Sentences with phrase «public justice weighs»
Public Justice weighs a variety of factors when determining whether to become involved in a potential case, but our primary consideration is the potential public interest impact of the case.
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Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.
«While we are disappointed in the decision and will weigh our appellate options, we look forward to a prompt retrial where we will have another opportunity to present the overwhelming evidence of Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos's guilt and again give the public the justice it deserves,» Acting US Attorney Joon H. Kim announced Tuesday following the circuit court's decision.
«While we are disappointed in the decision and will weigh our appellate options, we look forward to a prompt retrial where we will have another opportunity to present the overwhelming evidence of Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos's guilt and again give the public the justice it deserves,» Kim said.
The court will have to weigh up the public interest in ensuring that those charged with crimes should be tried, as against the competing public interest in maintaining confidence in the criminal justice system, and not giving the impression that the end will always be treated as justifying any means.
When it comes to weighing benefits and risk, we attorneys tend to err on the side of caution and perhaps find it easier to turn a blind eye to the needs of our clients and the public for greater access to justice over the potential discomfort it causes us a business owners to implement changes in the way we operate our law practice.
The Lord Justices pointed out that there was a well - established process for dealing with government requests to withhold documents on national security grounds: judges must weigh the public interest which demands that the evidence be withheld against the public interest in open justice, and if «the former public interest is held to outweigh the latter, the evidence can not in any circumstances be admitted.»
For the second part of the 2 - part test under s. 137.1 (4)(b), Justice Dunphy conducted a public interest weighing of allowing the proceeding to continue versus the merits of the communication, a very new area of law with little guidance.
From National Public Radio, this evening's broadcast of «All Things Considered» contained an audio segment entitled «Justices Weigh Definitions of Competency» featuring Nina Totenberg.