Sentences with phrase «case brought charges against»

However, a special prosecutor assigned to the case brought charges against 650 people, which did not result in convictions.

Not exact matches

Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010 leak of diplomatic cables and military documents and investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools, according to people familiar with the case.

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

US Senate designee Gary Berntsen is the latest in what I expect will be a long line of Republicans to pressure his Democratic target — in this case, Sen. Chuck Schumer — to turn his back on Rep. Charlie Rangel following news of the ethics charges being brought against him.

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption cases against both former legislative leaders, and charged nine of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former associates with offenses including bribery and bid - rigging, weighed in on Twitter with a one - word tweet: «huzzah.»

Federal and state prosecutors scrutinized de Blasio's dealings with Harendra Singh, the restaurateur at the center of the bribery case against Mangano and Venditto, and last year declined to bring charges against the mayor — who has maintained he acted legally.

On the day of the hearing, the prosecutors brought additional charges bordering on possession of local and foreign currencies against Sambo Dasuki and also sought for Secret Trial of the case.

Any member of [the Organization] has the right to bring formal charges against an officer in the case of misuse of authority or neglect of office.

A judge has refused to throw out charges or evidence in the corruption case brought against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam.

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to dismiss the false assets declaration charges brought against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja by the Federal Government on the ground that no prima facie case has been established against him.

The woman who brought domestic violence allegations against a former top aide of New York Gov. David Paterson says she plans to refile charges in the case.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance, who drew criticism for failing to bring charges against Harvey Weinstein, is now reportedly preparing a criminal case against the disgraced former Hollywood mogul to present to a grand jury.

But federal prosecutors brought new charges against the 83 - year - old ex-senator, and a federal appellate court ruled prosecutors can move forward with a quid pro quo case against him.

The indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court is essentially the same case the Department of Justice brought against former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno nearly three years ago, his attorneys charged after the 83 - year - old's courtroom appearance today.

The Attorney General's office said it's actually quite common for state and federal prosecutors to bring charges against a defendant simultaneously and in this case, both have been investigating Pigeon for years.

Sen. Joseph L. Bruno exits the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse in Albany December 2009 after being found guilty of two felony charges brought against him in a federal corruption case.

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption cases against both former legislative leaders, and charged nine of Governor Cuomo's former associates with offenses including bribery and bid rigging, weighed in on Twitter with a one word tweet: «huzzah.»

Recall that a Federal High Court in Abuja had taken its final decision on the corruption case involving Justice Ngwuta, pointing out that the prosecution in the Justice Ngwuta's case failed to comply with the condition precedent before bringing charges against a judicial officer.

Federal prosecutors last year brought a wide - ranging case against Percoco, Ciminelli and others over alleged bid - rigging and bribery charges connected to economic development projects from Buffalo to Orange County.

He won convictions in public corruption cases against New York State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and State Senator Dean Skelos, and also brought insider trading charges against Bernie Madoff.

Without indicating what action he might take in the Ivy case, Soares insisted he was working to prevent a defense attorney from raising a potentially disastrous legal argument against any district attorney who might bring charges in a case that falls into what Soares characterized as the executive order's ample ambiguities.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

After a court hearing Friday, Dean Skelos spoke about the case publicly for the first time, calling the charges — a key piece of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption — a «prosecution that should never have been brought» and predicting the jury «will find my son and myself innocent.»

As part of the deal to kill the commission Cuomo and the Legislature installed Sugarman as the head of an office charged with finding violations of campaign finance law and bringing cases against violators.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Reg Blanch, is considering bringing charges against two other doctors involved in the case, John Herron and Ian Gardiner.

In that broadcast, the station reported that Mr. diGenova had decided not to bring charges against Ms. Will two years ago even though a top prosecutor in his office had recommended continuing the case.

A Mullica Township case landed somewhere in between, where district brought up charges against a kindergarten teacher in whose class a boy and girl snuck off into the bathroom unsupervised, where there was possibly physical contact.

Provisions like North Carolina's 19A Statute, which ALDF used in the unprecedented ALDF v. Woodley case in Sanford, N.C., allow any private citizen or organization to bring civil charges against abusers for violating animal cruelty laws.

If the facts of the case simply do not support the legal charges against the defendant, an experienced lawyer can bring this to the prosecutor's attention in an effective way, and make the appropriate application for dismissal of the charges.

In that case, three separate actions for malicious prosecution were brought against the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (the «OSPCA») who had charged three individuals with animal cruelty offences.

Already, dozens of cases in Ontario alone have been stayed under the Jordan framework, with the public becoming particularly familiar with the name when an Ottawa judge threw out a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, who was accused of killing 28 - year - old Fouad Nayel, after it took four years to bring his case to trial.

In some cases, criminal charges may be brought against a boater if they operated recklessly, with gross negligence, or under the influence.

The most highly publicized appeal will be of Gerard Comeau's successful bid to have charges against him dropped under New Brunswick's Liquor Control Act, for exceeding limits of alcohol brought over provincial borders; the Crown's appeal in the case will be heard over two days.

In S.C. v. N.S., 2017, ONSC 5566, a young woman had sued her former boyfriend for damages in an alleged sexual assault case, and criminal charges had also been brought against him.

The current flurry of interest was caused by the hearing in the European Court of Human Rights of cases brought by Michael Marper, charges against whom were dropped after DNA was taken, and S, a juvenile acquitted of attempted robbery.

The reason that there were almost three times as many people accused as there were cases is that the law expressly authorizes a wife (but not a husband) to ask the police to bring charges against all of the relatives of her husband who may have participated in the alleged acts of cruelty.

Our colleague Lorian Hardcastle recently posted a comment on the Elder Advocates of Alberta Society case, where a class of long - term care residents brought a claim against the Alberta government challenging its ability to charge accommodation fees in their facilities.

«The appellant maintains that, by its nature, a tax on criminal defence legal fees will, at some level, be prohibitive or at the very least act as an impediment to or will interfere with the right to counsel since the additional cost of the tax to an accused will interfere with the financial resources available to mount a defence to the charges brought against him or her,» wrote Tax Court of Canada Justice Brent Paris, summing up the firm's case.

I found race (according to the linked article and attorney cited there), being an officer (according to the primary salient fact in the linked article) or otherwise working in the local criminal justice system, and being the first case in a county (according to what distinguishing fact can be found in the article) as potential determiners of whether or not charges are brought against a caretaker.

In any such case, if the person entitled to bring the action was at the time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurred under the age of 18 years, under legal disability, or imprisoned on criminal charges and the claim is not against the Illinois Department of Corrections or any past or present employee, the limitation period does not begin to run until the person reaches the age of 18, the disability is removed, or the person ceases to be imprisoned.

We may be able to reduce the charges that have been brought against you or in some cases have them dismissed entirely.

Unlike the ICJ — the principal judicial organ of the United Nations — which hears cases brought by individual States, the ICC tries individuals charged with grave crimes under the Rome Statute, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

While a large number of clients and cases garner significant public attention, often involving pitched battles against teams of government lawyers and agents, many of Williams & Connolly's greatest successes have come when charges were never brought, involving investigations that have never become public and can not be identified.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of a Québec student who had brought a contempt charge against a spokesperson over student protests in that province in 2012; but the most interesting aspect of the case was the split in the court over the decision, says a lawyer who represented one of the interveners in the case.

In the first case, criminal charges may be brought against a company, provided that the following conditions are met cumulatively:

He brings all of that experience to assist clients, not only in Court to defend against charges, but also before charges are brought, to try to protect against the threat of charges, and in all cases strives for the best possible results.

In the second case, if certain specific offences are committed (in particular money laundering, corruption in the private or public sectors, criminal organisation, etc), charges can be brought against the company irrespective of the criminal liability of any individual, provided the corporation failed to take all reasonable organisational measures that were required in order to prevent such an offence.

In April this year judgment was handed down in the first part of the eagerly awaited test case brought by the OFT against the UK's leading high street banks seeking a ruling on the fairness of their unauthorised overdraft charges (Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr)-RRB-.

The above said unless the Registrant fully disclosed this in full terms a layperson could understand he / she would lose that civil case and then with a written copy of the court proceeding verifying the Seller was not adequately informed, bring their own RECO charges against the Registrant.