Sentences with phrase «caused by the conviction»

ALBANY — One of the state Legislature's proposed responses this year to the cloud of corruption caused by the convictions of its former leaders is actually something lawmakers gleefully agreed to do last year, but then didn't: strip state pensions from convicted felons.

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During the employment period, FedEx also may terminate the officer's employment for «cause» (which includes any act of dishonesty by the officer intended to result in substantial personal enrichment, the conviction of the officer of a felony and certain material violations by the officer of his or her obligations under the MRA).

From the assumed fact that Hume and everybody else has a real conviction that «visual sensations arise «by the eyes»,» Whitehead concludes that we know the causes of our (visual) sensations.

This impression was caused by the exaggerated enthusiasm of some representatives of the «religionsgeschichtliche Schule,» voiced in a period in which the ultraliberal orientation of many Protestant theologians had weakened the religious conviction of many Christians.

(4) The conviction that God is by nature just, causes the Christian community to seek justice in all social relationships.

But we especially come to call testimony an action, a work, the movement of a life insofar as these things constitute by themselves the mark and the living proof of a man's conviction and devotion to a cause.

We beg you to remember, as we pledge to remember, those who are not free; those who suffer for freedom's cause; those who are poor, out of work, needy, sick, or alone; those who are persecuted for their religious convictions, those still ravaged by war.

Being captured by a common cause that turns on enthusiasm and conviction provides a powerful bond in a marriage.

This type of experience, suggested not only in Paul but in some of the Gospel narratives, (E.g., Matthew 28:16 - 17; Mark 16:9 - 12) may have been the beginning of the conviction that Jesus was not dead but alive, and the more physical representations of the disentombment may have been an aftermath, caused by the insistent belief of the Jewish - Christian mind that resurrection was of necessity involved in life after death.

But most of all it would have affirmed the conviction of CLAY members that the cause they served, whether by marching in DC or volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center, was a legitimate component of social justice.

I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.

Degradation of the Representative System into a Bi-party System (the blue against the red, or the right vs the left, etc), and this happens cause the rational ignorance of the people, many people have a political conviction that is suppressed by the parties alliances.

Matt is serving a sentence of 25 years to life following his conviction in Niagara County for three counts of murder, three counts of kidnapping, and two counts of robbery after he kidnapped a male victim and caused his death by beating him on December 3, 1997.

Another focus of her address was the expansion of the Justice Task Force, which was created in 2009 by then Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to focus on the causes that lead to wrongful convictions.

Lerner, with Common Cause, says she's encouraged that the judges did not rule against the facts presented by the prosecutors, giving hope for a second conviction.

Veterans Staunton, Nighy and Considine are ably supported by a fine cast, particularly Schnetzer (the button - eyed co-star of «The Book Thief» serves up revolutionary fervor and a Morrissey pompadour with equal conviction) and Jessica Gunning as a miner's wife who finds her voice fighting not just for the strike but also for LGSM's right to visibly rally for the workers» cause.

And in answer to the argument some have made that a broad interpretation of the MBTA could lead to such absurd results as convictions for bird deaths caused by automobiles, airplanes, and plate glass windows, the Moon Lake court pointed out that to obtain a guilty verdict, the government must prove proximate causation.

UNWTO stands ready to lend its support during this difficult time by collaborating in the assessment of the damages caused, especially in the tourism sector, and contributing to a recovery plan in the conviction that tourism can become a useful instrument for the necessary reconstruction process.

North Hemisphere yes, Enso possibly, not within miliKelvin, not globally, but to a point and to a degree where can be taken seriously, hopefully by those to whom true cause matters more than a personal conviction.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

APPEAL by accused against conviction on one count of assault causing bodily harm, sentence to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and order to provide DNA sample.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against conviction dismissed — Although trial judge did not address analytical steps in order, he properly analyzed evidence and concluded that injuries sustained by victim were not accidental and could not have occurred in any other fashion than as stated by victim — Having provided reasons for accepting victim's evidence, trial judge was entitled to reject accused's evidence — Trial judge's reasoning, though skeletal, permitted accused and appellate court to determine how and why finding resulted.

Faulty witness identifications, often caused by faulty memories, is the greatest contributing factor to the conviction of innocent people, accounting for over 70 % of wrongful convictions.

Materials are classified by the primary causes of wrongful conviction: forensics / DNA, eyewitness identification, false confessions, jailhouse informants, police or prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective representation.

Section 267 of the Criminal Code sets out that a conviction of assault causing bodily harm can result in a penalty of up to ten years imprisonment when the Crown proceeds by indictment.

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(2) If an organization has been convicted of an offence under this Act and the conviction has become final as a result of there being no further right of appeal, a person affected by the conduct that gave rise to the offence has a cause of action against the organization convicted of the offence for damages for actual harm that the person has suffered as a result of the conduct.

Causing Bodily Harm or Death: A conviction for felony DUI causing serious injury or death is punishaCausing Bodily Harm or Death: A conviction for felony DUI causing serious injury or death is punishacausing serious injury or death is punishable by:

Misdemeanor Vandalism (Prior Convictions): If you have a prior conviction for vandalism, any subsequent acts of vandalism causing property damage less than $ 400 are punishable by one year in a Los Angeles County jail and a fine of $ 5,000.

The historian Wraxall was distinctly sceptical: «Erskine successfully undertook to spurn at precedents... to appal or silence the judges themselves; to intimidate, convince or seduce the juries; to appeal from the understanding to the feelings... finally, to lead captive his audience, and to carry the cause that he defended or espoused, by extorting a sort of voluntary submission, sometimes yielded almost in defiance of evidence, facts, belief or conviction.»

Two weeks ago, the Court granted cert in US v. Castleman, which concerns whether a «Tennessee conviction for misdemeanor domestic assault by intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to the mother of his child qualifies as a conviction for a «misdemeanor crime of domestic violence» under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(9).»

However, the court considers each child custody situation on a case - by - case basis, so a record isn't necessarily a major roadblock to your case, and a criminal conviction will likely cause more concern than an arrest with no conviction.