United States v. Slough

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : : : v. : Criminal Action No.: 08-0360 (RMU) : PAUL A. SLOUGH et al., : : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT; DENYING AS MOOT THE GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT SLATTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE [T]he basic purposes that lie behind the privilege against self-incrimination do not relate to protecting the innocent from conviction, but rather to preserving the integrity of a judicial system in which even the guilty are not to be…