Sentences with phrase «convict people under»

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She particularly focused on drug laws impacts on people of color, who have for decades been convicted under aggressive drug laws at disproportionately high rates relative to whites.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federaPeople who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federapeople barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

He organized fundraisers for slain journalists, taught convicts in Chicago to read, and risked his life to tell the stories of people living under the brutal rule of dictators.

In August 2006, Exmoor Foxhounds huntsman Tony Wright became the first person to be convicted of illegally hunting a fox under the terms of the act.

It is only because Maundy Gregory was the one person convicted under the 1925 Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act in 1933 that his name is remembered today.

If a person is convicted of a crime under the laws of the United States, then that person is eligible for a presidential pardon (except in cases of impeachment).

Of the 40,000 people who were stopped last year at UK airports under Schedule 7 anti-terror laws, just two were convicted of terror offences.

The Registrar of the court in which a compulsory treatment order or any order under section 24 or 34 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 is made or in which any person is convicted of a corrupt practice must, not later than the fifth day of the month following the date of the order or conviction, forward to the Electoral Commission a certificate showing --

JFK pardoned basically the whole cohort of people convicted under the Narcotics Act of 1956, basically nullifying and overturning the law passed by Congress.

«A person shall not be qualified to be a member of Parliament if he has been convicted for high crime under the constitution or high treason or for an offence involving the security of the State, fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude.»

With potential campaign finance law violations under scrutiny, one person said, the Cohen investigation was assigned to career prosecutors in the office's elite public corruption unit, which has a track record of convicting politicians on both sides of the aisle.

A former Nassau County resident convicted of a misdemeanor in the 1980s became the first person to have his criminal record sealed by a Long Island court under a new state law aimed at giving nonviolent offenders a clean slate.

Bangladesh has been under intense pressure after two leading gay rights activists were hacked to death, the latest in a series of chilling attacks on intellectuals, writers and religious minorities for which only a handful of people have been convicted.

«Under existing laws, the two most powerful people in the Senate and Assembly were convicted of felonies and are going to jail...» DeFrancisco said.

The new Local Law makes it unlawful for establishments to: purchase any articles, jewelry or precious metals from any person under the age of 18; sell, dispose of, destroy, alter or remove from premises any articles for 14 days, (or 30 days if requested by law enforcement); and bars employment to anyone who has been convicted of a felony in the past 3 years.

Backing his claim with Article 13 of the Constitution which says «no person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted,» the caucus leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said, «I do not think that the constitution, in so far as a matter is criminal, frowns upon the use of force to the extent that it may even deprive some other people of their lives.

On Monday, Kate Brown, the Democratic Governor of Oregon, signed a bill prohibiting convicted domestic abusers and people under restraining orders from buying or owning guns and ammunition.

«We've got so many disclosure laws right now and we've got people under indictment now — one was convicted (Thursday), (former Sen.) Malcolm Smith (of Queens), with the current disclosure law,» DeFrancisco said.

Under penalty of perjury, each person who is employed or under contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) must agree to inform his or her employer or the party with whom he or she is under contract within 48 hours if convicted of any disqualifying offense while he or she is employed or under contract in that capaUnder penalty of perjury, each person who is employed or under contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) must agree to inform his or her employer or the party with whom he or she is under contract within 48 hours if convicted of any disqualifying offense while he or she is employed or under contract in that capaunder contract in a capacity described in subsection (1) must agree to inform his or her employer or the party with whom he or she is under contract within 48 hours if convicted of any disqualifying offense while he or she is employed or under contract in that capaunder contract within 48 hours if convicted of any disqualifying offense while he or she is employed or under contract in that capaunder contract in that capacity.

A person subject to this subsection who is found ineligible for employment under s. 1012.315, or otherwise found through background screening to have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude as defined by rule of the State Board of Education, shall not be employed, engaged to provide services, or serve in any position that requires direct contact with students.

Person who is 18 years of age or older with valid photo ID, who has never been convicted of any form of Cruelty under the law and has never been convicted two or more times for any violation of the City of Albuquerque Animal Ordinance (or predecessor ordinance)

[FN66] The MBTA makes it unlawful to, at any time and by any means or manner,»... take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or kill... any migratory bird,... nest, or egg of any such bird...» [FN67] Under the violations and penalties section of the MBTA, any person, association, partnership, or corporation who violates the provisions of the MBTA is guilty of a misdemeanor and, if convicted, can be fined up to $ 15,000 or imprisoned up to six months, or both.

(1) Subject to s. 487.053, if a person is convicted, discharged under s. 730 or, in the case of a young person, found guilty under the Young Offender's Act, c. Y 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act, of a designated offence, the court

14 This was an important consideration in the context of that case which dealt with whether a person whose driver's licence was suspended by the province could be convicted under the Criminal Code of driving while disqualified, as it was then worded, for driving in a parking lot which the court held did not require a licence.

On March 2, 2012, I blogged that Virginia's House of Delegates passed a Senate - passed bill mandating the ignition interlock for all people convicted of drunk driving, whereas beforehand those with first - time DWI convictions for a blood alcohol content under...

(11) A person may be charged, prosecuted and convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of a contravention referred to in subsection (1) even if an environmental penalty has been imposed on or paid by the person or another person in respect of the contravention.

Under the Act, a young person convicted of first - degree murder can not serve more than six years in prison.

Under section 839 of the Companies Act 2014, where a person has been convicted of an indictable offence in relation to a company, or convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, that person may not be appointed to, or act as, an auditor, director or other officer, receiver, liquidator or examiner or be in any way, whether directly or indirectly, concerned or take part in the promotion, formation or management of any company.

Under the general provisions of the Hungarian Code of criminal procedure, the convicted person in principle has to pay the costs of the proceedings; costs which are not to be borne by the convicted person are to be paid by the state.

The current version of s. 163.1 (6) states: «No person shall be convicted of an offence under this section if the act that is alleged to constitute the offence (a) has a legitimate purpose related to the administration of justice or to science, medicine, education or art; and (b) does not pose an undue risk of harm to persons under the age of eighteen years.»

Retention justification The issue in the instant case was whether or not the retention of the fingerprint and DNA data of the applicants, as persons, who had been suspected, but not convicted, of certain criminal off ences, had been justified under Art 8, para 2 of the Convention.

In France, in contrast, the constitution states that all people convicted of crimes that cease to be crimes under a change in the law, are entitled to benefit from the change in the law.

Generally, no person shall be convicted of an offence under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code if the act that is alleged to constitute the offence has a legitimate purpose related to the administration of justice or to science, medicine, education or art; and does not pose an undue risk of harm to persons under the age of eighteen years.

It is relevant if the content was purchased because Section 163.1 (4.3) states that it is an aggravating factor for a person convicted of an offence under Section 163 to have committed the offence with an intent to make a profit.

Under s. 487.051 of the Criminal Code, a judge has to make an order authorizing the taking of bodily substances for DNA tests from a person who has been convicted, discharged, or found guilty as a young offender of any offence included in the list of «primary designated offences».

(12) A person who pays an administrative penalty in respect of a contravention and has remedied the contravention shall not be convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of the same contravention.

(e) in respect of a person who is convicted of an offence under section 254 of the Criminal Code (Canada) of failing to comply with a lawful demand to provide a breath sample in connection with the accident.

How many people will ever get convicted under such a law?

AIDWYC contends that Canadian cases of alleged wrongful convictions should «not [be] examined from the adversarial perspective of trying to show that the convicted person was rightfully treated by the court system» as occurs at present through the Minister of Justice's current practice under section 696.1147 Rather, AIDWYC argues that an independent review board like CCRC should «undertake a fresh review without bias.»

R. v. S.N.P. concerned a convicted sexual offender who was under a probation order that did not allow him to be around young people unless he was supervised by someone approved by his probation officer.

Under federal law, people convicted of drug offenses are subject to strict mandatory minimum sentences based largely on the quantity of drugs possessed by the defendant.

If the person is convicted of committing a second violation within a 20 - year period of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drug, failure to stop and render aid in a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injury, or reckless homicide, or any combination of these offenses, then a person may not apply for reinstatement until after the expiration of 5 years from the effective date of the most recent revocation.

The Intervenor submits that, in sentencing persons convicted for aiding suicide under Section 241 (b) of the Criminal Code, the principle of general deterrence must be the overriding factor.

(d) in respect of a person who is convicted under section 254 of the Criminal Code (Canada) of failing to comply with a lawful demand to provide a breath sample in connection with the accident.

Fines for persons or organizations convicted of an offence under the AODA include up to $ 50,000 for each and every day or part day that an offence happens for a corporation, up to $ 100,000 for each and every day or part day that an offence happens.

(3) Where a person is convicted of homosexuality or aggravated homosexuality under sections 2 and 3 of this Act, the court may, in addition to any sentence imposed on the offender, order that the victim of the offence be paid compensation by the offender for any physical, sexual or psychological harm caused to the victim by the offence.

(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.

(10) A person may be prosecuted and convicted under subsection (9) even if the corporation has not been prosecuted or convicted.

Therefore, a person convicted under N.J.S.A. 39:4 - 50.14 will not be subject to the mandatory 3 year, $ 1,000.00 per year, Motor Vehicle Surcharge.

In addition to issuing a revocation, except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the municipal court shall fine a person convicted under this section, a fine of not less than $ 300 or more than $ 500 for a first offense; a fine of not less than $ 500 or more than $ 1,000 for a second offense; and a fine of $ 1,000 for a third or subsequent offense.