Sentences with phrase «cases involving»

Hawkins repeated his long standing call for independent prosecutors to be appointed in cases involving police violence.

Clearly he got what prisoners might call «a touch» because that sentence is very lenient and well below the usual guideline used by judges in cases involving illegal firearms.

The justice secretary insisted the plans, which would make hearings private where they could «damage the public interest», would only apply to a «handful» of civil cases involving «highly sensitive intelligence material».

The Secretary of the union, Mr Adetola Olubajo, told newsmen in Pretoria that «Nigeria Union is calling on the Nigerian Mission to demand results of investigations of all murder cases involving Nigerian victims from the South African authority».

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

Democrats in the Senate back the use of body cameras for police, as well as the creation of an Office of Special Investigation to oversee grand jury cases involving law enforcement.

Cruel and unusual punishment is a charged topic and probably too broad to get into here, but most cases involving the treatment of prisoners are tied to how we define these words.

The Lagos State Government is presently, prosecuting no fewer than 2,926 court cases involving murder, rape as well as civil litigations across various courts in the state.

But the per diem system has come under scrutiny after lawmakers linked to corruption scandals — including cases involving Assemblyman William Scarborough and former Assemblyman William Boyland.

an expedited hearing process in cases involving the cancellation, revocation, or suspension of a license, permit, registration, or other credential issued by Tax Department.

Commission members, Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating to craft a new package of ethics laws that would include some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that the governor proposed after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers.

I then considered the second stage of the test, applying the DPP's interim guidelines on assessing the public interest in cases involving the media, and I have concluded that a prosecution is required in the public interest in relation to each of these eight suspects.

My office has handled at least nine controversial death cases involving the NYPD and two non-fatal cases,» Johnson said.

Left on the table from last session is a law establishing a permanent special prosecutor for cases involving civilian deaths at the hands of police.

One appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for homicide cases involving a cop, the other barred 16 and 17 year - olds from entering prisons for adults and arranged to send them into alternate facilities.

Since the late Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced that he would decline to prosecute some cases involving marijuana charges in 2014, the number of weed - related convictions has dropped about 75 percent in Brooklyn, according to the DA's Office.

Rice, who has been DA since 2006, has prosecuted several high - profile cases involving Democrats, including a pay - to - play scheme involving a New Cassel development that resulted in convictions of a county legislator and former county legislator.

New York is one of only two states that requires prosecutors to prove «force, fraud and coercion» to get a sex - trafficking charge in prostitution cases involving minors.

That hindered families from pursuing abuse cases involving their loved ones through legal action and even to refer the case to law enforcement.

Firstly, that this case in its entirety was an abuse of process, or, secondly, that if it wasn't, it should be heard before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which is a special court set up to hear cases involving issues concerning official surveillance.

The Liberal Democrat party was accused of once again betraying its principles last night, after it voted to back Conservative plans for secret courts to be used in cases involving national security issues.

In 2011, Attorney General Schneiderman and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli formed «Operation Integrity,» a first - of - its - kind joint task force using the State Comptroller's power to refer cases involving the abuse of public funds to the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute public corruption.

Other states try teenagers as adults only in cases involving extreme violence or other aggravating circumstances.

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

ALBANY — State government is bracing for a parade of corruption trials in 2018, with five cases involving powerful players going before juries at the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and all 213 legislative seats are up for election.

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.»

The Legislature passed a scaled - back version of Lavern's Law that would start the window to bring medical malpractice cases involving cancer when an error is discovered by the patient, not when the mistake occurred, as under current law.

This particular judge, for example, prioritised «exceptional» cases involving women and homosexuals.

Granted, there's been a deluge of corruption cases involving state lawmakers in both parties with more legislators leaving office under an ethical cloud than losing re-election.

The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments highlights the importance of the Senate's role in recommending federal judges to the President and in confirming judges who are neutral arbiters of disputes.

The idea that there's going to be a separate court to handle all cases involving 16 and 17 - year - olds is not correct.»

A basic but educated reading of the guidelines would seem to suggest the relevant tariff fits within the four to 18 month bracket, and even then the upper 18 month end seems somewhat unlikely given that serious cases involving false allegations of rape, where men have actually been arrested and kept in custody for 17 hours, have resulted in just 24 months in prison.

The Cuomo administration this afternoon denied that the proposed Justice Center that would oversee abuse and neglect cases involving the developmentally disabled wouldn't have an independent reporting component.

1)[The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments HIGHLIGHTS....]

There is nothing wrong with acknowledging the race of the men involved in cases involving grooming gangs but there is a way of doing that without suggesting that all Pakistani men are rampaging around the country raping white girls.

For some cases involving most felonies, cases would be tried in youth diversion court.

Like other child custody decisions, courts use the best interest of the child to decide disputed child visitation or custody cases involving unmarried fathers.

She is also a member of the legislative liaison team with the Indiana State Nursing Association (ISNA) and offers expert witness consultation in legal cases involving women's health issues or midwifery.

Browning House is a family assessment centre in Leeds, where vulnerable young mums» and dads» capacity as parents is assessed in cases involving child protection.

A: The argument in my paper isn't that the heart balm torts necessarily directly apply to cases involving robots in any particular jurisdiction.

July 13 — Former England captain John Terry was cleared of racial abuse today as one of the highest profile court cases involving a globally recognised sportsman reached its conclusion after five days of evidence.

(3) for cases involving property damage only, the time limit is 5 years from the date of the incident in Scotland and 3 years in the Channel Islands.

For cases involving property damage only, the limit is six years (3).

It might also be noted that since players started kneeling, wearing t - shirts (NBA / WNBA) that the number of cases involving these situations has decreased, even if only slightly

It's not the first time that racial incidents have been reported in Russia following cases involving Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure in particular during a Champions League group game against CSKA Moscow in 2013 [via Mirror Sport].

In two years at an El Paso hospital he worked on 2,000 cases involving hand injuries, most of them caused by German mines.

But the many cases involving athletes raise a number of substantive questions.

«The ACCC will continue to take enforcement action if it considers that companies have engaged in unconscionable conduct, particularly in cases involving vulnerable consumers and where there have been other breaches of consumer protection provisions of the ACL.»

Additionally, he is often called on to resolve differences of opinion between contract winemakers and their clients and has been engaged as expert witness in legal cases involving wine quality, value and technical issues, such as closures.

Abu Kaf said that «most cases involving big events are based on investigations and no tangible evidence.