Sentences with phrase «concerns about the convictions»

No, that is defamation of character and that is DA who is more concerned about her conviction rate then the health of her constituents.

Newcastle barristers Robert Cavanagh, Nicolas Moir and Isabel Reed, and University of Newcastle Legal Centre director Shaun McCarthy, sent the petition to NSW Governor David Hurley on June 11, seeking a judicial review, after serious concerns about the convictions were first raised by legal academic Dr Emma Cunliffe in her 2011 book, «Murder, Medicine and Motherhood».

Not exact matches

The shake - up at South Korea's biggest company is designed to ease investors» concerns about a leadership vacuum following the arrest and conviction of group scion Jay Y. Lee on bribery charges earlier this year.

But here, too, there is little that is actually new, although there is detail that confirms what shrewder observers of Vatican life pieced together after the events of early 2013: that Benedict XVI's poorly - planned 2012 visit to Mexico and Cuba convinced him that he could no longer travel; that he believed the Pope must be present at World Youth Day 2013 in Brazil, a conviction that became the terminus ad quem driving the timing of the abdication and what immediately preceded it; and that, contrary to speculations that have become more lurid over time, Benedict's concern about his increasingly frailty, which fuelled his concern that he would be increasingly unable to give the Church what she deserved from a pope, was the sole motive behind his decision to renounce the Oice of Peter — not Vatileaks, not concerns about financial and other corruptions inside the Leonine Wall, not blackmail.

Though Christians may come to different conclusions concerning their convictions about drug laws, being informed about the current state of incarceration and the long - running War on Drugs is the first step in forming an intelligent opinion.

«(On) the other side is finding the right balance... concerns about religious beliefs and convictions.

And though different Christians may come to different conclusions concerning their convictions about drug laws, being informed about the current state of incarceration and the long - running «War on Drugs» is the first step in forming your own opinion.

My concern was that Wilson could not establish the moral ground of his position; that he ran the risk then of fostering confusion among his own allies about the ground of their opposition to abortion; and that the allies who made themselves suggestible to his arguments were risking a serious erosion in the conviction that they summoned to this issue.

The Supreme Court's actions pose incalculable risks to an already volatile social fabric by alienating those whose beliefs about marriage are motivated by deep biblical convictions and concern for the common good.

But, so far as I can see, the only claims that Paul makes about any distinctiveness or originality concern (1) his conviction that he was specially called by God to conduct a mission to gentiles, and (2) his view of the terms on which gentiles were to be received as full co-religionists with Jewish believers (baptism / faith in Jesus without taking on Jewish observance of Torah).

In holding this conviction, he was not concerned about being right in the sense of being orthodox.

Despite Libous's conviction and the broader concerns about ethics in Albany following a string of high - profile arrests of state lawmakers, Akshar does not believe there needs to be a special session to consider new laws combating corruption.

I have long had concerns about our membership of the EU but the experience of Government has only deepened my conviction that we need change.

Monserrate supporters expressed concern about the precedent of making him the first senator ever booted because of a misdemeanor conviction.

And let us not forget that, even on this most politically polarized of issues, there are large numbers of conservatives who are deeply concerned about climate change and bravely hold onto this conviction despite the social pressure towards «stealth denial».

These are not corporate stooges of the nuclear industry; to a person, their embrace of nuclear power is motivated by a deep concern about climate change and the conviction that no other carbon - free source of energy is sufficient (and safe) enough to replace coal and gas.

The result is, less concern about wrongful convictions and more concern about wrongful acquittals.

He expressed concern about the collateral consequences of a misdemeanor conviction.

After a series of pre-trials, during which Joseph Neuberger gave defence disclosure of relevant evidence, the Crown eventually agreed to withdraw the charge based upon concerns about reliability and not having a reasonable prospect of conviction.

As a matter of political mood, I suspect the «average» voter now is not too troubled by historic problems with the administration of the death penalty, largely because some recent big capital cases involve mass murderer with no concerns about a possible wrongful conviction or terrible defense lawyering.

For example, the B.C. Health Professions Act stipulates that while a Registration Committee can impose limits or conditions (or refuse to grant registration) where an applicant has committed an indictable offence (i.e., something more serious than a summary conviction offence), the Registration Committee must be «satisfied that the nature of the offence or the circumstances under which it was committed give rise to concerns about the person's competence or fitness to practise the designated health profession.»

However, some years after conviction, concerns had begun to be expressed about the treatability of his condition.

In October 2014, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned Ms. Broomfield's conviction after expert evidence raised concerns about the reliability of Motherisk's hair tests.

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