Sentences with phrase «charges against prosecutors»

The bill, however, is encountering fierce opposition from district attorneys who complain it will, among other things, allow criminal defendants to bring bogus charges against prosecutors in a bid to bog down prosecutions.

Not exact matches

The newspaper reported on Tuesday that local prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against Cuban seven years ago after a woman told Portland police that Cuban sexually assaulted her in a nightclub, claiming that he reached into her pants and penetrated her vagina with a finger without her permission while they posed for a photograph.

LONDON — Prosecutors have dropped charges against two Canadian pilots accused of preparing to fly a commercial aircraft while under the influence of alcohol after their blood samples were mistakenly destroyed at a Scottish prison.

Prosecutors later withdrew the charge against Montano because they said they could not prove deception or any other crime.

July 5, 2016: He holds news conference to announce that «no reasonable prosecutor» would bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, over her email practices as secretary of state, but criticizes Clinton and her staff for being «extremely careless» in their handling of classified material.

Tyler's petition for clemency argued that if he were charged today prosecutors probably wouldn't have used his prior convictions against him.

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled expanded criminal charges against three men in connection with a massive 2014 cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and the hacking of several other major financial companies and financial news publishers.

Sessions, a former prosecutor, has said the racially charged allegations against him have been painful to him and an unfair stain on his reputation.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider this week a closely watched insider trading case that could limit the ability of prosecutors to pursue such charges against hedge fund managers and other traders.

According to the Post, prosecutors are considering a range of charges against the WikiLeaks founder, including conspiracy, theft of government property and violating the Espionage Act.

Recently, though, prosecutors decided not to file charges against Venit.

Prosecutors dropped the charges against a shooting suspect, Walker recalled, after his attorney argued that the identification process «was tainted» because the victim had seen the suspect's name and photos on Facebook.

While his Democratic predecessor Eric Holder told federal prosecutors to avoid seeking long mandatory minimum sentences when charging some lower - level drug offenders, for example, Sessions issued an order demanding the opposite, telling them to pursue the most serious charges possible against most suspects.

State prosecutors also plan to seek criminal charges against lawmakers who helped advance the motion.

Joan McPhee, former federal prosecutor who successfully represented a Deepwater Horizon driller against federal charges.

Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

A senior prosecutor known for winning a murder conviction in the killing of Etan Patz has been put in charge of the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into rape allegations against the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, two people with knowledge of the investigation said.

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

Prosecutors failed to get a conviction against Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina on charges that he received illegal contributions and falsified documents to pay for the silence of his pregnant mistress as he campaigned for president in 2008.

FBI Director James Comey said his office is not recommending that prosecutors bring charges against Hillary Clinton for handling of classified information in connection to her use of private email servers.

Mr. Cosby paid Ms. Constand $ 3.38 million in 2006 as part of the confidential financial settlement of a lawsuit she had brought against him after prosecutors originally declined to bring charges.

It would, at most, be a technical violation that no sane prosecutor would base criminal charges on (assuming that such charges could be brought against the president).

US prosecutors have filed charges against Martin Winterkorn, the former CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen, over his involvement in the Dieselgate scandal.

Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010 leak of diplomatic cables and military documents and investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools, according to people familiar with the case.

Prosecutors in February laid rare corruption and fraud charges against SNC - Lavalin Group, Canada's largest engineering firm, related to its business in Libya.

So far, prosecutors working for Mueller have brought charges against four people, including former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and his former national security adviser, Mike Flynn.

Most recently, prosecutors filed insider trading charges against seven individuals over trades based on non-public information they were given by Daniel Rivas, a Bank of America employee.

The Patriot - News (Pennsylvania): Charges filed against pastor in mock terrorism raid at Lower Swatara church Dauphin County prosecutors today charged a church and its pastor after a mock «terrorism raid» in March.

We can take some comfort at the fact that finally, toward the end of the twentieth century, prosecutors have begun applying criminal statutes to corporate officers who make decisions that (for instance) cause death or injury to a worker or to the public, and charges brought against these individuals include manslaughter and homicide charges.

And in the next place, describing what properly is defiance, it teaches that a man does wrong although he understands what is right, or forbears to do right although he understands what is right; in short, the Christian doctrine of sin is pure impertinence against man, accusation upon accusation; it is the charge which the Deity as prosecutor takes the liberty of lodging against man.

According to ABC News, prosecutors say they were not aware of the charges against Botha and that the detective gave a «muddled» testimony, admitting that Pistorius» version of the events on the evening of the shooting did, in fact, align with the police's account.

Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low - budget, amateurish 14 - minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube.

The school's lawsuit stemmed from a request by the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office, which asked the school not to turn over certain reports, because the prosecutors have yet to determine whether they will press charges against those named in the reports.

In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.

Dropped By federal prosecutors, bribery charges against Harvey McDougle Jr., the Toledo running back accused last month of participating in a point - shaving scheme.

Ingham County, Michigan, prosecutors are in the process of determining whether formal charges should be filed against the player, freshman guard Brock Washington.

Now, though, the newly elected top prosecutor in the county has dropped the charges, saying there was no legal basis for the criminal complaints against Mark Haller and Katherine Keylor, who oversaw the state's school lunch program.

She was appointed last night as the special prosecutor to review whether criminal charges should be filed against the former attorney general.

* State prosecutors pursing bribery and corruption charges against G. Steven Pigeon saw their case improve today when a judge reversed an earlier decision to suppress email evidence that they believe incriminates the once - powerful political operative

AG Eric Schneiderman is moving to change New York state law so that he and other local prosecutors would have the power to bring criminal charges against aides to Trump who have been pardoned, according to a letter Schneiderman sent to the governor and state lawmakers today.

Prosecutors are dropping rape charges against two teens who became the focus of the White House's anti-immigrant rhetoric after being accused of assaulting a 14 - year - old in a Maryland bathroom.

In coming days, prosecutors are expected to call witnesses tied to additional charges against Silver: That he profited from legal work sent to a second law firm in Manhattan by mega-landlord Glenwood Management and another real estate developer in return for the politician's alleged backing of real estate legislation.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing corruption case against him.

«SUNY will review the charges against Dr. Kaloyeros and cooperate fully with prosecutors on any further action as state and federal investigations continue,» SUNY Chairman Carl McCall and Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher said in a statement Thursday.

Last fall, prosecutors indicated they also had charts created by an IRS investigator related to the tax charges against Espada.

Wojtaszek pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge last year as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Maziarz.

If Cohen was merely providing access to Trump or members of his administration, then prosecutors will be unlikely to charge public corruption offenses against any of them.

The former ANC chief had argued that the charges against him were characterised by misconduct, «irrational behaviour» and media leaks on the part of prosecutors, Mr Abrahams said.

The email controversy the Clinton campaign hoped would die out when prosecutors closed their investigation and declined to bring charges against her now appears likely to dog her until Election Day.

The superseding indictment adds the new security fraud charges against Venditto, replacing the old indictment, and includes the prior charges brought by Eastern District prosecutors against both him and the Manganos.