Sentences with phrase «as the public defender of»

But as a public defender of and advocate for the faith, he often falls into the trap of resisting attacks on Christianity by removing anything that might be attacked.

«On a more personal level, the Vietnamese officials were especially interested in Steve Herrick's broad range of criminal law experience, both as a judge and as the public defender of Albany County,» Kindlon said.

Not exact matches

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

After the decision, the Baltimore office of the public defender began reviewing hundreds of cases which hinged on StingRay technology, all of which could potentially be challenged as a result of the Maryland court ruling.

Matt Gonzalez, chief attorney in the public defender's office (left) listens as defense attorney Francisco Ugarte addresses the press outside of the courtroom after Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was found not guilty.

Among the many well - known Canadians scheduled as «participants» were Stephen Harper's Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day (who at first denied attending) and the then - defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj. - Gen.

The John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program provides up to $ 10,000 per year of law school loan repayment for state and federal public defenders and state prosecutors who agree to remain employed as public defenders and prosecutors for at least three years.

The district partnered with the offices of the sheriff, state attorney, public defender, and chief judge, as well as the NAACP, to rethink its disciplinary policies.

Proponents of the various burqa bans, however, cast themselves as defenders of the rights of women and even public safety.

For some reason, the May issue's Public Square chose to pick two sentences out of my review of Jefferson Powell's book on the Supreme Court and twist those few words to portray both Powell and me as at least «confused» and perhaps as defenders of an imperial judiciary.

The pair have already clashed earlier in the summer as the Toffees manager hit out at his opposite number following their public pursuit of highly - rated defender John Stones during the transfer window [via Telegraph Sport].

His final competition was lackluster, too: Collin Klein, who was the effective leader of an effective Kansas State team, lost his inside track at the Troy Smith Memorial Vote for being the public face of an undefeated title contender, and Manti Te'o had to overcome decades of bias against defenders... and tackle totals that dropped in his senior season as the defense around him made it easier for him to do his job and easier for Notre Dame to win.

As I got to the end of the article I could not believe that the California Public Defenders Association is opposed to the new bill saying that requiring background checks would discourage parents from volunteering out of fear that minor offenses would be disclosed to their neighbors.

A graduate of CUNY's Lehman College and Howard University School of Law, James previously served as an Assistant Attorney General as well as a public defender.

Early in his term, de Blasio described himself as a «defender of Israel» in a closed - door speech to AIPAC that he did not include on his public schedule.

Public defenders and advocates of criminal justice reform almost immediately criticized the governor's proposal as falling far short of the protections afforded by the Legislature's bill.

She was introduced by Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union President Stuart Appelbaum who said, as public advocate, James has been a defender of disadvantaged New Yorkers and the city's working class.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said «Sheila Abdus - Salaam was a groundbreaking jurist whose distinguished service on the Court of Appeals, the New York State Supreme Court, as a public defender and public servant made our communities stronger and more just.»

Meanwhile, Jon Black, president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors» Association, warns that if current reforms are as disastrous as expected, we may see the rise of the currently - defunct Public Defender Service, with the state both prosecuting and defending an individual.

Buffalo Public School Board member Carl Paladino, who continues to be a staunch defender of Donald Trump even as fellow Republicans shy away from the increasingly controversial presidential nominee, is taking to the air — literally — to represent his candidate in Florida.

Kindlon, as Law Beat previously reported, has overhauled the office with new assignments and roles for attorneys, right down to transforming the former media room on the first - floor of the judicial center to an office where public defenders can meet their clients.

Griffin worked as a senior assistant prosecutor in the Rockland County District attorney's Office from 1981 to 1986, worked in private practice later on, and received a full - time job with the Rockland County Office of the Public Defender in 2010.

Other laws are designed to affect those who interpret them, such as the provision that takes effect Feb. 26 that creates a rotating schedule of courts to hold off - hours arraignments in counties outside of New York City to ensure that stakeholders — including judges, prosecutors and public defenders — are not strained by nighttime arrests and the poor, particularly in sparsely populated counties, have access to adequate representation.

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prpublic - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prPublic Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until present.

A graduate of Howard University School of Law, she served as a public defender for the Legal Aid Society because indigent individuals should not be «denied basic rights.»

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, his public defender said Wednesday as the Florida school shooter appeared at a hearing to determine if taxpayers will pick up the tab for his defense.

[Previously, Mr. Renzi served as the Public Defender for Jefferson County and successfully prosecuted thousands of criminal cases.

«She began her career as an Assistant Public Defender in 1982 and has been a dedicated advocate and supporter of the citizens of this County ever since.

SERAP urged Malami to use his «good offices as a defender of public interest» to urgently institute appropriate legal actions to challenge the legality of states» laws permitting former governors, who are now senators and ministers to enjoy governors» emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their new political offices.»

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she had often had dealings with Mr. Klein and that his experience at the Education Department «established his ability to take on a difficult challenge in a straightforward, honest way, and enhanced the credibility that he established during his years in Washington as a defender of the public interest.

Herrick has had the opportunity to look at the issue from both sides, having spent 22 years as a judge — serving both Albany city and county courts — before taking his latest role of public defender.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

James, who arrived late to the forum because of another meeting, stressed her background as a public defender and said she would fight to stop development that communities oppose.

There was an outcry from both animal welfare groups and animal research defenders 13 months ago when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) blacked out a public database containing thousands of animal welfare inspection reports, as well as records of enforcement actions that USDA took against violators of the Animal Welfare Act, including research facilities.

Join producer James Tucker, producer / director Brandon Vietti, WAC Podcast hosts Matthew Patterson and DW Ferranti and surprise guests, as they examine Batman iterations and oddities throughout history, from early films like «Public Defender» and the Batman cartoons, to new versions of the character, the off - kilter takes and new media.

These newbies are the cream of the crop, including BFFs Sandra Bell (Britt Robertson of «Girlboss») and Allison Adams (Jasmin Savoy Brown of «The Lefovers»), who work together as public defenders under the watchful eye of their boss, Jill Carlan (Hope Davis), who constantly reminds her team that public defenders in federal cases seldom see a win for their clients.

Distinctly uneven yet essentially entertaining, Fracture casts Ryan Gosling as Willy Beachum - a hotshot public defender whose latest case, involving the murder of a wealthy young women (Embeth Davidtz) by her older husband (Anthony Hopkins» Ted Crawford), threatens to make or break his career.

As the debate over school choice heats up once again, in the halls of Congress and in many state capitals, a favorite gambit of defenders of the status quo is to damn such changes as «sure to undermine public education» or «bad for the public schools.&raquAs the debate over school choice heats up once again, in the halls of Congress and in many state capitals, a favorite gambit of defenders of the status quo is to damn such changes as «sure to undermine public education» or «bad for the public schools.&raquas «sure to undermine public education» or «bad for the public schools.»

The result is that, as our nation has struggled to improve its public schools, the teacher unions have emerged as the fiercest, most powerful defenders of the status quo, and the single greatest obstacle to the reform of American education.

As I noted in The Same Thing Over and Over, «The debate over the sanctity of «schoolhouse leadership,» then, is really a debate between the defenders of early - twentieth - century management practices and those championing the management practices [favored] by leading public and private organizations in recent decades.»

Defenders of the status quo are able to effectively attack certain reforms as «anti-public education» because Americans believe that the public has a legitimate responsibility to ensure that all children receive an adequate education... The divisions emerge when we consider how to act upon these shared purposes.

Mine too, but not for the same reasons as Greene, one of the blogosphere's staunchest defenders of traditional public schools.

In response, Democrats have positioned themselves as the protectors of public education spending and the defenders of the nation's teachers.

For those of us who cover the nation's education crisis, it is easy to joke about the ranting and raving of some defenders of traditional public education, who have what they consider to be clever names for charter schools and impugn the motivations of reformers with wealth (even as they defend teachers unions who bring in $ 622 million every year through dues collected forcibly from teachers who may or many not even support their aims).

His own conversion to the school reform movement offers one more reason why defenders of traditional public education such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers can no longer count on the Democratic Party for unquestioned support.

Tell deliberate lies: Ridicule public education advocates as «defenders of the status quo» who want money thrown at stale ideas, even though those ideas are backed by solid evidence.

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest released a video last week portraying the GOP as defenders of public education who have used the past four years of Republican control of the state to pull education up from from the bottom of the barrel.

Defenders of the status quo fear charter schools because they see them as a threat to funding for conventional public schools, even ones that fail to educate students.

To counter the manpower advantage held by defenders of traditional public education such as the NEA and AFT, school reformers — especially Beltway - based players — need to be working the community centers, church pews, and the extensive local networks.

As we look forward, defenders of public education must play a critical — and vocal — role in holding PA lawmakers accountable for their support (or non-support) of PA's public schools.