Immunity or cooperation agreements “normally vest discretion” in the government to determine whether the cooperation is satisfactory, Judge Pooler said, but that discretion does not allow the government to go back on its word or show bad faith..

ANOTHER conviction in the Abner Louima case was back in play yesterday, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered a hearing on whether a police officer convicted of lying about the incident was entitled to immunity from prosecution.