Sentences with phrase «because prosecutors»

Because prosecutors do not in fact control criminal investigations, they receive from police many cases as «cleared» although the suspect's legal guilt is doubtful or sufficient evidence for establishing his responsibility in court is lacking.

This is because prosecutors have a great deal of discretion in how they handle simple possession charges.

(They can't sue the prosecutor based on the prosecution, because prosecutors have absolute immunity from lawsuit, even when the prosecution is unconstitutional.)»

By that definition, a girl with sexy clothes, can not claim self defense because prosecutors can argue that the girls provoke an attack on her self.

In February 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit agreed, saying that because prosecutors could bring a criminal prosecution against him based on the contents of the decrypted files, the man «could not be compelled to decrypt the drives.»

A judge ruled the jury reached the verdict against the preponderance of evidence in the case because prosecutors strayed from the legal theory presented in the original indictment.

Vance said national legislation is needed to curb the flow of illegal guns because prosecutors can not solve the problem simply by making more arrests.

Because prosecutors require evidence of intent to pursue vehicular manslaughter or homicide charges, drivers rarely face any repercussions for negligent driving, said Transportation Alternative Executive Director Paul Steely White.

Mr Yates told MPs on two separate Commons committees last week that police only found ten to 12 victims of phone - hacking because prosecutors had instructed them that that hacked messages needed to have been heard before their intended recipient.

Dean Skelos» conviction for running a shakedown scheme should be tossed because prosecutors» arguments now conflict with a new interpretation of public corruption law, his lawyer said Thursday.

THE BRONX — A man whose 2013 murder conviction was vacated in April because prosecutors withheld key evidence at trial will not face another trial, according to the Bronx District Attorney.

«They act like stenographers of Preet Bharara's news conferences, instead heeding his request that they start investigations because prosecutors alone can't end political venality,» blogged Tilzer, who is based in Brooklyn.

At a scheduled pre-trial hearing in the case on May 24, 2013, Chief Assistant District Attorney David Rossi told Carter he would not call witnesses because prosecutors did not plan to prosecute.

Although Silver's legislative grants and votes qualified, his conviction was reversed because prosecutors also put in evidence of a lot of other behavior that might not qualify, and jury instructions didn't correctly describe the new standard.

The school's lawsuit stemmed from a request by the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office, which asked the school not to turn over certain reports, because the prosecutors have yet to determine whether they will press charges against those named in the reports.

On Wednesday, Bellone accused the office of more misconduct, pointing to a murder charge that was dismissed mid-trial Tuesday because a prosecutor had failed to turn over evidence to the defense.

In fact, Miller v. Skumanick (eventually Miller v. Mitchell in the appeals court) got even more interesting because the prosecutor told the dozen students caught up in the affair, that he would not prosecute them if they accepted school suspension, submitted to drug tests, wrote an essay about their infractions, and attended a five - week re-education program in which they would admit that what they did was wrong and — for the girls — had learned what it meant to be a girl in today's society.

Note that the change could come because of something the subject did himself, because of something someone else did, or just because the prosecutor happened upon some new information.

Because the prosecutor has the burden, the benefits of the CSI effect were thought to inure defendants.

The defense lawyers have complained the SG's proposed dual system permits prosecutorial manipulation because a prosecutor could allege or not allege a Blakely factor depending upon which system the prosecutor wants applicable.

There is a common fallacy that if you don't blow, the charge has to be dismissed, because a prosecutor can't prove the driver was over 0.08.

It can be very challenging because the prosecutor or regulator may have an extremely negative view that developed over time.

You don't need a lawyer at the hearing because the prosecutor (also called Crown Counsel or Crown), will ask the judge for the peace bond.

Not exact matches

Prosecutors later withdrew the charge against Montano because they said they could not prove deception or any other crime.

Prosecutors in capital cases often use these to dismiss jurors because of their views on the death penalty.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both conservatives, hinted during an hour - long argument in the case at support for the Justice Department's stance that because Microsoft is based in the United States it was obligated to turn over data sought by prosecutors in a U.S. warrant.

Trump and Cohen had sought a delay because of a pending criminal investigation of Cohen by federal prosecutors in New York.

Because the five surviving prisoners, who came to be known as the Angola 5, were already serving life in prison, prosecutors aimed for the death penalty.

Prosecutors dropped the charges against a shooting suspect, Walker recalled, after his attorney argued that the identification process «was tainted» because the victim had seen the suspect's name and photos on Facebook.

State and federal prosecutors often begin investigations because of consumer and whistleblower complaints, several civil and antitrust attorneys said, and gripes about rising insulin prices have been roiling the online diabetes community for the past few years.

More than four years later, Zambada — who currently resides in a federal prison in Milan, Michigan — still has not been tried, in part because of endless wrangling by prosecutors and defense attorneys on the size and scope of the pretrial legal discovery.

That's because a Trump pardon wouldn't simply nullify any potential federal conviction — it would, under current New York law, bar state prosecutors from trying to go after him themselves.

Civil lawyers for Zachary Cruz accused the Broward Sheriff's Office, prosecutors and the courts of «torturing» the teen and violating his civil rights «and engaging in an extortive campaign of intimidation because of the identity of his brother,» according to a press release.

Federal prosecutors may have executed this search warrant for the premises of an attorney because Cohen may be a subject of an investigation.

A prosecutor dropped the first charge on May 8, 2007, because Byle's literature did not insult other religions and because «missionary activity» is not a crime in Turkey.

Prosecutors say the deaths resulted from Ray's recklessness, an overheated lodge and because he encouraged people to stay inside when they weren't feeling well.

Such a burial will have to wait, though, prosecutors say, because the remains are evidence in the case against Dr. Kermit Gosnell.

Just because an over zealous prosecutor using this to make some kind of example (Santa Clara is notoriously bad with over the top police enforcement - See El Camino on a weekend night, and prosecutions....)

Because the jury couldn't arrive at a verdict on the reckless manslaughter charge (it voted 8 - 4 in favor of acquittal), prosecutors can still retry Williams on that count.

Anyone working in the executive branch of the government (with the possible exception of Vice President and any special prosecutors) work directly for the President because that is what the Constitution makes them.

The NYPD hid an Italian model who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault from prosecutors because detectives believed Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.'s sex crimes unit was trying to derail the case, according to a bombshell report in New York magazine.

On Singh's final day on the stand, a prosecutor also sought to reject the defense's contention that Singh gave the Manganos and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto benefits because they were friends.

In Manhattan Criminal Court, prosecutors claimed Haggerty was motivated to commit the alleged theft because he wanted to buy out his brother's share of -LSB-...]

Scaring told the judge that federal prosecutors had asked for a delay in their case because of a scheduling conflict with one of the witnesses.

Prosecutors argue that the recordings should be admissible because they show how Dean and Adam were discussing ways to pressure the governor as lawmakers tried to pass legislation that would benefit Adam.

Because public corruption in New York, from all the available evidence, appears pervasive and because it is more than a prosecutor's pBecause public corruption in New York, from all the available evidence, appears pervasive and because it is more than a prosecutor's pbecause it is more than a prosecutor's problem.

Because no one knows what is really happening, it's difficult for anyone, except a federal prosecutor with the power of the FBI behind him, to hold the politicians accountable.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Eastern District allege that Walsh, a former lieutenant in the county sheriff's department, was enabled to falsify time records so he could play golf or attend to political business because he knew Spota would do nothing about it.

Jacobs explained further that after he discovered that the ex-NSA had not been produced in court at the scheduled time on Wednesday, the EFCC contacted the DSS, which according to the prosecutor, said the ex-NSA was unwilling to attend court because he (Dasuki) was indisposed.

it's very unusual for the Department of Justice to permit prosecutors to raid an attorney's office and that's because you want to be careful not to get privileged material,» said Litman, who teaches at the UCLA School of Law and continues to practice at the law firm Constantine Cannon.