Weak respiratory muscles may suddenly fatigue, producing precipitous respiratory collapse. Elective intubation is preferable to emergency intubation or respiratory arrest. The standard 20/30 rule (FVC less than 20 ml/kg or NIF less than 30 cmH20) are the best indicators of the need for ventilator support.
Imminent lawless action is a term used in the United States Supreme Court case Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) to define the limits of constitutionally protected speech. The decision overturned the decision of the earlier Schenck v. United States (1919), which had established clear and present danger as the constitutional limit for speech.
Double jeopardy law ushered out. Police are to re-examine the murder of Julie Hogg. A legal principle which prevents people being tried for the same crime twice has been scrapped in England and Wales. The ban on double jeopardy, which has existed for around 800 years, took effect from Monday. The Court of Appeal can now quash an acquittal and order a retrial when new and compelling evidence is produced. Billingham, Teesside, in November 1989.