Sentences with phrase «chance of a retrial»

After an acquittal there is no chance of a retrial even if further evidence turns up, whereas delaying in the hope of further untainted evidence turning up or public sentiment changing is always an option, particularly since Britain has no criminal Statute of Limitations.

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The postponement, opposed by prosecutors as a delay tactic with little chance of success before the Supreme Court, likely will put off any retrial until next year, buying time for the 73 - year - old former Albany power broker, who had faced a 12 - year prison sentence.

The researchers also note that a 4.1 percent rate of false conviction is conservative, given that separate calculations gauging the accuracy of the assumptions that took an even more conservative stance — assuming that people who were executed had zero chance of false conviction and that the chances of exoneration after retrial would be twice that of people on death row — would still produce a larger figure than their 4.1 percent estimate.

Therefore, in light of European case law, the SCC concludes that the absolute content of the right to a fair trial does not require that a person convicted in absentia has the chance of applying for retrial if the right has been voluntarily and unequivocally waived and the person was duly summoned and defended at trial by counsel.