F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone pays to end bribery trial - BBC News
Legal bribery. "Under German law defendants can in certain circumstances "buy" termination of a trial. The legal proviso exists in order to ease the burden on the courts and to deal with cases where reaching a judgment could prove difficult. However a lawyer quoted by the Spiegelonline website, Franz Bielefeld, said it was unusual for the clause to be invoked in mid-trial - more often it is done before a trial starts. Former Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, of the Liberal FDP party, criticised use of the loophole in the Ecclestone case, saying it was "not just bad taste - it's really insolent". She said it allowed rich people to go free, whereas the less well-heeled could face prison." Rubbing our noses in the ability to legally bribe the government and end the trial. Remember, the law doesn't really apply to the rich and powerful.
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