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On the other hand, transactional immunity grants immunity to the witness from prosecution for an offense to which his compelled testimony relates.

(89) Transactional immunity insulated the witness from

To call or not to call: compelling witnesses to appear before Congress

Waruzila and the Gleason brothers claimed that as public employees, they were entitled to transactional immunity.

Statements allowed in fraud case; Three state DOT workers face charges

Initially, case law suggested that the only way to overcome the privilege against self incrimination was a grant of "transactional immunity" which protects the witness from any future prosecution.

A view from the bench: immunizing witnesses

(394) The constitutionality of granting a witness only use immunity rather than transactional immunity, was upheld in Kastigar v.

Constitutional limitations

Transactional immunity may be granted by the government when it does not contemplate prosecuting the witness.

The grand jury and health care crimes: what every physician executive needs to know

United States, (61) a witness claimed that his grant of transactional immunity for prior testimony in an antitrust investigation of the sugar industry also covered allegations of revenue offenses against him for fraudulently weighing sugar.

Questions unanswered: the Fifth Amendment and innocent witnesses

The magistrate judge noted that the two men had received transactional immunity in the U.S., but ruled that such immunity did not protect them from prosecution in Italy or from use of their statements by Italian officials.

In case involving Italian request that U.S. extradite two U.S. citizens for international drug violations, Eleventh Circuit reverses denial of habeas corpus petitions because government's use of petitioners' confidential disclosures to DEA over petitioners' objections rendered extradition hearing fundamentally unfair

Section 6002 provides use immunity rather than transactional immunity. Transactional protects the witness from prosecution for the offense or offenses involved, whereas use immunity protects the witness only against the government's use of the immunized testimony in a prosecution of the witness.

Criminalization of negligent acts by employees of U.S. and foreign corporations: more and more, prosecutors in the United States and elsewhere are mounting criminal proceedings in traditional tort situations. There's cause to be wary

Plato Cacheris, one of Lewinsky's lawyers, said: "We have reached an agreement today that for her full and truthful testimony she will receive transactional immunity in this case."

IS CLINTON GOING DOWN?; Monica to tell of sex with President

Although the Murphy Court cited Counselman, it actually introduced a narrower standard of immunity that was elaborated in a separate opinion by Justices White and Stewart.(76) Counselman transactional immunity would create huge intersovereign friction: government A could confer immunity and thereby in effect veto government B's law enforcement efforts.

Fifth Amendment first principles: the self-incrimination clause

Transactional immunity, however, goes much further and exempts employees from prosecution for matters discussed during a compelled interview.

Compelled interviews of public employees