Sentences with phrase «convicting persons already»

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He points out there are already restrictions for felons, people convicted of spousal abuse and the mentally ill.

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda, but the bill which is before parliament proposes tougher sentences for people convicted.

Kiehl was hired by the defense to assess Dugan with the PCL - R and a brain scan, to convince the jury that the convict with an IQ of 140 had a neurological disorder that made him not criminally responsible, as is already the case for people with low IQ (a neurological disorder that qualifies for ineligibility for execution in nine states).

Have already been committed and the person a make successful dating to convicted has not been sentenced.

Having already reformed before he was convicted, he goes the rest of the way and decides to spend what time he's been given, and use the skills he still has as a gunman and soldier of fortune, on the side of the angels, helping people who need it.

California's highest court will now examine whether a defendant like Zambia can be convicted of encouraging another person to become a prostitute when that person already appears to be working as a prostitute.

The «about to commit a crime» justification for a Terry stop makes it, in practice, much broader than probable cause for an arrest, which requires that the police believe that a crime has actually already been committed or is in progress, not just that someone is about to commit a crime (a person may be subjected to a Terry stop even if his actions which tend to show he is about to commit a crime have not yet progressed to the level of an attempted offense for which someone may be convicted and are not truly imminent).

The group also asked the judge to prohibit prosecutors from seeking tougher penalties against people who have already been convicted and sentenced but want their cases reviewed.

But, what happens when powerful exculpatory evidence is uncovered after an innocent person has already been wrongfully convicted of a crime that they did not commit?

It implies that Parliament acted in ignorance of this when it passed the Sex Offenders Act 2003 (and its predecessor, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) as the power to make equivalent injunctions were already part of the inherent jurisdiction - without the necessity for a person to have been convicted of any sexual offence or proving two or more qualifying acts.

While it may seem counter-intuitive that a person can be convicted of attempting to murder a person who he has already killed, the legal reasoning in this decision is sound.

In other words, a person looking for assistance from us must have been convicted in a Florida State court, sentenced, and have already completed their direct appeal process.

The committee concludes that the entry of stays of proceedings for those persons already convicted of a heinous crimes like murder or child sexual assault — or who have been charged but whose trials have not been completed — shocks the conscience of the Canadian community and brings the administration of justice into disrepute.

It's already illegal for convicted felons, domestic abusers and dangerously mentally ill people to buy firearms and ammunition.