Sentences with phrase «assault against the district»

Not exact matches

The newly elected Bronx district attorney, Darcel Clark, has vowed to aggressively pursue charges against inmates who assault jail guards.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a complaint against the state's «assault weapons» ban on Friday and expressly described similar bans as constitutional.

Cuomo's call for the state attorney general to review the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into a sexual assault complaint against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was hailed by victims» rights activists but left open questions about how the review will play out.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, whose office was being reviewed for his handling of assault claims made against Harvey Weinstein by Schneiderman's office, issued a letter opposing the appointment.

On February 22, 2016, the Erie County District Attorney informed 1 7 - year - old Elijah Bethel of Troy, New York, that a grand jury «dismissed the charges» against him in an alleged sexual assault case on SUNY Buffalo State's campus.

In the wake of news that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to bring charges against Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein over an alleged assault of an Italian model, Mayor Bill de Blasio says he isn't second - guessing the prosecutors, though he called the allegations against Weinstein «serious.»

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday appointed Nassau County's district attorney as a special prosecutor to investigate assault allegations against former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

On Monday, as Ms Nixon said that she would run, Mr. Cuomo directed the state attorney general to review the ways in which the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., had handled — or mishandled — a 2015 allegation of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein.

Elsewhere in the city, incumbents largely were returned to office, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., running unopposed, faced a surprisingly strong, last minute write - in challenge from Marc Fliedner, an out gay ex-prosecutor prompted to jump in when revelations surfaced about the incumbent's failure to pursue fraud charges against Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr., in their marketing of the Trump Soho and sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein brought by an Italian model who captured a partial admission from the former film mogul on tape.

Andrew Cuomo appoints special prosecutor to investigate assault allegations against former attorney general: «Cuomo, who was among the first to call on Schneiderman to resign, tapped Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas for the job.

Abel Ferrara's (Bad Lieutenant, King Of New York) 1981 revenge thriller classic Ms. 45 follows a mute garment - district seamstress — played by the late model / actress / musician / screenwriter Zoë Lund — who after falling victim to multiple unspeakable assaults, ignites her one - woman homicidal rampage against New York City's entire male population.

With a jury trial imminent, the Boulder District Attorney dismissed all charges against a Boulder man charged with second degree assault.

Sexual assault: In April of 2014, Jurdem, LLC, successfully represented a client under investigation for sexual assault and domestic violence related offenses by the Boulder Police Department and Boulder District Attorney's Office, resulting in the government's decision not to file charges against the client.

With trial underway and the jury selected, the Arapahoe County District Attorney dismissed 66 counts charging sex assault on a child (pattern) and aggravated incest against a firm client that had been falsely accused by his stepdaughter.

In December 2009, an arrest warrant was issued by a district judge at Westminster magistrates» court against Tsipi Livni, leader of the opposition in the Israeli parliament, who was accused of committing war crimes: planning the assault on Gaza in December 2008 in which about 1,300 Palestinians were killed.

Regardless of whether the local district attorney files criminal rape charges against the attacker, there are several reasons why a victim of sexual assault may consider filing a civil lawsuit.

Our firm has successfully litigated a case in the Federal Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania against a Pittsburgh suburb high school and a number of its administrators for their actions relating to the sexual assault of one of their students.

Ms. Brinegar is currently a Chief Deputy District Attorney in the Eighth Judicial District, where she supervises the juvenile division and the crimes against children / sex assault units.

«[T] he weight of authority suggests that accurate news reporting — even when it is likely to have an adverse impact on the subjects of the report — usually does not give rise to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress»: Yesterday, a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming a federal district court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual assault.

Local court white papers have posted detailed statistics concerning many of these crimes (see a Ningbo court white paper on sexual assault cases against minors and a Shanghai district's court white paper on environmental protection crimes).

Those stories included the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in West Texas in February, the election defeat of Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, the on - again - off - again charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the fight for accreditation for the UNT Dallas College of Law, the Baylor sexual assault scandal, and more.