Sentences with phrase «jury decision not»

When asked about the acquittal of officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson and the grand jury decision not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York, how such decisions affect him, Bradford says it is «such a big question.»

The grand jury decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner was announced on December 3.

The publication reported that Lynch told officers that «extreme discretion» should be used by officers, amid a lack of support by City Hall and Washington following the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.

Congressman Serrano on Grand Jury Decision Not to Indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's Case

The relationship between the PBA and the mayor has grown so contentious over the special grand jury decision not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's death that the PBA has asked its members to sign papers indicating that they do not want de Blasio or City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to attend their funerals.

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

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«A criminal defendant, we hold, need not request special interrogatories, nor need he acquiesce in the Government's request for discrete findings by the jury, in order to preserve in full a timely - raised objection to jury instructions,» Justice J. Ginsburg wrote in her explanation of the court's decision.

A settlement means that we're going to not chance it to the jury to make a decision, we agree to disagree on whether anyone did anything wrong but we're making a practical business decision, we're going to pay this much to be done with this case and not test the waters.

It's probably not going to be possible to have a jury of people that have never heard of the bands, that have never heard the music, but the real question is, even with that understanding, can they only focus on the evidence that's being presented by the parties at trial and only use that evidence and nothing from their own life experience outside of the courtroom to make that decision?

«Not once were race or the #metoo movement ever discussed, nor did either factor into our decision, as implied in various media outlets,» the jury wrote in a statement in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

A St. Louis County grand jury's decision Monday not to indict a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., over the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager has led to demonstrations around the nation.

«The grand jury's decision does not negate the fact that Michael Brown's tragic death is part of an alarming national trend of officers using excessive force against people of color, often during routine encounters.

In a highly controversial decision, a jury found St. Anthony, Minnesota officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty of murder for opening fire on Castile with a 4 - year - old in the back seat of the car at a traffic stop.

Coroner Kevin McLoughlin told the jury he had taken a decision not to call the teenagers to give evidence.

Another congregant, who said she chose not to read any news coverage of the trial, struggled with her own internal conflict, saying she trusted that the jury had made the right decision while holding out hope that Sandusky did not really abuse the boys who testified against him.

«The grand jury's decision not to indict the officers involved in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown has left many in our nation angry, saddened and hopeless,» he said.

On Wednesday, a Staten Island grand jury announced its decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put an unarmed black man in a chokehold that resulting in the man's death.

based on «many of your comments» you are wrong... unlike some I do not have rose coloured glasses firmly attached to my mug and indeed I am not impressed by some of Botterill's decisions but the JURY IS OUT for a couple of years.

Francis does not require a jury to pass a judgment about his capabilities, because in his trade there is only one judge to make those decisions who is his manager.

All Arsenal fans have their own opinion on whether Arsene Wenger should remain at the helm of Arsenal football club, and whilst the jury may not be out just yet, it seems the players are united in their decision.

Civil liberties lawyers urged a state judge to reverse Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's attempt to keep secret the grand jury testimony concerning the police chokehold death of Eric Garner, saying the public needs to reconcile a widely watched video of the arrest with the decision not to indict the officer involved.

UPDATE2: The jury passed a note to the judge indicating they are now deadlocked, explaining: «We can not reach a unanimous decision on any of the remaining counts.»

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the jury's decision despite the fact that it did not deliver a felony guilty verdict.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence to convict the veteran legislator in two corruption schemes, but jury instructions didn't comply with a new Supreme Court decision narrowing the type of acts required of public officials in a quid - pro-quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power.

ALBANY — During an interview on CNN, Governor Andrew Cuomo repeated before a national audience his pledge for a «soup - to - nuts» review of the criminal justice program in light of the surprising and «corrosive» decision by a Staten Island grand jury not to indict a police officer involved in the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.

«It is not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have reached the same conclusion if properly instructed, as is required by the law for the verdict to stand,» Jose Cabranes of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision said in his decision.

The fraud convictions of two former campaign aides to city Comptroller John Liu has not helped his run for higher office, but the jury's decision may influence whether the Queens Democratic Party will endorse the lawmaker's mayoral bid, borough political observers said.

Addressing the grand jury decision to not indict the police officer who caused Garner's death, Sharpton «connected the dots» of other cases of African Americans or Latinos killed by police, from Anthony Baez and Abner Louima to Michael Brown and Akai Gurley, urging action.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out the 2015 conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on honest services fraud because the charge to the jury did not comport with the Supreme Court's 2016 decision in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the definition of an «official act.»

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove didn't require French to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when he testified before the grand jury — a decision that made it impossible to bring charges against French after his testimony.

The jury said it couldn't reach a unanimous decision on a fourth defendant in the case, energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who had been accused of arranging a $ 90,000 - per - year job for Percoco's wife.

City Hall's relationship with police, as well as the unions representing them, became strained following a grand jury's decision not to indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Molinari said he doesn't think the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case will hurt Donovan, even as some criticized the district attorney's handling of the case.

It came on the heels of a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for the choking death of Eric Garner.

Conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins had previously said she supports appointing a special prosecutor, following the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.

The NYCLU — along with Public Advocate Letitia James, the Legal Aid Society, the NAACP and the New York Post — filed the appeal in the appellate division of New York Supreme Court to overturn a judge's decision not to release testimony from the grand jury.

Judges added that the jury instructions also didn't meet a three - part test outlined in the McDonnell decision.

The governor is expected to move on criminal justice reforms in the wake of the death of Eric Garner and a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who put him in a fatal chokehold.

Miner wanted to be clear that she is not second - guessing the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold.

Just weeks after the three - year anniversary on the decision by a Westchester County Grand Jury not to indict White Plains Police Officer Anthony Carelli on the killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr, Westchester County Democratic Chairman Reginald Lafayette appeared on Total Faith Network and said he doesn't think Westchester County needs an Independent Prosecutor.

The decision by Abelove to not have the officer sign an immunity waiver raised questions about the validity of the grand jury's determination to clear the police officer — because the panel could not have voted to indict him without a waiver.

It was the state's response to a year of protests and discussion after the death of Eric Garner, and a grand jury's decision not to indict the NYPD officers shown on video choking him to death.

Responding directly to questions for the first time since a Staten Island grand jury voted yesterday not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a taped radio interview this morning that the Garner decision, which spurred peaceful but angry protests, is «bigger than Staten Island.»

When the appeals court overturned Silver's corruption conviction, it said that many people would view the facts that came out in the case «with distaste,» but the instructions to the jury did not track with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

The Crown Prosecution Service today thanked the woman for her «courage» during the case, saying that they respected the jury's decision after the footballer was found not guilty of rape.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was blasted by police unions for statements he made in the wake of a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for Eric Garner's death, released a more subdued message Tuesday.

Relations between de Blasio and the police unions have never been good but have worsened in recent months after a grand jury's decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the Eric Garner case and the murders last month of two officers in Brooklyn.

MANHATTAN — The City Council wants the NYPD Inspector General to investigate how police track and monitor allegations of abuse following the decision of a Staten Island grand jury to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

Those protests followed a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Garner, who died as Mr. Pantaleo tried to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes.

The move came in a letter that Schneiderman sent to Cuomo Monday and was sparked by the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of a black man, Eric Garner.