Sentences with phrase «cases as sentencing»

Not exact matches

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

What matters, in these cases, is that someone on your team is brave enough, vulnerable enough, to use a sentence that starts with, «The story I'm making up right now is...» The idea is to reach the truth as quickly possible, instead of wandering around with your made - up explanation, which more than likely consists of your own shame triggers, and has little relation to reality.

«Sometimes there is a good case for try and - for example, if you want to avoid repeating the word to in a sentence such as: «We're really going to try and win this one,»» he adds.

As is often the case, Trump's views on the matter are somewhat difficult to parse because he speaks in sentence fragments, switching from thought to thought without completing one before moving on.

Rather, she said, harsh sentences can act as a deterrent in unusual, high - publicized cases like Silk Road.

Defense attorneys pointed to Tamerlan's relationship with his wife to demonstrate his ability to influence his younger brother Dzhokhar, as they began their case Monday in the sentencing phase of Dzhokhar's trial.

And in some instances, it has been Scalia and Thomas who have done so more than those who may think of themselves less as originalists (in one recent case in particular Scalia and Thomas dissented from the majority which held that convicted child molesters could be indefinitely imprisoned despite having fully served their sentences based on subtle shifts of language and the over-application of prior case law — no one wants a child molester free and about, but such results focused outcomes are always dangerous).

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

If the action under consideration takes longer than the firing of the neuron, as in the case of uttering a sentence, then it would appear that an action can exercise power on an event that ended before the action itself ended.

«The verdict in the highly publicized case appeared to satisfy no one, with the artistic community seeing it as an infringement on free speech, and Russian Orthodox believers, who had hoped for a prison sentence, saying the fines were too lenient,» the Moscow Times wrote July 13.

The last sentence, presumably, in case the editors took it as criticism.

For me, the trouble started with this sentence: «In the case of neo-Darwinism, we must start with what it really asserts as science.»

Instead of taking the first sentence from the first post of each month, I'm selecting the first sentence (or few sentences) from one of my favorite posts from each month and including a link to that post as well in case something piques your interest.

The memo, which was circulated to prison governors on November 26th, reads: «The criminal casework directorate (CCD) of the Border and Immigration Agency have confirmed to us that as a rule they have no interest in pursuing foreign national prisoners serving sentences of less than 12 months for deportation unless they have a court recommendation for deportation, are already subject to deportation proceedings, or (in the case of non-EEA nationals) were sentenced to less than 12 months but where the current sentence plus one or two previous sentences within the last five years (taking account of the most significant sentences during the period) total 12 months or more.»

National courts sentenced fraudsters to a cumulative 125 years» imprisonment during 2010 and imposed financial penalties amounting to nearly $ 1.47 billion as a result of OLAF's cases.

Skelos's sentencing comes just over a week after his former counterpart, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a separate case involving the Manhattan Democrat masking bribes as legal referrals.

«I don't think there's any doubt that the crime merited a life sentence, given the amount of damage that Mr. Pollard did to the United States government,» AP quoted Joseph diGenova, who prosecuted the case as a US government lawyer in Washington, DC, as saying.

As he did in the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's sentencing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a brief statement in response to the five year sentence handed down by a federal judge in the corruption case of ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

My report finds that whilst the Constitution has been referred to in only a limited fashion in cases involving the protection and enhancement of women's rights, notable exceptions include violence against women resulting from religious edicts: «In response to a spate of violence directed at young rural women as part of their sentencing by fatwa... the Supreme Court declared such sentences unconstitutional in 2001.»

Any sentence imposed by the court should not be seen as an attempt by judges to muzzle journalists because freedom must go with exercising responsibility which was lacking in the case of Montie FM 3.

The judge was prepared to sentence Terry on Tuesday, as scheduled, but Terry's attorney asked Quinn to hold off one more time and allow the sentencing in the federal case to proceed first.

More cases will be pursued and tougher sentences sought by sending suspects straight to Crown Court, Keir Starmer, QC, will say as he sets out new guidelines for the Crown Prosecution Service... The move comes amid a general government crackdown on benefit fraud.

Although he later goes on to briefly make the case for the role of reading in improving literacy, this sentence shows that Grayling fundamentally views books as a reward, not a part of the rehabilitation process.

Home secretary John Reid criticised the sentence as «unduly lenient», prompting a row with the attorney general, who said he would review the case but on it merits, not due to «public or political pressure».

In cases where soldiers have engaged in criminal activities, such as looting or using excessive force, as has happened in isolated and rare circumstances in clashes with citizens, they are tried and sentenced.

Kindlon said defense attorneys often refer to federal cases as «sentencing advocacy, because that's really what you're talking about.»

Bruno was sentenced to two years in prison but never served time as the courts waited to see how the Supreme Court would rule on the related case.

A federal judge in Brooklyn, in an extraordinary opinion that calls for courts to pay closer attention to how felony convictions affect people's lives, sentenced a woman in a drug case to probation rather than prison, saying the collateral consequences she would face as a felon were punishment enough.

The lawsuit involving Ontario and four other counties came as a result of a case involving a mother who was given a «felony» jail sentence despite having comitted a misdemeanor.

Before the introduction of the residency test, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) described the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offences Act (Laspo) as «targeting legal aid at the most serious cases which have sufficient priority to justify the use of public funds».

The number of people executed in the United States this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legal help.

TROY — William A. McInerney, the Troy city clerk who has been identified as a target in a ballot fraud investigation, is considering an offer to plead guilty to a felony charge and avoid a prison sentence in exchange for his cooperation in the case, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Sheldon Silver, who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of the state's most powerful and feared politicians as speaker of the New York Assembly, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison in a case that came to symbolize Albany's culture of graft.

By Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, a plea bargain agreement is allowed as in this case, wherein the first defendant has provided relevant information to aid the prosecution of this case... it appears to me that by the above provisions of the ACJA, under a plea bargain agreement, the appropriate sentence to be recommended should be within the appropriate range of punishment stipulated for the offence charged.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick joined local, state and federal leaders, as well as community activists and business leaders, on Friday, May 24 to remind local residents and companies of the opportunity to share their story with the judge considering the sentence in the federal case against Tonawanda Coke.

The federal judge overseeing the case, Judge Valerie Caproni, ruled Thursday that because she would consider the sealed evidence as part of Silver's sentencing, the public had a right to know the information.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, as attorney general, spent years investigating and prosecuting the case, used the sentence as an opportunity to warn of the lasting harms of public scandal.

Prisoners who committed serious sexual or violent crimes will have to serve at least two - thirds of their sentences before being eligible for parole, rather than half their sentences as is the case at present.

Taking the extreme case as an example, it's absurd that someone serving a LIFE sentence is counted as a resident of NYC — which is EXACTLY what Schneiderman's bill (that was passed recently) does.

Delayed from October due to the lawmaker's cancer treatment, the sentencing fell as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's federal corruption case was being considered by a jury, and the trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — who worked with Libous to plot the June 2009 coup that derailed the Senate for five weeks — continued.

Leeds said the sentences with DWI cases can vary — from as little as a fine to as much as a year in a local jail.

Ever since the death sentence was handed down in 2004, the absurd case had been bouncing between Libya's courts as the medics languished in jail; there had been at least one suicide attempt among them.

The article in question concerns the Hare Psychopathy Checklist — Revised (PCL - R), which is commonly administered in serious criminal cases to help make sentencing decisions as well as in prisons and psychiatric hospitals to determine suitability for release.

The sentence should have read, «As a lawyer who has tried many cases since 1978 (over 100)...» We regret the error.

Intensional constructions typically involve (complete or incomplete) sentences, as in the case of object clause attachment mentioned above.

Did I understand you correctly as saying that LCHF is your preferred method of treating insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity based on your opening sentence,» such as the LowCarb HighFat diets that we prefer», that fasting is a secondary option based on the difficulties some people have following or understanding LCHF except in the extreme cases you mention in # 5 where both may be the best solution?

The pair are joined by a number of big stars, including John Malkovich as the judge who sentenced Bundy to death, Haley Joel Osment as a character known as Jerry (who seeks the affection of Collins» character as Bundy's legal woes mount), Terry Kinney as a detective on the case, and Jim Parsons as the lead prosector.

Only in this case, the tragedies are of Walter's own making, as he has just completed a twelve - year prison sentence for paedophilia.

Aimed at: Reception / KS1 Content: - Teacher Notes on The Story of St Valentine referring to Slide numbers - Teacher Notes on Assembly Presentation - 22 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - Worksheet 1 — Writing - Love is... - Worksheet 2 — Jumbled Words and Sentences Activity - with Answer Sheet - 2 Word Searches — Upper and lower case letters - with Solutions This resource can be used as a 1 hour lesson and I have uploaded Teacher Notes / Guide which contains starter activity, main lesson and plenary.

Learners consider antecedents, cases (nominative, objective and possessive), as well as types of pronouns, and then craft sentences using...