Sentences with phrase «as a prosecutor with»

Leeringly with lawyerly intent, Billy Bob Thornton steps in as a prosecutor with an axe to grind as a reminder of Palmer the Younger's not so ethical legal practice of representing the highest bidders.

He rose from public service as a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorneys» office to the partnership rank of highly respected Chicago litigation firms where he was the lead trial attorney in numerous multi-million dollar cases including large catastrophic fire and explosion cases.

Mr. Daigle served as a prosecutor with the Washington County District Attorney's office from 1996 to 1999 where he gained substantial jury trial experience.

His career includes serving as a prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office.

Maurice Stuck is a law professor at the University of Tennessee, with twenty years» experience handling a range of competition policy issues in both private practice and as a prosecutor with the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice.

Not exact matches

However, Mariotti added, prosecutors sometimes bring charges earlier if it's part of an effort to coerce a defendant into «flipping» as a witness and cooperating with the investigation.

Jackson was in court Monday, as prosecutors charged him with murder as an act of terrorism in addition to the murder as a hate crime charge he'd already been facing.

Ackal's trial began Monday with a blistering opening statement from a federal prosecutor detailing the contraband sweep, which he said involved deputies beating handcuffed inmates with metal batons as they screamed in pain abd begged for mercy, the Acadiana Advocate reported.

Investigators are seeking evidence of crimes «many of which have nothing to do with his work as an attorney, but rather relate to Cohen's own business dealings,» prosecutors said.

A little - known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team, as many top - tier lawyers shy away from representing him in a probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

Sessions» early words and actions are consistent with the tough - on - crime reputation the former federal prosecutor cultivated as an Alabama senator, and they foreshadow an unmistakable pivot in critical areas of civil rights, criminal justice and drug policy.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 Facebook is expanding its response to what it sees as malicious actors using the platform improperly and on Tuesday said it had deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated with a «troll factory» indicted by U.S. prosecutors for fake activist and political posts in the 2016 U.S. election campaign.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has called for regulating digital money as securities, while central bank officials vowed to work with prosecutors to block websites that allow retail investors access to bitcoin exchanges.

Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Cohen's business practices, including whether there were any crimes committed as part of a possible pattern or strategy in 2016 of buying the silence of people who could have damaged Trump's candidacy, according to people familiar with the probe.

While the state is moving in administrative court to revoke the license, prosecutors in Broward County continue to investigate whether criminal charges are warranted in connection with the 12 deaths, which the medical examiner classified as homicides.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The murder plot that unfolded last October, as told by police prosecutors, is a story of brutal incompetence that begins with three men — career criminals in their 50s — huddled in the dark around Daphne's home in the tiny village of Bidnija in northern Malta.

US prosecutors describe Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, known as Ali Sadr, as «a sophisticated, well - connected, international businessman with immense wealth and influence... [and] a history of duplicity».

These are deals by which prosecutors can obtain multimillion - dollar fines from companies facing bribery allegations while sparing them a criminal conviction that would trigger other consequences such as violating covenants signed with lenders or joint - venture partners.

Manafort is now facing federal charges for allegedly laundering millions of dollars through real estate and other luxury items as prosecutors pick over his ties with Russian officials.

The previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37 - page letter last year that triggered the internal probe and drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who are still investigating.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

Prosecutors argued that Darlie, described as a pampered and materialistic woman, with substantial debt, plummeting credit ratings, and little money in the bank, feared that her middle class lifestyle was about to end and killed two of her children to rid herself of a financial burden.

«As of now, we don't have any leads regarding a possible background for the deed,» prosecutor Martin Botzenhardt wrote in a joint statement with police.

CNN: Woman accused of murder as a hate crime in NYC subway push death A 31 - year - old Bronx woman has been charged with second - degree murder as a hate crime in the death of a man shoved in front of a subway train, Queens prosecutors said Saturday.

BT: In the nearly two decades I've worked as or with prosecutors, I never get asked about false allegations of burglary, robbery, arson or a host of other offenses.

After leaving the prosecutor's office in 2001, I was burdened to apply what I had learned on the front lines as a child sexual abuse prosecutor in helping to train and equip the faith community to address the many issues associated with abuse.

If fornication was the pretext for Meriam's arrest, prosecutors decided to charge her as well with a still more serious crime: irtidad, or apostasy.

In this area of law, prosecutors work closely with experts in this field as part of a multi-disciplinary team, which includes law enforcement, social services, child advocacy centers, medical and mental health providers, the school system and many other partner agencies.

«Whether such cases end in conviction or acquittal appears to rest on, firstly, the ability of police or prosecutors to link the defendant with a particular association, and secondly, whether the judge decides to uphold an individual's constitutional right to share beliefs as a private citizen,» Victoria Arnold reported for Forum 18.

Pre-trial intervention is not unusual for first - time and non-violent offenders — with good representation, anyway — and can be compared to deferred prosecution, as both paths allow those accused of crimes to pay lesser penalties and avoid convictions and incarceration while satisfying other conditions asked for by prosecutors and set by courts.

The decision in this case was taken by Mr Rene Barclay, a senior and very experienced prosecutor, in consultation with Sue Hemming, the Head of Special Crime Division and in consultation with me as DPP.

«As a former federal prosecutor, Todd started his career taking on corrupt politicians from both parties, and we need someone with that independence working to clean up Albany and restore New Yorkers» faith and trust in their state government,» Rice said.

Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice this morning sent an e-mail to supporters with a video formally announcing her candidacy for AG and presenting herself «not as a career politician, but as a career prosecutor.»

The measures include long - sought bills such as raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and enhancing grand jury transparency as well as enshrining a special prosecutor for cases in which civilians die in encounters with police.

An Albany City Court judge ordered former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry Wojtaszek to pay a $ 1,000 fine for violating a state campaign finance law in 2012, after he pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Maziarz.

He also seemed a little bitter about the lengths to which the feds went to land Bruno, referring to the prosecutors as «persecutors,» and saying: «I hope they're happy with themselves.»

«As a former prosecutor, I believe that a public servant with unimpeachable credentials and a career of independence — somebody like Ray Kelly — serving as FBI Director is critical to affirming the public's trust,» he said in a statement to POLITICAs a former prosecutor, I believe that a public servant with unimpeachable credentials and a career of independence — somebody like Ray Kelly — serving as FBI Director is critical to affirming the public's trust,» he said in a statement to POLITICas FBI Director is critical to affirming the public's trust,» he said in a statement to POLITICO.

As part of his cooperation agreement with prosecutors, Howe in 2016 agreed not to violate any laws «whatsoever.»

«It's unclear what rules they will be following, it's unclear how fair that process will be,» said Bharara, who says he's had some experience dealing with the state legislature as a prosecutor.

Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as «ziti» — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO's mobster series «The Sopranos.»

«SUNY will review the charges against Dr. Kaloyeros and cooperate fully with prosecutors on any further action as state and federal investigations continue,» SUNY Chairman Carl McCall and Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher said in a statement Thursday.

As with the biggest losers, the Winner of the Year — the biggest winner since a then - little - known prosecutor named Rudolph Giuliani declared war on another set of corrupt politicians in the mid-1980s — isn't hard to choose.

On Sept. 2, Senate Democratic leaders wrote to federal and state criminal prosecutors, as well as other government watchdogs, seeking investigations into a Texas - based firm with a $ 100,000 - a-year contract to run the Senate Republicans» official government website: Align Media LLC, and its owner, Justin Gargiulo, along with his other consulting firm, VoterTrove.

Bonomo, a major political player in the state, earned fame as the main witness who cooperated with prosecutors to convict former Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County) for accepting bribes.

«It's unclear what rules they will be following, it's unclear how fair that process will be,» said Bharara, who added that he's had some experience dealing with the state Legislature as a prosecutor.

And at Silver's retrial, prosecutors say all the activities that may no longer be official acts — meetings with lobbyists, helping Taub set up a mesothelioma charity race and find jobs for his kids, using official letterhead to oppose a methadone clinic near a Glenwood property — can still be put before the jury as «circumstantial evidence.»

Wojtaszek pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge last year as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Maziarz.