Sentences with phrase «cases for the innocence»

When you submit a plea of not guilty, you're exercising your legal right to stand before a New Mexico judge and make a case for your innocence.

When you plead «not guilty,» you're exercising your legal right to make a case for your innocence before a North Carolina judge.

When you decide to plead not guilty, you're exercising your legal right to make a case for your innocence before a West Virginia judge.

Not exact matches

Going on cable news and making a preemptive, point - by - point case for Trump's innocence is the surest method of convincing the base that they needn't pay attention to investigation - related hysteria anymore.

In Mockingbird, the action passes through the eyes of young Scout, whose confusion over the case and rising admiration for her father combine just the right amounts of innocence and awareness.

Now in case repentance grips the merman and he remains concealed, he has clearly made Agnes unhappy, for Agnes loved him in all her innocence, she believed that at the instant when even to her he seemed changed, however well he hid it, he was telling the truth in saying that he only wanted to show her the beautiful calmness of the sea.

«At the end of the prosecution and defence cases, six of the audience jury, including Jess, will be asked for their views on Hamlet's guilt or innocence - we look forward to hearing her take on the proceedings!

«They are just not as equipped to handle these criminal cases,» said Paul Cates, of the Innocence Project, which is lobbying for the bill.

Though Silver has maintained his innocence and is fighting the charges, the case sparked an uprising among his rank - and - file members, costing him the leadership post he had held for more than two decades.

After Willingham was executed, the Innocence Project, a national nonprofit legal organization focused on overturning wrongful convictions, assembled a team of leading arson investigators, who concluded that none of the evidence for arson in the case was scientifically valid.

Determined women's - rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi (Meron Getnet) takes up Hirut's case to argue for the girl's innocence.

Director Robert Redford's The Conspirator makes no case for the guilt or innocence of Mary Surratt in the participation of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, though it certainly brings enough reasonable doubt to the case against her that we're left wondering one way or another.

Whether you believe in her innocence or not, I, Tonya makes a case for sympathizing with a young woman who tried to win her way out of poverty, only to fail on the biggest stage in the world.

Zellweger's face is perfect for radiating innocence, and in this case, cluelessness.

During the Obama administration, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent out a letter requiring colleges and universities to use a «preponderance of the evidence» to determine innocence or guilt in sexual violence or harassment cases.

It doesn't help that Nick hasn't been completely honest with the police, and, as Amy's case drags out for weeks, more and more vilifying evidence appears against him — but Nick maintains his innocence.

To postulate a null hypothesis of «innocence», which states humans have had absolutely no influence on our planet's climate is silly as very few people would argue for this case.

We've been waiting a year for this mysterious «context» to be supplied, by those who are both best placed to provide it, or in the case of the various show - trials (like an old - style show - trial, except that it's INNOCENCE of the defendant that is predetermined), demand it — but to date — zip.

Liptak cites dictum from a 1993 decision, Herrera v. Collins, in which Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court,» [W] e may assume, for the sake of argument in deciding this case, that in a capital case a truly persuasive demonstration of «actual innocence» made after trial would render the execution of a defendant unconstitutional and warrant federal habeas relief.»

Last but hardly least, the case could set the stage for a decision on an issue never squarely decided by the court — whether the Constitution forbids the execution of a defendant who can demonstrate «actual innocence.»

If, however, you were convicted, and the Court found that you knew that the victim hadn't died at the time of trial, but you did not raise the fact that the victim wasn't dead, it isn't clear if you could have the original conviction vacated because it was a fair trial and you knew evidence sufficient to get yourself acquitted (which you may have refrained from presenting to avoid conviction on a lesser charge like kidnapping or aggravated assault), and the status of an «actual innocence» grounds for vacating a conviction after trial is hotly disputed, conservatives like the late Justice Scalia generally say «no», liberals generally say «yes», moderates like to say «yes» but make it almost impossible to establish except in rare cases like one where a live person walks in when there was a murder conviction for killing that actually living person.

In 2012, MAIP worked with the Virginia Attorney General and the Innocence Project to lower the standard for a Writ of Actual Innocence, making it more achievable in the wake of the decision in the Thomas Haynesworth case.

IPNO has a national reputation for winning exonerations; both in cases where DNA can prove innocence, and in more difficult cases where DNA does not exist or has been destroyed.

This can also be taken from getting involved in innocence projects whereby groups of (normally) students work on real - life cases together to find grounds for appeal.

An experienced car accident lawyer has handled many similar cases and would know exactly what steps to take in order to prove your innocence as well as get the proper compensation for the injury that you have acquired because of the accident.

The fire investigation and evidence presented against Politte at trial are central issues in his innocence case; for example, at Politte's trial, the prosecution presented that Politte had gasoline on his shoes.

For an individual who has a simple civil complaint it's possible that he or she will never see the inside of a court room while often criminal cases will always require at least some time spent in a court room with a representative from a Toronto criminal law firm who will assist in making declarations of guilt or innocence with the defendant.

You are confident that the defense attorney, having only hearsay knowledge of the case, can not or will not present as convincing or as thorough an argument for your innocence, as you could without their help.

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Please note that not all innocence organizations have the same criteria for new cases.

The Criminal Appellate Court system is designed up to allow the convicted the ability to request a review of another court's decision, change or withdraw a plea, and make motions for a variety of legal purposes including to challenge imprisonment, an unfair sentence, or, in some cases, have the court consider new evidence that could not have been known prior to a verdict (such as DNA evidence proving innocence.)

Advocate for the release and / or exoneration of individuals whose cases present meritorious innocence claims based on evidence of actual innocence;

If you would like the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project to review your case, visit Ask For Help.

In addition, we have secured new trials for three Pennsylvanians wrongly convicted, Dontia Patterson, Greg Brown, and Larry «Trent» Roberts, and helped in four cases which resulted in Alford pleas — where Kenneth Granger, James Hugney, Lorenzo Johnson, and Letitia «Teri» Smallwood pled no contest to reduced charges while asserting their innocence and were immediately released from prison.

The ways in which a motorcycle accident attorney can help you prove your innocence and make a case for compensation include:

October 2 from 11:30 - 12:30 Hamline University, Center for Law and Justice, West Hall The Innocence Project of Minnesota and Hamline University's Center for Justice and Law will host a forum on the Monfils 6 case that will highlight the case and how to be a successful citizen advocate for the wrongfully convicted.

Under his leadership, the Oregon Innocence Project has been continuously grasping for the perfect case to prove their claims of a corrupt and venal criminal justice system.

Most of the Innocence Network organizations are affiliated with universities, but they need donations to help pay for DNA tests, provide staffing for case intake and litigation, support reform initiatives at the local, state or national levels, and help educate the public.

The Exoneration Project reviews cases of innocence for people who have gone to trial and were found guilty of crimes they did not commit.

Further, once we have agreed to work on a case, we reserve the right to withdraw for any reason, including an inability to prove a claim of actual innocence

Today the case is just too sensational for the Oregon Innocence Project to pass up the opportunity to resurrect, particularly after their other efforts have so far failed to smear Oregon's criminal justice system as the «Kafkaesque» nightmare they believe it to be.

The Oregon Innocence Project, of which I am legal director, has drawn criticism from Clackamas County District Attorney John Foote for its friend of the court brief highlighting circumstances that raise questions about the Frank Gable case («Oregon Innocence Project misses mark in notorious murder»).

Naughton, explaining his reasons for pulling the plug on INUK, said that it was «no longer acceptable that hundreds of students around the country can say on their CVs that they are working with an INUK innocence project when they know next to nothing about INUK or how to work on an alleged wrongful conviction cases».

The experience of the Innocence Network UK (INUK), the umbrella group for 20 - odd university - based Innocence Projects set to investigate miscarriage cases, might provide a cautionary tale.

For those of us who do innocence work, we see case after case where prosecutors presented with evidence of a wrongful conviction resist that evidence.

There are no records on how many have been cleared for other reasons but the DNA cases probably are just a small part, said Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida.

The result is very entertaining, inflammatory, and doubtless sells newspapers but does serious violence to the administration of justice and the presumption of innocence — two principles Ms. Blatchford has shown general disdain for on numerous prior occasions (unless the accused happens to be a police officer in which case she becomes a born - again believer in the Charter and all its myriad procedural rights heretofore known as «technicalities»).

Kate Judson coordinated an effort for the national Innocence Network to submit amicus briefs on behalf of the defendants in two «shaken baby» cases, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Epps and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Millien.

When her fellowship ended, the investigation in Sabein's case was complete, and Susan and the legal team were preparing to file a Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence.