Sentences with phrase «against the accused»

Such person as a private civil claimant may bring a civil claim against the accused person to compensate for the damage caused by the crime.

I tend to believe that the judge was truthful and dismissed the case based on it's lack of evidence against the accused.

This better organized system should prevent another debacle like last year's dismissal of a case against an accused sex offender because an assistant district attorney missed a routine deadline.

In more serious cases, if enough evidence is found through the investigation, the information discovered may be turned over to police for formal criminal charges to be laid against the accused.

I would say that that is especially so where the person who is providing the information has committed to providing evidence, in the future, against the accused in that prosecution.

The issue in the case was whether or not there was too much delay in the criminal proceedings against the accused.

But they did not hear anything further, and did not know if the ministry took any action against the accused officer.

What seems to matter in particular is the quality of evidence brought against the accused.

The former does not result in a conviction against the accused, nor will he have any record for conviction.

In fact, even cases where the evidence against the accused seems strongest haven't been immune to wrongful convictions.

Formal charges will be entered against the accused and it will be determined whether the accused will be released from police custody pending trial.

Only the prosecution can decide what charges are made against an accused person.

However, when a victim does say they do not wish to press charges, it means they will not aid the state's case against the accused.

I hold that the prosecution has proved all the ingredients of each of the heads of charge against the accused persons thereby raising presumption of guilt against them in respect of all the heads of charge.

At the start of the hearing, the untested allegations against the accused will be entered as evidence.

According to the prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, the police did not have enough evidence to support the charges levelled against the accused persons.

The measure would expand the statute of limitations for criminal and civil cases against those accused of molestation and sexual misconduct.

Circumstantial evidence against the accused man must not only lead consistently, step by step, to a conclusion of his guilt; it must also «exclude to a moral certainty every other reasonable hypothesis.»

He revealed that the State Ministry of Justice had filed charges in the High Court against the accused persons and we stand by the pending charges and the trial process already lawfully initiated in Ilorin.

This came after the ammendment of the 24 count charge earlier preferred against the accused persons by the EFCC.

The Federal Appealate Court Judge in the ruling also expressed reservation and dissatisfaction that Kogi State government's counsel initiated a case against the accused without substantial evidence.

Amazon is now seeking an injunction against the accused parties to stop the activity, as well as asking defendants to pay damages «in an amount to be proved in arbitration.»

Another way to expedite permanent placement for neglected animals is to use statutory provisions that allow a private citizen or organization to file a civil suit for an injunction against an accused animal abuser, thereby allowing the Court to terminate the defendant's interest in the animals.

Imagine this kind of «negotiation» between a troll wielding a (possibly overbroad) design patent against an accused infringer:

That's because while incriminating statements can be used against the accused later in court, the general rule is the accused can not «bootstrap» their testimony with consistent statements they made to police, says Brodsky.

If children are the victims of abuse, a family lawyer can represent the child or children against the parents, or can represent the child and victimized parent against the accused parent.

The site's basically a one - pager, with a brief summary of the charges against the accused along with the clever extra of a «Report a [FCINO] Sighting»] button, of course matched with an equally prominent donations button.

The legislation would extend the statute of limitation for victims to seek criminal and civil litigation against accused child abusers.

The Supreme Court Justices also ordered that where applicable, criminal Action should be instituted against accused persons by the Attorney General.

According to SERAP, «Imposing targeted anticorruption sanctions against those accused of grand corruption in Nigeria would help to deter corrupt behaviour by high - ranking public officials.

Cuomo's lawyer fired back that Vance had a conflict of interest because of the attorney general's office's ongoing probe into how Vance handled accusations against another accused monster, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Charge Against Accused Ones

By analogical reasoning from the independence and freedoms guaranteed to the media, the spirit of the Constitution obligates them when they have published a rejoinder to a previous and similar false allegation, to at least call the readers» attention to the previous rebuttal of the current falsehood being peddled against the accused.

It is wrong to harass or ambush a witness to present copies of petitions against an accused person in court.

Sex abuse victims and child advocates turned up the heat on Cuomo, calling on him to support legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for criminal charges and civil suits lodged against accused abusers.

The U.S. government announced charges against accused Fort Lauderdale airport shooter Esteban Santiago late Saturday, saying he flew one - way to Florida from Alaska and planned the assault that left five people dead and six hospitalized.

The police said the killing was premeditated and are seeking death penalty against the accused in the two - count charge.

The prosecutor, Okoli, did not oppose the application for variation of bail conditions, but urged the court to consider the nature of the charges against the accused before granting the application.

The charges against the accused include wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions.

In the latter, sexual violence became a titillating series of instalments to be consumed as entertainment with little concrete action against the accused, and in the former an expression of solidarity with survivors is reduced to discussions about sartorial displays rather than structural injustices.

With no love for the South, his initial bias against the accused woman is hardly veiled.

Amazon has accused several book publishers, marketers and authors of using the Kindle Direct Publishing system to artificially inflate their sales numbers and has now filed for arbitration against the

As William Young, then chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Boston observed in a 2004 opinion: «The focus of our entire criminal justice system has shifted away from trials and juries and adjudication to a massive system of sentence bargaining that is heavily rigged against the accused.»

@ColleenV During the course of today I have heard such a cacophony of damaging information against the accused, that I just wonder if there can be a man or woman in America who has not already decided that he is guilty.

Sections 13 of the Charter and 5 (2) of the CEA are treated as offering the same protection and both provide that prior compelled evidence is inadmissible against an accused, including to challenge credibility, unless the prosecution is for perjury or if the accused is giving contradictory evidence.

«If there are exceptionally strong societal interests in the prosecution of a case against an accused which substantially outweigh the societal interest and the interest of the accused person in prompt trials, these can serve as an «acceptable basis» upon which exceeding the inherent and institutional requirements of a case can be justified,» Cromwell wrote.

The judge in the case will weigh both mitigating (factors that work in the favor of the accused) against aggravating factors (factors that work against the accused) to determine a just and fit sentence for the crime committed.