Sentences with phrase «accused persons under»

In this spirit, Anand often steps forward to defend the defenseless, fulfilling his professional obligation and offering steadfast support to enhance access to justice for all in pro bono representation of impecunious accused persons under the auspices of the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO) and the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS).

The trial - within - trial which commenced at the last sitting, October 6, saw the principal witness, Sini Omar, denying taking the statements of the accused persons under duress as he told the court that, all the statements were given voluntarily and conducted in a professional manner.

Not exact matches

I didn't speculate on this in the review, but it did seem that by placing his comments about the sex abuse crisis in that section, he might have been trying to suggest that he had worries, like those worries shared by the late Avery Cardinal Dulles and others, about a one - size - fits - all policy that applies to all those accused of any sort of sexual overtures to people under the age of eighteen.

it has been estimated that in nineteen of the tribunals, over the period 1540 - 1700, under two per cent of the accused were executed (i.e. relaxed in person).

Nobody really hates Wenger in person, but it was the way Arsenal was sinking under his watch that course the outrage, you will hardly find any one who's accusing Arsene at the moment, so it is all about Arsenal.

You've just displayed how people like yourself will accuse / blame Wenger for every problem under the sun.

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba has accused Daniel Bugri Naabu of extorting money, cows and goats from people with the promise of securing them contracts under the School Feeding Programme.

To directly answer your question: She has been accused of many scandalous acts during her long political career, and despite a lack of convictions, the perception of being consistently under investigation is enough cause for many people to solidify their judgement of her.

Niger Delta militant groups, under the aegis of Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party...

A judge ruled that poor people accused of crimes were not getting their constitutionally guaranteed right to legal defense, as determined under the U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright.

Crains Insider: On Wednesday, court papers revealed that Queens state Sen. Jose Peralta was one of nine people secretly taped by Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley — eight of whom, according to federal prosecutors, are under investigation, though not accused of wrongdoing.

Loeb's donations to Gov. Cuomo and other New York Democrats and Republicans have come under scrutiny since last week because of a since - deleted Facebook post accusing Stewart - Cousins, who is black, of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood» by supporting public teacher unions over charter schools.

«Some of the accused persons were charged under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Justice Law in Rivers State, which is murder, while some were charged under Section 69, 70, which is unlawful assembly, procession and others and some of them were charged with treasonable felony.»

The administration responded by accusing the two lawmakers of «reckless fearmongering» about a program that has enrolled some 900,000 people under the scrutiny of the NYPD.

The accused persons were arraigned on nine charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretences, abuse of office, misappropriation of funds and conspiracy to steal N156, 984,455.33 belonging to FUTA.

In a veiled reference to the Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr Babachir David Lawal, over an allegation of multimillion naira contract relating to the welfare of the Internally Displaced People of the Northeast, Fayose accused the federal government of sweeping under the carpet, the panel set up to try many of the APC's cronies.

The government alleged that the accused persons had sometime between 2015 and 2017, made some illegal mining activities and disposing of the minerals, thereby committing offences punishable under Miscellaneous Offences Act of Nigeria 2004.

Some Ife youths under the aegis of the Ife Youth Vanguard and Great Ife had in a letter written to the governor, which was published in a newspaper, accused the Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Francis Adedoyin, and residents of the town of encroaching on land belonging to Ife people.

However, like the charge of Wednesday, former Director of Finance and Supply in the Office of NSA under Dasuki, Mr. Salisu Shuaib, was dropped from the list of accused persons.

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday in Abuja, accused the sacked national caretaker committee under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi of collecting N50m monthly subvention from governors of the party.

He is accusing the Coalition of conducting an «irresponsible experiment with people's livelihoods,» and claimed that 50 businesses a day are going bust under the current government.

Officers or partners of foreign companies that have no presence or assets in Singapore will be served notice in person when they enter the country if they are accused under the law.

In the Commons, Les Lawrence, the former lead education councillor in Birmingham, a Conservative, was one of four people named under parliamentary privilege by Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, who accused them of colluding «with this huge tragedy of keeping these schools in a position they should not have been in», and failing to listen to parents, governors and teachers.

Were people who worked for that team, even as mere secretaries, under a similarly draconian non-disclosure agreement that meant they couldn't reveal that a particular player had been accused of rape?

Platini was questioned under Swiss law as somewhere «between a witness and an accused person» as to why the # 1.3 m payment was made nine years after his contract with Fifa ended.

If a person went to a solicitor and accused an entity of illegal activity knowing in advance that the solicitor or the district attorney would try to refuse to take the case, would it theoretically be possible to then file suit against the solicitor under 42 U.S.C. 1983:

If an accused person then violates their bail while under the supervision of the surety, it is possible the court will go after the surety for the money they have guaranteed.

At the Law Office of Adrian H. Altshuler & Associates, we provide aggressive, effective representation for people who have been accused of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

«Protections that accused persons would otherwise enjoy are being sacrificed, or waived under coercive circumstances, to avoid a problem they often did not contribute towards.»

The reference in Balogh was oddly enough not made during an ongoing criminal case, where the suspected or accused persons would under certain conditions be able to benefit from the right to free interpretation or translation under the Translation and Interpretation Directive.

If the complaining witness is under the age of 13, the accused causes or assists the complaining witness to touch the accused's, the witness's own, or another person's intimate parts or material directly covering such intimate parts; or

Any person who is, or who the accused believes is, under the age of 16 years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, bestiality in presence of or by a child, indecent acts — exposure to a person under the age of 16, sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm, aggravated sexual assault or abduction of a person under sixteen, with respect to that person; or

Any person who is, or who the accused believes is, under the age of 16 years, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, bestiality in presence of or by a child, indecent acts — exposure to a person under the age of 16, sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm, aggravated sexual assault or abduction of a person under sixteen, with respect to that person; or

Many people know the Criminal Law from the perspective of one accused of Driving Under the Influence (DUI), shop - lifting, vandalism or similar crimes.

Citing the accused's right to life, liberty and security of the person and his right to a fair trial (under Sections 7 and 11 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, respectively), the Court stayed the criminal negligence charges.

This culture was fostered by doctrinal and practical difficulties plaguing the analytical framework then applicable to the right of accused persons, guaranteed under s. 11 (b) of the... [more]

This culture was fostered by doctrinal and practical difficulties plaguing the analytical framework then applicable to the right of accused persons, guaranteed under s. 11 (b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to be tried within a reasonable time.

Under the applicable procedural rules in Switzerland, investigators or the court may neither ask for documents that relate to the professional legal representation of a party or of a third person in civil proceedings nor for correspondence between an accused person and the defence lawyer in criminal proceedings.

The leading case handed down over twenty years ago was Knight v. Indian Head School Division No. 19 (1990), where the Supreme Court of Canada set out a three - pronged test: when a public body's decision is administrative and final in nature, is made under a statute or code, and affects the interests or rights of the accused person, then the rules of procedural fairness must be followed.

One of the people accused on a single charge of importing cocaine, Michael Bryan, had been answering questions through an interpreter qualified under Ontario's new model for accreditation.

The broad protection afforded to accused persons is perhaps best described in terms of the overarching principle against self - incrimination, which is firmly rooted in the common law and is a fundamental principle of justice under s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Similarly, under section 11 of the Charter, an accused person can not be forced to testify at his or her own trial.

... Ian Thomas Baldwin, who holds a PhD from Cornell, and now serves as researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena... [had] been accused of «title abuse» by the German police under a little - known Nazi - era law that specifies that only people who hold PhDs or medical degrees from German universities are permitted to be called «Dr.» [But] persons with a PhD from an accredited US institution can now use Dr. in Germany without jeopardy.

Under the new law, an accused person will be required to disclose to the Crown and the complainant any records that will be used to challenge the complainant's credibility or reliability.

But they also create a demonizing atmosphere in which it becomes hard for people unjustly accused of cybersex crimes to receive equal justice under the law.

In all cases of criminal contempt arising under the provisions of this act, the accused, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both; Provided however, that in case the accused is a natural person the fine to be paid shall not exceed the sum of $ 1,000, nor shall impriSonment exceed the term of six months; Provided further, That in any such proceeding for criminal contempt, at the discretion of the judge, the accused may be tried with or without a jury; Provided further, however, That in the event such proceeding for criminal contempt be tried before a judge without a jury and the sentence of the court on conviction is a fine in excess of the sum of $ 300 or imprisonment in excess of forty five days, the accused in said proceeding upon demand therefor, shall be entitled to a trial de novo before a jury, which shall conform as near as may be to the practice in other criminal cases.

In cases where the accused was under duress, restraint or fear of the person with whom he or she had sexual intercourse, then the accused person will not be found guilty of incest.

Invitation to Sexual Touching refers to situations where the accused counsels, invites or incites a person under the age of 16 to touch the body of the accused or another person for sexual purposes.

He allowed the accused to introduce evidence of the complainant's previous sexual activities with someone else — more specifically her efforts to rebuff that person's sexual advances — without conducting the required application under section 276.1 of the Criminal Code.

Another example is the case described in Question # 1, where the accused was charged with surreptitious observing of people in a place where they would reasonably be expected to be nude, under s. 162 (1)(a).