Sentences with phrase «by the criminal law»

The Texas statute undeniably seeks to further the belief of its citizens that certain forms of sexual behavior are «immoral and unacceptable,»... the same interest furthered by criminal laws against fornication, bigamy, adultery, adult incest, bestiality, and obscenity,» Scalia wrote in dissent.

As bullying rarely manifests itself in serious physical abuse, it is not usually covered by the criminal law of assault.

«We are clear that the yardsticks for testing the credibility and reliability of victims in sexual abuse cases do not serve the police or prosecutors well and risk leaving an identifiable group of vulnerable victims unprotected by the criminal law.

(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or to an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled by criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; [the law enforcement exemption]

The right to protest — or more accurately, acting out on narcissistic fantasies about saving the planet — is not endangered by EDF's civil action any more than it was endangered by the criminal law applying to any action, be it part of a political campaign, or simply mindless vandalism.

Deception, as you speciously call it, is heavily constrained by the criminal law.

Oberg then demonstrates how such criteria could be applied to some actual examples of legislative initiatives — for instance, the Environmental Crimes Directive, the Market Abuse Crimes Directive, the (at the time of writing the book) proposed «PIF» Directive (i.e. on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by criminal law), which meanwhile has been adopted — and demonstrates how sometimes the legislative initiatives and proposals would have failed his proposed testing.

It is not banned by criminal law, but it is a breach of YouTube's contract.

According to the Advocate General, there are no good reasons for administrative proceedings to be more expeditious by nature when they have punitive features and they must thereby respect the same safeguards provided by criminal law.

Ever since the Engel judgment, the ECtHR has clarified that the national label is not the only criterion to assess the nature of an afflictive measure, and the situation might occur in which a formally administrative measure should be considered criminal in nature, thereby triggering the safeguards provided by criminal law (including the ne bis in idem: see also Grande Stevens v. Italy).

It was one thing to say that if A's mistaken belief was honestly held he should not be punished by the criminal law.

«Parents still have to follow the standard of care that is set by the criminal law,» said Lisa Weich, Crown prosecutor.

The balance struck was serving a quite different purpose from that served by the criminal law when answering the question whether or not the infliction of physical injury on another in consequence of a mistaken belief by the assailant of a need for self - defence should be categorised as a criminal offence and attract penal sanctions.

Those who want to think seriously about it (and maybe even those who think it's all a bunch of superstition) may enjoy A.J.Jacobs's book, The Year of Living Religiously, to see how it goes to adhere as closely as possible (as allowed by the criminal law, anyway) to the old precepts.

Those acts prohibited by the criminal law of the Member State, focusing on «homosexual acts» made it clear that this provision in Article 10 (1)(d) was not drafted with respect to the protection needs of children, who are subject to abuse by paedophiles, where paedophilia is not a sexual identity, or orientation.

All these offences were abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967.

But plans to cut the $ 54m criminal legal aid bill could spark a strike by criminal law barristers and paralyse Ireland's criminal courts.

The possibility of a strike by criminal law barristers was discussed at a packed meeting last month in the Criminal Courts of Justice.

I think this is totally inconsistent with the Criminal Code: How could this kind of incitement of hatred and explicit calls to criminal action not be addressed by the criminal law.

[1] Many forms of improper influence upon a tribunal are proscribed by criminal law.

The principal recommendation of this report is that section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act be repealed so that the censorship of Internet hate speech is dealt with exclusively by the criminal law.

Non-mols are backed by criminal law.

By its criminal law, each Member State sets the framework of its public policy, since it defines the conduct which it prohibits under pain of sanctions.

Infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies are all criminal offenses defined by criminal law.

Abandonment or separation from a spouse is not a concept recognized by criminal law in Canada, and abandonment has no relevance to entitlement to a divorce in Canadian divorce law which simply asks if parties are currently living together or not as a factual matter (although it may go to need for maintenance payments or access to property).

Not exact matches

The scarcity of illegal guns is reportedly so bad that stolen antique guns are frequently used by gangs, and U.K. law enforcement officials now estimate that only around 1,000 guns are in use by criminal elements in the entirety of the U.K.

Although it is against the law for travelers to occupy land which has not been designated for this purpose, it is not a criminal offense to occupy private or council - owned land so responsibility lies with the landowner and the police are not usually involved.Most of the time, the issue can be resolved by speaking to the travelers and agreeing a date by which they will move on.

The Office of Government Ethics has revealed that attorneys at the White House are examining whether loans to the company owned by Jared Kushner's family violated federal ethics regulations or criminal law.

The conflicts of interest law — which carries federal criminal penalties — avoids those issues by exempting the President and Vice President from its provisions.

Vincent Ramos, the CEO of the company, along with four associates were accused on Thursday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of «knowingly and intentionally conspiring with criminal organizations by providing them with the technological tools to evade law enforcement and obstruct justice while committing transnational drug trafficking.»

We must reform our criminal justice system because everyone is safer when there is respect for the law and when everyone is respected by the law.

It will also direct them to steps they can take to reduce their criminal record under Proposition 47, a law that redefined certain crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and gives non-violent offenders an opportunity to reduce their conviction if they submit an application by Nov. 4, 2017.

The indictment stated that the company's virutal currency «was designed so that criminals could effect financial transactions under multiple layers of anonymity and thereby avoid apprehension by law enforcement.»

Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.»

Reduces surging crime, drugs and violence by creating a Task Force On Violent Crime and increasing funding for programs that train and assist local police; increases resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders behind bars.

The new law, effective March 21, mandates that all ride - sharing companies should conduct criminal background checks on drivers and old vehicles must be inspected by a licensed mechanic.

«Simply put,» Schneiderman wrote, under the current law «a defendant pardoned by the President for a serious Federal Crime could be freed from all accountability under federal and state criminal law.»

A reason for this may be the viewpoint that Russian cyber-criminals are left alone by Russian authorities, as long as they don't target fellow Russians, a reason why Russian - speaking criminal forums didn't bother supporting privacy - hardened cryptocurrencies, as they don't fear they'll be targeted by local law enforcement.

AUSTRAC will up the ante in its case against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with the transactions regulator expecting to file fresh allegations on Thursday that it breached the law 100 additional times while facilitating banking by criminal syndicates involved in money laundering and terrorist financing.

The deaths have led to criminal investigations by the Hollywood Police Department and Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

A constitutionally - valid exercise of the feds» criminal law power requires (1) a prohibition (partial or absolute), (2) backed by a penalty, (3) for a valid criminal purpose.

According to the letter, one list posted includes the names of all Boston Archdiocese clergy who have been found guilty of sexually abusing a child by the Catholic Church or under criminal law, as well as any accused individuals who voluntarily requested removal from the clergy.

Were the television networks, the movie producers, and the editors of the prestige papers really in charge, there would be no pro-life movement, active euthanasia would be the uncontested law of the land, every school child would be indoctrinated in the joys of gay sex, home schooling would be prohibited, church schools would be run by state agencies, government day care for preschool children would be mandatory, churches would not be tax - exempt, and smoking anywhere would be a criminal offense.

kevinite The laws of the land are enforced by a Criminal Justice System that we can actually see in action.

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I would like everyone consider something that is growing in this country that has already occurred in Canada a Law that is passed by making it a criminal offense to use the bible against any sexual orientation.

Thirty essays, some of them by FT contributors, cover everything from liberal theory to race theory to feminism to the anthropological presuppositions of criminal law, all written from explicitly Christian perspectives.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

Actually, this law warned Israel against following the barbaric practices of surrounding nations, who defiled the corpses of criminals and enemies by displaying them until they rotted.

Free speech is limited everywhere by slander laws, libels laws, hate laws, and other civil and criminal laws.