Sentences with phrase «convictions at»

This standardized observational measure of preschoolers» self - control significantly predicted health, wealth, and convictions at the age of 32 y, albeit with modest effect sizes (SI Appendix, Table S5).

By 2006, the students had shared what they had found with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern's Bluhm Legal Clinic — a sister group of sorts to Protess's Innocence Project that is made up of law - school faculty, outside attorneys, and law students who represent imprisoned clients with claims of innocence.

Her position with the IIP involves representing individuals who were wrongfully convicted, leading the policy reform initiative to reduce wrongful convictions, training police cadets on the causes of wrongful convictions at the University of Illinois Police Training Institute, and working with UIS undergraduate and graduate students and law school students externs from other Illinois universities participating with the Project.

Prior to her work at MAIP, she served as a law clerk to Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and was the case coordinator at the Center on Wrongful Convictions at the Northwestern University School of Law.

A 2005 study from the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University found that about 46 percent of death row exonerees were victims of false informant testimony.

Really pleased I saw the light and had the strength of my convictions at last TO CHANGE.

Considering Brendan Rodgers» convictions at the start of his Liverpool tenure about how football was meant to be played, it was surprising and worrying that Liverpool's midfield could be so devoid of creativity and technical ability.

If you don't have the stomach to hold on to your convictions against all odds, then you have no convictions at all.

Does it follow that model citizens should leave their religious convictions at home (where they are relatively harmless), and base their votes and arguments concerning public questions on secular considerations only?

«People don't necessarily have conviction at the moment on their holdings,» Joe «JJ» Kinahan, the chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade, said by phone.

Though we are a relatively young organization, our conviction at NARPP about the importance of communication in driving participant engagement is deeply held and comes from a long collective tenure in the industry.

The ministry seems captured in our time by people who are desperately afraid they might actually be caught with a conviction at some point in their ministry that might curtail future ambition.

But I believe, and am of strong conviction at this, that this country is provoking the judgment of God on itself, by treating it's poor, under - privileged and those who fall through the cracks as a burden, and as a nuisance that is only in the way of it's «at all cost» coveted image of «greatness», instead of giving a hard and honest look WHY is it the way it is in this country?

When I was at a blasphemes point in my life I felt no conviction at all that I had sinned, reason was because I was a bastard spiritually, therefore no conviction from God nor discipline.

It was the conviction at the World Missionary Conference at Edinburgh that the goal of carrying the Gospel to the world could best be achieved by concentrating on this common purpose and excluding doctrinal and ecclesiastical differences from considerations.

The celebration of the eucharist is the place for the renewal of the missionary conviction at the heart of every congregation.

The once - powerful Democrat's conviction at an earlier trial was overturned.

Ms. Hormozi successfully prosecuted numerous high profile and difficult cases, including the conviction at trial of the Boss of the Bonnano Crime Family and the conviction at trial of the 2006 «Mafia Cops» case, involving two retired police detectives who acted as hit men for the mob.

It was more pronounced given the conviction at a separate trial of his former Senate counterpart — Republican ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Instead of the reserved, slightly bland style it has come to expect from Corbyn, the house was treated to passion and conviction at the dispatch box.

While a conviction at trial would not force Mr. Grimm to leave office, he has said he would resign if he is unable to serve.

Establish a list of norms and expectations for team behavior at the beginning of the year, and take turns revisiting them with conviction at the beginning of every single meeting.

Hopefully we'll be able to get our mitts on Splinter Cell Conviction at E3 in June.

During a live demo of Splinter Cell: Conviction at PAX, Ubisoft creative director Max Beland revealed that Sam Fisher will once again obtain his trademark night vision goggles.

The stealth war is heating up, with Kojima Productions announcing Metal Gear Solid: Rising and Ubisoft showing off Splinter Cell: Conviction at this year's E3 2009, it begs the question «Who's going to remain top of their game?»

The stealth war is heating up, with Kojima Productions announcing Metal Gear Solid: Rising and Ubisoft showing off Splinter Cell: Conviction at this year's E3 2009, it begs the question «Who's going to remain top...

It is the duty of a criminal lawyer to «appropriately negotiate a guilty plea and sentence for a client who faces inevitable conviction at trial, or for a client who simply wishes to acknowledge guilt».

«For a defendant to be penalized by the government — whether you call it «punishment» or «forfeiture» — for a purported criminal act, the government should, one would hope, be required to obtain a finding of criminal guilt (i.e., guilt beyond a reasonable doubt), either by guilty plea or conviction at trial.»

Speakers at the April 7 to 9 conference, Faces of Wrongful Conviction, will include Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project; Judge Kenneth Starr, dean of Pepperdine Law School; Ira Reiner, former Los Angeles DA; Larry Marshall, founder of the Center on Wrongful Conviction at Northwestern Law School; Gloria Romero, California Senate majority leader; and members of the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice.

As a result of conviction at trial, Hoffman received a death sentence.

Here's hoping that Pennsylvania and other states continue to examine ways to more fairly treat those who have faced wrongful conviction at the hands of the justice system and seek to rebuild their lives afterwards.

By that time, Bain had spent 13 years in prison following his conviction at the original trial in 1995.

What remains is a dubious affidavit prepared long ago by McClain that, according to Urick's testimony, was generated as a result of pressure from Syed's family in the wake of Syed's conviction at trial.

The Queen, 1954 CanLII 3 (SCC) and more recently in R. v. Morton, 2010 NSCA 103 (CanLII)-RRB-: that the role of the Crown is not to simply obtain a conviction at all costs, but rather to «lay before the court what the Crown considers to be the credible evidence relevant to what is alleged».

In dismissing the allegations against Woodburn, Knecht found there was no reasonable prospect of establishing the facts for a conviction at a disciplinary hearing.

Notably, one of quasi-criminal context where this is done, courts - martial, while historically often faulted for its high conviction rates, frequently mets out quite lenient sentences for the offenses of conviction at the sentencing phase.

«It can't be said they were attempting to secure a conviction at any cost by taking the route that they took.»

If your insurance company misses the conviction at the time it happens, however, it may still have a few years to raise rates if it discovers the DUI later.

Not exact matches

Then, Shkreli went to court, where to his apparent surprise, a judge revoked his $ 5 million bail after a stock fraud conviction last month, and sent him to prison — where he'll wait until at least next January.

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Still, despite what he feels is a weak case against him, he thinks the odds are he'll be found guilty, at least during this first trial; Japan, which has a more than 99 % conviction rate, is also one of a few countries that allows prosecutors to appeal an acquittal twice.

The same mix of science and conviction is central to editor - at - large Kimberly Weisul's feature about Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem, maker of a breakthrough contraceptive gel.

A gem of the documentary genre, Errol Morris» movie looks at the wrongful conviction of a Texas man.

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.

Buffett had plenty of conviction when, in 1988, he invested $ 108 million in Freddie Mac, the giant government - backed mortgage insurance firm, at a split - adjusted $ 4 a share.

On a late - afternoon call with a life - sciences analyst at a major investment firm, Reynolds walks a fine line between caution and conviction.

The embarrassing conviction of Wharton alumnus Raj Rajaratnam loomed large at the business school's graduation ceremony this year.

While the potential identification and conviction of a legitimate monster suspected of 50 rapes and at least 10 murders rightly goes in the Win column, the ramifications of this story and what it means for privacy in a broader sense needs to be discussed.

«While casinos routinely look for suspicious bets at sports books and have worked with law enforcement to identify illegal activity, in some cases leading to criminal convictions, no such oversight exists for the illegal sports betting market,» he said

«Net short positions on 10 - year Treasury notes are at historical highs, implying that rising US bond yields remains among hedge funds» major convictions.»