the prosecutor or plaintiff declares that he will proceed no further.

A nolle prosequi may be entered either in a criminal or a civil case. In criminal cases, a nolle prosequi may be entered at any time before the finding of the grand jury, by the attorney general, and generally after a true bill has been found; in Pennsylvania, in consequence of a statutory provision, no nolle prosequi can be entered after a bill has been found, without leave of the court, except in cases of assault and battery, fornication and bastardy, on agreement between the parties, or in prosecutions for keeping tippling houses.

A nolle prosequi may be entered as to one or several defendants. The effect of a nolle prosequi, when obtained, is to put the defendant without day, but it does not operate as an acquittal; for he may be afterwards reindicted, and even upon the same indictment, fresh process may be awarded.

Answer 3

It means the prosecutor decided not to prosecute.  That decision could have been based on innocence, or the prosecutor's budget, or any of a thousand other reasons.

Answer 4

Try this; http://dictionary.law.com/default2.asp?s...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolle_prose...

http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/n061.htm