Sentences with phrase «steubenville assault case»

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

The law also requires a civilian review when commanders decline to prosecute, requires dishonourable discharge or dismissal for those convicted, eliminate the statute of limitations for courts - martial in rape and sexual assault cases and criminalizes retaliation against victims who report an assault.

Vogel was the District Attorney who prosecuted the 1985 sexual assault case that sent Avery to jail the first time (and for a crime from which he was later exonerated).

The review found that that played a role in 79 percent of wrongfully convicted sexual assault cases against black people versus only 51 percent of cases against white people.

VORP was designed with burglary and assault cases in mind, but a new version of it, Defense - Based Victim Outreach, is becoming common in murder cases.

We need to be consistent with how we deal with assault cases and can not let someone off just becasue the judge is sympathetic to their particular religion.

We would never let a judge preside over a sexual assault case where the accused was a friend or a business partner.

Just a week after his big Super Bowl win, Peyton Manning came under heavy fire for a sexual assault case that happened nearly 20 years ago.

He was expected to fly to Colorado (and back each evening) for three days of hearings this week on his felony sexual assault case in an Eagle County courtroom.

A police report that became public last month, after a sexual assault case against Bryant was dropped, reveals that on July 2, 2003, shortly after the incident in a Colorado hotel room that changed his life, Bryant told investigators that Shaq had paid women up to $ 1 million to remain silent about sexual encounters.

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Fleck's successor, Tracy Claeys, lost his job after publicly backing a threatened player boycott over the school's handling of a sexual assault case involving several players.

With 300 plus homicides occurring in Houston that is 12 - 15 homicide investigations a year plus attempted murder and other felony assault cases to handle, And with each homicide taking maybe on average of three to four weeks to handle its easy to understand how this took so long.

Reading news stories, such as last year's 2,000 reported sexual assault cases on New Year's Eve in Germany can make you terrified for your teen.

Speaking on Abusua FM's Abusua Nkommo with Kwame Adinkra, she alleged that the President instigated the Delta Force members to intimidate the Judge who was presiding over their assault case in Kumasi.

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.

(Donovan also served in that capacity in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, which recently resulted in a misdemeanor conviction).

Time's Up — an initiative and legal defense fund fighting sexual harassment and gender inequality — has called on Cuomo to open an investigation of Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance and his office after a story in New York Magazine revealed the alleged mishandling handling of a Harvey Weinstein sexual assault case.

In an odd twist, Sharpe may have done Parker a favor by running against him this fall, as his candidacy has caused two special prosecutors to be appointed in the senator's assault case, pushing the whole mess still further off into the future.

The New York Democrat's bill that would take the prosecution of sexual assault cases outside the military failed 55 - 45 in March, a surprisingly narrow defeat.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is introducing legislation with other lawmakers Thursday that would change how the military handles sexual assault cases.

«It is of great concern that sexual assault cases have not been pursued with full vigor by our criminal justice system. . .

According to the New York Daily News, Cuomo said: «It is of great concern that sexual assault cases have not been pursued with full vigor by our criminal justice system.»

The saga of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate's (D - East Elmhurst) assault case is out of the courtroom for the time being, but although the first - term legislator avoided any jail time on his misdemeanor conviction for recklessly injuring his girlfriend while dragging her out of his apartment building, he still faces censure from his Senate colleagues and -LSB-...]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), one of the most outspoken lawmakers seeking significant changes in how the military handles sexual assault cases, attempted to push the military service chiefs closer to her position on the matter.

began the questioning of top military commanders by asking for a general sense of how taking oversight of adjudicating sexual assault cases would affect the power of military commanders.

Skelos had his minority counsel's office draw up a resolution that seeks to strip Parker of his leadership post (majority whip) and its lulu ($ 12,500), which has been quietly restored to him by Sampson in recent months despite the fact that Parker's felony assault case is still pending.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) is pushing for sexual assault cases to be prosecuted outside the military, and has pointed to other countries as models.

IBT also reported that Vance received more than $ 42,000 from lawyers at a criminal defense firm whose clients received plea deals from Vance's office that let them avoid prison, including another high profile sexual assault case.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is keeping the heat on the Pentagon over its handling of sexual assault cases.

Cuomo said the new standards are needed because college administrators too often sweep sexual assault cases under the rug for fear that the bad press would scare away future students.

NYPD Now Video Taping All Interrogation of Suspects Last week New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that suspects in all murder, sex crime, and felony assault cases will be recorded during their interrogations with police.

Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on 7/16 Washington (CNN)-- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to voice their support for the measure.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Neil Breslin said the chamber needs to «move on» from Parker's assault case and again sought to differentiate it from Monserrate's conviction on a misdemeanor charge of abusing his girlfriend and ex-Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s alleged corruption.

The law goes further than the common «no means no» standard, which has been blamed for bringing ambiguity into investigations of sexual assault cases.

The Senate approved a fiscal 2017 defense policy bill after skipping votes on several major amendments, including a proposal by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to transfer from commanders to military prosecutors decisions on whether to prosecute military sexual assault cases.

I think people are realizing that a lot of the sexual harassment and assault cases coming out because there is an imbalance of power,» Hochul said.

Rinaldo says police getting the evidence in a sexual assault case hasn't been a problem.

The proposal, which follows calls on the federal level to do the same, comes after a series of highly publicized assault cases involving NFL players around the country.

Never mind the expenditures for ugly, piecemeal persian rugs and toasters, the pattern of lying, the baseball ticket investigation, the interference in as assault case etc etc, etc..

Donovan's office is also handling an assault case involving Democratic Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker, who is accused of roughing up a New York Post photographer.

As the prosecution's witnesses testify in a gang - assault case against nine Rikers Island correction officers, a band of their colleagues keeps watch in the Bronx County Hall of Justice, where the case is being tried.

According to the minister, Ghana recorded 84,142 cases of sexual and gender - based violence nationwide from 2009 to 2013, adding that statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service indicated that 15,426 cases of sexual and gender - based violence with 14,415 assault cases on women were recorded in 2014.

Federal officials are investigating a complaint against Syracuse University for its handling of a sexual assault case, the Daily Orange campus newspaper reported.

On February 22, 2016, the Erie County District Attorney informed 1 7 - year - old Elijah Bethel of Troy, New York, that a grand jury «dismissed the charges» against him in an alleged sexual assault case on SUNY Buffalo State's campus.

He had left after a newspaper story resurrected details of an assault case.

POLICE RATED HIGH OVER SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES The Justice for All (J4A), a civil society group, disclosed on Wednesday that in a recent independent study it conducted, it concluded that the Nigeria Police Force, in recent times, performed satisfactorily in the handling of sexual assault cases against women and minors, which is a complete departure -LSB-...]

Corbitt resigned a week after he admitted that State Police members had contacted the accuser in the David Johnson assault case.

Senate Minority Leader John Samspon's selected of Ravi Batra, a lawyer with ties to the incarcerated Clarence Norman and who defended former Sen. Ada Smith in her assault case.

Attorney Joseph Tacopina (l.) and state Sen. Hiram Monserrate prepare to face the judge in the courtroom during a hearing in Monserrate's assault case.