Sentences with phrase «as police and prosecutors»

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The prosecutors» office in Vienna is consolidating «hundreds of complaints» about a scheme known as «Optioment» that have been filed at police stations across the country, and which add to a warning by financial watchdog FMA, spokeswoman Christina Ratz said by telephone.

He previously worked as a small - town district commissioner, a combination between a police chief and a prosecutor.

(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.)

«The US government acted as police force (identifying the foreign government's crime), prosecutor (making the legal arguments), jury (ruling on the evidence), and judge (sentencing the foreigner to US retaliatory punishment),» Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the pro-free trade Peterson Institute for International Economics, wrote in a memo about Section 301's history earlier in August.

«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.

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.

Gagan, 46, is a former Manhattan homicide prosecutor and has served as a State Police chief counsel for the past few months.

Prosecutors and police agencies across central New York are trying a new strategy as they continue to fight the rising use of synthetic marijuana.

Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, blasted a request to appoint a special prosecutor in Eric Garner - like cases as «unworkable,» continuing his unusually outspoken defense of district attorneys and how they handle police brutality cases.

In his role as a leader of the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force, John brought prosecutors, police, clergy, community leaders, and neighbors from differing backgrounds together to successfully reduce violence crime and improve the quality of life in targeted neighborhoods within our community.

In the ranking of bribe - takers, the report lists the Police (46.4 percent), prosecutors (33.0 percent), judges / magistrates (31.5 percent), tax / revenue officers (27.3 percent), custom officers (26.5 percent), and public utilities (22.4 percent) as the highest.

But prosecutors in the French city rubbished the claims this week, saying the police classified the event as an accident and made no reference to sabotage of the car.

Put aside angry district attorneys and fuming police unions — while serving as special prosecutor could yield a career career - making case, it could just as easily offer up a lemon.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced he would accede to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to be named special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer kills a civilian — even as the governor noted that he took the step with reluctance, and that the appointment would last just one year.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, earlier named as a «person of interest» in the weekend explosions in New York City and New Jersey, was taken into custody and hospitalized this morning after a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey, the Union County acting prosecutor said.

He began as a young prosecutor exposing police corruption, later become a deputy mayor and ended as New York's fire commissioner.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke has pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

Mr. Cuomo's operation pointed to his track record for the black community, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and issuing an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related civilian deaths.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year signed an order that required the AG's office take over as special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer shoots and kills an unarmed civilian.

The organization, of which Schneiderman had been a member before his resignation, has had a prickly relationship with Cuomo over the governor's 2015 executive order that gave Schneiderman the authority to intervene as a special prosecutor in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says the group will include members of the New York State police working with the state's Division of Human Rights as well as prosecutors and local school and law enforcement officials as needed.

Thy include changes to the criminal justice laws, including raising the age from 16 to 18 to treat teenagers as adults in the court and prison system, and appointing a special prosecutor in police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed.

«I'm confident that over time, we will see a notable difference in perception and reality, as it relates to the integrity of these types of prosecutions, just because of the real, inherent conflicts of interest that exist between police officers and local prosecutors,» Jeffries said.

As de Blasio was about to end his highly - anticipated session with prosecutors and FBI agents, he had his police detail put up barricades — and then station a phalanx of detectives and officers to keep reporters at bay.

The governor says he will use his executive powers to remove 16 - and 17 - year olds from adult prisons, and appoint the attorney general for a one year term as a special prosecutor in police cases where a civilian is killed.

As a federal attorney, Thompson prosecutedpolice brutality in Brooklyn and now aims to reduce false arrests byassigning prosecutors to police precincts in East New York and Brownsville.

A day after activists and the families of civilians killed by police demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown office, they joined him at John Jay College as he signed an executive order making Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases statewide in which an officer is responsible for a civilian's death — making New York the first state to create such a role to oversee the controversial issue of police - involved homicides.

ALBANY — The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city's top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested as a result of police Police Department, the mayor and the city's top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested as a result of police police stops.

Enrico Moriconi, a veterinarian who served as a consultant to the prosecutor and reviewed evidence gathered by the police, says that 6023 dogs died at the center between 2008 and 2012, compared with 98 in the 2 - year period that followed the animals» seizure in 2012.

The uproar over the murders of black men such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner by police officers are leading criminal justice reform advocates to push legislatures and governors to enact new policies, including the creation of independent prosecutors for cases involving cops as well as the rewrite of use - of - force laws that allow rogue cops to get off scot - free.

Many readers will recognize this as a variation on the still controversial 1987 Tawana Brawley case, in which a New York State teen found in a similar condition claimed to have been raped and abused by white men, including a police officer and prosecutor.

You have experience working as a prosecutor — how do you balance writing about law enforcement and policing in an authentic way, but still keep it accessible for the average reader?

A united front emphasizing the power of manga as art is the only way to raise the consciousness of police and prosecutors enough to stop attacking manga in the first place.

Training and seminars ALDF attorneys are available to lead accredited training programs for police, veterinarians, animal control officers, prosecutors, judges, and community groups on topics such as investigating and prosecuting animal abuse.

Before that, he served as head of the organization's investigations and rescues division where he busted puppy mills, fought for stronger animal protection laws and worked with prosecutors and police to bring abusers to justice.

Legal Advocacy The Legal Advocacy department is dedicated to providing legal assistance to prosecutors, police and cruelty investigators around the country to help ensure successful prosecution of animal cruelty and animal fighting cases; managing any affirmative litigation and serve as legislative counsel to the Government Relations department.

Considering the enduring popularity of police procedurals and legal dramas in popular culture, the formula behind Capcom's Ace Attorney might read like a sure - fire money - maker — a game where you play as a rookie defense attorney named Phoenix Wright who shields his obviously innocent clients from the wrath of increasingly aggressive prosecutors by pointing out the holes in the state's case, inevitably producing the real culprit just in the nick of time.

The Advocate tells the story of the 2015 incident, as alleged by police and prosecutors.

In addition to helping defendants fight charges they aren't guilty of, Mr. Grose strives to reveal the total circumstances of each client's situation and demonstrate to police and prosecutors the mitigating circumstances and often show an alleged crime is not as serious as previously thought.

Due to an apparent failure to update the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)(the national database of criminal records), both Toronto police and prosecutors were unaware that Tariq had previously been charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm in January 2010, and that he subsequently fled to Pakistan, while on bail, with his father as sPolice Information Centre (CPIC)(the national database of criminal records), both Toronto police and prosecutors were unaware that Tariq had previously been charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm in January 2010, and that he subsequently fled to Pakistan, while on bail, with his father as spolice and prosecutors were unaware that Tariq had previously been charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm in January 2010, and that he subsequently fled to Pakistan, while on bail, with his father as surety.

The Economist noted last November that «an unexpected by - product of Mr. Zuma's scandal - plagued presidency has been a growing public interest in the justice system...» The judiciary, said the newspaper, had acted «as a bulwark for South African democracy at a time when other institutions, including the police and state prosecutors, have been compromised.»

As eWeek reports this week in its story, Search Terms Are a Witness for the Prosecution, the case illustrates how police and prosecutors now routinely hunt for evidence among a suspect's online searches.

Our Fairview, Texas drug crimes attorneys will meticulously examine all of the evidence police and prosecutors have gathered in your case, as well as evidence you provide that the police and prosecution may have ignored, to find the weaknesses in the prosecution's case and use it to obtain an acquittal at trial or as leverage to seek a reduction in charges.

There was simply no evidence whatsoever of murder; the original police investigation and prosecutors determined as such and nothing ever contradicted it.

It is also quite obvious that his findings against Ontario Crown prosecutors and police must have had lot of merit to them as otherwise Justice Paul Cosgrove would have been classified as yet another crank on the judicial bench and sidelined to Family Court where he would have little chance to interact with Ontario Crown or the Ppolice must have had lot of merit to them as otherwise Justice Paul Cosgrove would have been classified as yet another crank on the judicial bench and sidelined to Family Court where he would have little chance to interact with Ontario Crown or the PolicePolice.

He has been referred clients by other lawyers, judges, prosecutors and police officers, as well as former clients and their families.

Whether you have been arrested on a misdemeanor like shoplifting or a felony like armed robbery, your only chance of fair treatment by police and prosecutors is to retain a seasoned criminal defense attorney as soon as possible.

In cases such as drug crimes, prosecutors tend to rely heavily on the evidence collected by police during a search and seizure.

Holmes is a former Cook County, Illinois, judge and prosecutor, and is currently serving as a special prosecutor for Cook County in a case accusing three police officers of a cover - up in the fatal shooting of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald.