Sentences with phrase «against a conviction for»

An israeli military court has rejected an appeal against the conviction for manslaughter of a soldier for shooting a wounded palestinian attacker in hebron last year.

The Appellant, Mr. Jason Fountain appeals against his convictions for armed robbery, forcible confinement, and breaking / entering to commit an indictable offence.

The Appellant appeals against his conviction for assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement, and related offences.

The defendant appealed against conviction for an offence of racially aggravated threatening behaviour, contrary to the Public Order Act 1986, s 4 and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (CDA 1998), s 31 (1)(a), arguing that the phrase used was not capable of demonstrating hostility based on membership of a racial group.

Not exact matches

Tyler's petition for clemency argued that if he were charged today prosecutors probably wouldn't have used his prior convictions against him.

Pongsak's lawyer notes that his sentence has broken the record for Thailand's convictions against the country's harsh lèse - majesté rules, which makes it illegal to defame Thai royalty.

A senior prosecutor known for winning a murder conviction in the killing of Etan Patz has been put in charge of the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into rape allegations against the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.

Prosecutors failed to get a conviction against Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina on charges that he received illegal contributions and falsified documents to pay for the silence of his pregnant mistress as he campaigned for president in 2008.

Rather than just make a case against emergence, DeYoung and Kluck make a case for doctrine, for conviction, and they do so with an authenticity that would make any emergent devotee proud.

If we must win the war against the traumatic corporate tornado, then we as the Asian Community, must unite and wage a resistance movement with conscience and conviction, with the masses of the largest Continent being roused for counter-attack.

Despite the strong public sentiment against such convictions after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon, a perusal of public statements made by the leadership of the historic peace churches clearly indicates that, while they have repeatedly called for the perpetrators to be held accountable, they have not backed away from their commitment to nonviolence.

The juxtaposition of Orwell's book and the Barmen anniversary is important, for if we are to stand against those evidences of the Orwellian world that we already see, important resources for doing so will be found in the stance, Conviction and courage of the creators of Barmen.

Parkman, like Foote, wrote history from a point of view: in Parkman's case, the Whiggish conviction that, when Wolfe defeated Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham in 1759, North America was won for liberty against popish authoritarianism.

The war on terrorism is a war against al - Qaeda, not Islam, he says, and the reason for the war is our foes» clear aggression against innocent people, not their religious convictions.

There were frequent comparisons of the best in «evangelicalism» with what seems to them the worst in «ecumenism»... The most frequent charges against us were theological liberalism, loss of evangelical conviction, universalism in theology, substitution of social action for evangelism, and the search for unity at the expense of biblical truth.

But we equally believed that those who stood against us held just as sacred convictions that were the opposite of ours, and we respected them as every man with a heart must respect those who give all for their belief.

The adoption of such a constitutional amendment would be an act of repression for a large part of the community, and would actually go against the moral and religious convictions of most Protestants and Jews and many Catholics.

The events of the past 12 eras have renewed in us the conviction that we loose great dangers when our devotion to our Revolution, for the Declaration and the Constitution, lie dormant; or, equally great dangers when this devotion becomes unchained passion, a tempestuous agent to cloud our judgment when incautiously directed against distant nations.

The influence of Niebuhr on the Chicago school thus counted against ready acceptance of the message of political theology in the sixties despite the agreement of its concern for social salvation with Niebuhr's own convictions.

Mr Mossayebzadeh, Mr Fadaie and Mr Omidi are additionally awaiting the outcome of their appeal against a sentence of 80 lashes each that was handed down in 2016, following their convictions for drinking wine during a communion service.

But forgetting the current form, you have to remember that this is always going to be a grudge match when Arsene Wenger faces Jose Mourinho, with the Portugese bus conductor aiming for his 14th game unbeaten against Le Prof, which makes it difficult to back Arsenal with any real conviction.

The irreversible damage that comes from a conviction by plea bargain is that it creates an admissible public record of guilt for assault for use in any and every civil lawsuit that anyone files against him related to this incident.

Wyeth already has a criminal conviction for breaking the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations and complaints against its formula advertising have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Sen. Andrew Lanza, who co-chaired the committee that ultimately called for the expulsion of former Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of abusing his girlfriend, said yesterday that a «precedent» was set with the ex-Queens lawmaker — a precedent that, out of fairness, should now be the standard against which other misbehaving senators are measured.

Lerner said she's encouraged that the judges did not rule against the facts presented by the prosecutors, giving hope for a second conviction.

Bharara, the prosecutor who has already won convictions against former Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly leader Sheldon Silver, has issued subpoenas for records related to the Buffalo Billion projects, state contracts with COR Development for Central New York projects, and for a controversial energy project in Orange County, among other things.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

In an assessment of the strategy to improve the way prosecutors tackle cases of violence against women and girls, Starmer will reveal that in the past year the Crown Prosecution Service has reported its highest conviction rate for domestic violence.

This helps create a sense of conviction: you are more clearly for something if you are against the opposite.

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District...

Fliedner was also the prosecutor who won a manslaughter conviction against NYPD cop Peter Liang for the 2014 accidental shooting of Akai Gurley in a darkened housing - project stairwell.

Ted Stevens lost his bid for a seventh Senate term against Begich in November following a conviction of seven counts of lying on Senate ethics reforms.

The case — along with the conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who is to be sentenced May 12 — was a capstone of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption, and prosecutors asked for more than 14 years in prison — the highest federal sentence ever for a New York legislator.

Martins said Curran railed against patronage jobs yet worked as a communications aide for former County Executive Thomas Suozzi: «Either you have the courage of your convictions or you do not.»

«Introducing a legal provision to provide anonymity for school staff up to the point of conviction would safeguard the health and welfare of individuals against whom allegations are made and enable these staff to return back to school life with some professional and personal dignity.

Both countries have around 98 % conviction rate, which means if you're charged with a crime, you have a meager 2 % chance to be declared innocent or the case dropped against you for any other reason (ie.

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson next year.

The conviction of Mr. Silver, 72, served as a capstone to a campaign against public corruption by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, which has led to more than a dozen state lawmakers» being convicted or pleading guilty.

In July 2014, Bharara landed a bribery conviction against Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Queeens), who allegedly tried to finagle state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Queens) onto the Republican ballot for mayor in 2013.

Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the federal government, like U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction of the former legislative leaders and who has issued criminal complaints against nine people involved in Cuomo's economic development projects.

A consistent pattern from the convictions against sitting lawmakers has been their use of public office for private gain.

But with the conviction of the Assembly Speaker, the conviction of the former Deputy Senate Majority Leader, and the ongoing court proceedings against the former Senate Majority Leader, the governor can not hope that the public demand for action will melt away.

Following the conviction of Abuga Pele and Philip Assibit over the GYEEDA scandal, the MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, will, next week, start a chain of events that may result in an injunction at the Supreme Court against the operations of a number of state agencies.

Lerner, with Common Cause, says she's encouraged that the judges did not rule against the facts presented by the prosecutors, giving hope for a second conviction.

Bharara prosecuted and won convictions against several members of the New York City Council for misappropriating funds from non-profits they controlled through discretionary «slush funds.»

But previous scandals and convictions have failed to dramatically change the state's political culture, and most of the state's most powerful officials — including Silver's successor as Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said earlier changes had prompted the case against Silver — aren't yet pressing for more reforms.

Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the federal government, like US Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction of the former legislative leaders and who has issued criminal complaints against nine people involved in Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.

But Belling, forced to leave the Erie County district attorney's office at the end of last year, may be best known for two high - profile cases: the acquittal on the most serious charges against Dr. James G. Corasanti and the murder conviction (later resulting in a manslaughter plea) of Jeffrey J. Basil.

Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed prepared to overturn the 2014 corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and perhaps make it harder for prosecutors to bring charges against politicians who provide favors for their benefactors.

Bharara trip to Albany not only comes weeks after securing the convictions of the top two state legislative leaders, but also after he said he found insufficient evidence to bring charges against Cuomo and members of his staff for their handling of the ill - fated Moreland anti-corruption commission.