21. Gifts while particular regulatory matters were pending could lead to criminal liability , Bloom said. 22. Who gave ( Swift ) the right to absolve the Marcoses of criminal liability ? 23. During his appeal, he began to claim his innocence and rejected any criminal liability . 24. The ruling also limits criminal liability faced by the ferry's operator, Minoan Flying Dolphins. 25. The settlement was all just an elaborate way of protecting Denning from criminal liability . 26. Good people sometimes make honest mistakes; responsibility does not necessarily equate to criminal liability . 27. Still, until recent years, few foreign countries imposed criminal liability on executives for price-fixing. 28. Under the 1980 law, these offenses were punishable when criminal liability could be ascribed. 29. His actions, therefore, could not constitute unlawful conduct for the purposes of criminal liability . 30. A Judge then decides the suspect's criminal liability if any.