According to Mr. McKay, Mr. Meese has acted criminally because he "should have known" of this conflict of interest.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said that this action is illegal and the party led by Vasile Blaga should be acted criminally.

The whole country knows they've acted criminally.

Mr. Morgenthau's office did so despite the conclusion reached by police investigators that Officer Del-Debbio had not acted criminally.

Asked directly if his prosecutors were convinced that Officer Del-Debbio had acted criminally, Mr. Morgenthau said, "I'd rather not get into that question."

But the judge exhorted him not to forget he had acted criminally, "foolish pride and self-deception notwithstanding."

But the general also concluded that no one had acted criminally, negligently or recklessly, and he recommended that no one be disciplined.

Brady Wyatt, a Dallas lawyer representing a person accused of drug dealing whose case has been dismissed, said he doubted that the police had acted criminally.

Still, Mrs. Zinamon said she thought that while Mr. Lindsey might have acted improperly, he had not acted criminally.

No, we'll go after someone well known to have acted criminally under a far earlier Senatus Consultum Ultimum.