Sentences with phrase «convicted defendants»

rehabilitation: The idea that vocational, correctional, or other trainings given to convicted defendants will help them to re-integrate into society after release.

He sits on the Board of Trustees of the New England Innocence Project, a litigation and public policy organization dedicated to the exoneration of wrongfully convicted defendants and the reformation of the criminal justice system.

And in the case of DNA evidence, technology has done what the Constitution and the due process clause never could: lead to systemic changes in state laws to allow convicted defendants to reopen closed criminal cases and seek access to DNA evidence for testing through procedures that did not exist at the time of trial.

Separate research by the Innocence Project into 23 DNA exonerations in New York found that police had identified the actual perpetrators in 10 cases, nine of whom had gone on to commit new crimes while wrongfully convicted defendants sat in prison.

Barristers who were not trial counsel but who are instructed to represent convicted defendants in the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal have been given new guidance by the Bar Council's Ethics Committee on their duty to check the factual basis for the appeal or risk criticism and action by...

Convicted defendants received sentence ranging from 12 years to life in prison.

Justice committee says mandatory payment of up to # 1,200 for convicted defendants «incompatible with principles of justice»

The jury convicted all defendants on three counts of mail fraud, and Black nabbed an additional conviction on obstruction of justice.

«The authors concede that mind wandering is probably not suited for making weighty decisions, such as whether to convict a defendant in a trial or to go ahead with a medical procedure.

If the clergyman's evidence would help to convict a defendant the court considered obviously guilty, he was compelled to testify.

On appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnell.

The jury found that evidence persuasive, convicting the defendant of every count that was presented to them.»

The Supreme Court has ruled that the jury overstepped its bounds in using circumstantial evidence to convict the defendant, CO2.

«This court has never held,» Justice Scalia wrote in his dissent, «that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is «actually» innocent.»

So, whether a jury has the option of convicting a defendant of a lesser included offense — a crime contained within a more serious crime — depends on the instructions the judge gives.

The court will in future have the power to impose a restraining order under PHA 1997 when convicting a defendant of any offence.

This is a writ of error to the County Court of Oneida County, in the State of New York (to which court the record had been remitted), to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal of that State affirming the judgment of the Supreme Court, which itself affirmed the judgment of the County Court, convicting the defendant of a misdemeanor on an indictment under a statute of that State, known, by its short title, as the labor

The exercise succeeded and the evidence produced was used to convict the defendant of murder.

Before the Supreme Court's 2003 Lawrence v. Texas decision decriminalizing consensual same - sex intimate conduct, juries frequently refused to convict defendants under anti-sodomy laws, even when presented with clear evidence that they had technically violated the law.

In the Shadrach Rescue Cases, for example, government failed in five consecutive trials to convict any defendant — black or white — of aiding in the escape of Shadrach Minkins.

On average, Baltimore City juries convict defendants of one or more charges 57 % of the time compared to 72 % of defendants convicted in [comparison suburban] jurisdictions — a significant difference of 15 % (p <.05).

A convicted defendant seeking a CCRC review can obtain a straightforward, standardized application form that the CCRC has made available.

Another reason that victims of alcohol or drug related accidents should seek competent legal counsel and file a civil action against the defendant instead of hoping for criminal restitution is that the standard of proof required to win an Indiana personal injury lawsuit is less than what a prosecutor must prove to convict a defendant on criminal charges.

• The «prima facie» test, whereby the requesting state would have to tender evidence of the alleged crime upon which, taken at its highest, a jury properly directed could convict the defendant, should not be re-introduced because this would require an overhaul of the EAW Framework Decision where a request is made by an EU state, and where a request is made by a non-EU state our judiciary are able to subject cases to an appropriate degree of scrutiny.

During contentious deliberations, the trial judge in U.S. v. Thomas dismissed Juror Number 5 — the only black juror in a trial of all black defendants — based on the belief that Juror Number 5 was engaging in jury nullification and would not convict the defendants under any circumstances.

And, speaking of the criminal side, does the loser pays contingent believe that it would be salutary for the government to reimburse the acquitted defendant for her legal fees or for a convicted defendant to reimburse the government?

This luxury gives our team of Bergen County criminal defense attorneys an inside understanding of the tactics that current prosecutors use to try and convict defendant's.

While Florida requires a unanimous vote of jurors to convict a defendant of a death - eligible, capital offense, (a) the jurors» role in determining whether the defendant is put to death or sentenced to life without parole is only ADVISORY and can be overruled by a single judge, and (b) that recommendation is made based on -LSB-...]

If you convict the defendant, you are sending him to jail for the rest of his life — or worse yet condemning him to execution.

Thus there would be no reason to give lawyers or plaintiffs a reward for pursuing retributive damages against an already convicted defendant.

The jury was entitled to convict the defendant.

A discharge of a convicted defendant without sentence on condition that he / she does not re-offend within a specified period of time

And it is a particularly appealing case, because not only did no jury convict these defendants of the offense the sentencing judge thought them guilty of, but a jury acquitted them of that offense.

Not exact matches

If a prosecutor wants to convict a man of assault, he is (without a doubt) going to paint a picture for the audience of the suffering of the defendant, and will likely use expressive language to evoke a feeling of sympathy from the jury, who (as they listen) visualize the potential suffering of the man / woman in front of them.

At the conclusion of his four - month trial in 2007, prosecutors sought to convict on two alternative theories: one, that defendants actually stolen money from the company or; two, that by failing to disclose these payments, they'd deprived shareholders of their intangible right to honest services.

The defendant, Miguel Games - Perez, was prosecuted for «knowingly violating» a statute prohibiting a convicted felon from possessing a firearm in interstate commerce.

Looks like all the government has to go on is the defendant's word, which indeed is damaging, the million dollar question becomes «what do we convict him of?».

Meanwhile, the first defendant, Nwosu, who had earlier been convicted by the court, changed his defence counsel at today's sitting.

This is lower than the conviction rate for the normal population, in which 68 % of felony defendants who aren't police officers are convicted, and 48 % are incarcerated.

If convicted, the defendant faces up to seven years in prison.

Randall W. Jackson, a former federal prosecutor who in 2012 helped to try and convict Larry B. Seabrook, a Democrat who was then a member of the New York City Council, said that in public corruption trials, a defendant had «the potential to change even the physical dynamics of the courtroom.»

The defendant was previously convicted of DWI on August 25, 2009.

Prosecutors can still choose to recommend leniency, however, if the defendants are convicted.

If convicted of all charges, the defendants could face up to ten years in prison.

The defendants face imprisonment of up to 5 to 15 years if convicted of the top charge of grand larceny in the second degree.

The exhibit, Gitner wrote, includes images of defendants tried and convicted in newsworthy cases, including text and news clippings describing the cases.

Around 9,800 defendants were convicted by magistrates and then sent to the crown court for sentencing in 2012.

Tedisco's bill, which is being drafted, would amend New York State's penal law to make any person regardless of their age who is convicted of knock out game individual assault or gang assault to face up to 25 years in prison (currently it's between 4 - 15 years depending on the age of the defendant).

Tedisco and Farley's bill, which is being drafted and is expected to be filed next week, will make any person regardless of their age who is convicted of Knockout Game individual assault or gang assault will be subject to 25 years in prison (currently it's between 4 - 15 years depending on the age of the defendant).

Percoco and Syracuse Cor Development executive Steven Aiello were convicted in the trial, but the jury returned a split verdict, declining to convict the four defendants on most of the charges alleged by the U.S. Attorney's Office.