Both sweeping immunity and overzealous prosecutions of former leaders can undermine democracy. But such prosecutions pose different risks for older democracies like the US than in younger ones.
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The courts have provided little guidance on whether politically-motivated crimes are better or worse than crimes from ‘common criminals’.
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