Sentences with phrase «convictions because»

I did write a book on immigration law and criminal convictions because, as a criminal defence attorney I must know some basics.

They've managed to stick with their convictions because they haven't had to worry a lot about skittish investors fleeing.

The state should also offer people convicted of marijuana offenses a chance to seal or expunge those convictions because they can have lifelong consequences, James said.

Court officials said the display focused on a mix of civil and criminal cases in which the appeals court made new law, and was tilted toward convictions because appeals generally occur in a criminal case after a conviction.

He must have had faith in his convictions because outside of football life for Paul Brown is meaningless.

I convince myself that the people with whom I disagree hold their convictions because they haven't really thought them through or because they're afraid to challenge the status quo.

There is no one conviction to settle on, and atheism is one among all the other convictions because it makes a metaphysical assertion like the rest.

, which carried conviction because this was a man who had lived and studied under one totalitarian regime, and then ministered as priest and Bishop under another.

Cornerstone a battered women's shelter was called by him and he told them he needed this conviction because he and his wife do not feel safe.

-- I have conviction because physical laws exist for a reason.

We can affirm with Exodus — and with greater conviction because of Exodus — that in all our journeys we are not alone, that when we look with faith, the Lord is himself even now «in the sight of all the house of Israel.»

FranklinG, you have just insulted every Christian converts of their faith & conviction because of their non-believing forefathers.

I say that very strongly and with lots of belief and conviction because I am a very reasonable supporter of this club and from what we have seen from the past 7 or 8 seasons.

An appeals court tosses out a conviction because the Supreme Court redefined corruption, but not because of a lack of evidence.

«What happens is, it's as though there has never been an indictment or a conviction because the law feels very strongly that a person should not bare the cross and the stigma of a conviction without the opportunity to fully challenge all aspects of a criminal case,» DerOhannesian said.

He declared, «I want to thank you very much for this and I say it with all conviction because I know that based on section 162 Sub-Section 2 of the Nigeria Constitution, Lagos becomes an oil producing state and by virtue of this, the 13 percent derivation that is due to oil producing states, Lagos will start to partake from it by your very good gesture.

I say this with some conviction because, well, been there, done that This may be what Kimberly was pointing at in her comment.

The Court stayed a robbery conviction because the police systematically beat up the appellant («good cop - bad cop» strategy, described at paras. 10, 15, 23, & 27).

Via Siouxsie Law I came across an interesting recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Georgia that reversed a murder conviction because the trial court allowed the prosecution to introduce «irrelevant and highly prejudicial character evidence» about a teenage defendant's «goth» lifestyle.

In 2009, a lower appellate court «reluctantly» reversed a conviction because» [i] f the Legislature had wanted a more broadly applicable provision, it could have easily replaced the phrase «become a prostitute» with the phrase «engage in prostitution.»»

It declared the section unconstitutional but upheld the conviction because it agreed Morrison had failed to take reasonable steps to ascertain Mia's age.

However, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned his conviction because the jury at his trial did not have any Aboriginal members.

The decision overturned a Michigan murder conviction because the state court selected jurors in a way that disproportionately and systematically excluded blacks.

The Alexandria U.S. District Court affirms the magistrate judge's decision and upholds defendant's DUI conviction because there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of guilt, including an officer's observation of defendant's multiple lane violations, defendant's smell of alcohol and...

Conflict of Interest — In December 2013, in Jordan v. State, a post-conviction relief case, our Supreme Court vacated a conviction because Jordan's trial counsel had an actual conflict of interest because he also represented a third party who was a prime suspect in the same crime.

The Alberta Court of Appeal subsequently overturned Scott's conviction because the facts presented to the sentencing judge when she pleaded guilty did not support a conviction for second degree murder.

So if you want to appeal a conviction because the trial judge would not allow a lesser included instruction, here is how the court will decide that issue (spoiler alert, they will rule against the Defendant, but this is how they will rule against the Defendant).

@Ronen Festinger: The sentences should be calculated at the time of the original conviction because that is when the best and freshest evidence is available.

Not exact matches

And so because you don't have that kind of conviction, you haven't done the hard work or taken your contrarian bet, then Lean is taking you away from that core entrepreneurial virtue.

Illegal hiring is rarely prosecuted, partly because investigations are time - consuming and convictions are difficult to achieve because employers can claim they were duped by fraudulent documents or intermediaries.

Most people won't dispute, «I don't,» because «don't» doesn't sound like a decision: «Don't» sounds like a conviction, one that offers no room for discussion or argument.

According to the researchers, «The refusal frame «I don't» is more persuasive than the refusal frame «I can't» because the former connotes conviction to a higher degree... perceived conviction mediates the influence of refusal frame on persuasiveness.»

He has an interest in US prison reform because his father, Charles Kushner, served just over a year in federal prison after a conviction in 2005 for illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering.

That's likely because you respect a character's conviction and willingness to solve difficult problems.

«We have four operating principles: no egos, no assholes (because teamwork matters); achievement vs. entitlement (everyone must earn their place in the company); raving vs. raging customers (make customers happy); and conviction for the mission (work hard).»

What's more, because he is always pushing, Zuckerberg has shown an ability to recognize big ideas from others early — including when Facebook has been late — and has been able to act with bold conviction to buy what others have created, if necessary.

Confident people speak assertively because they know that it's difficult to get people to listen to you if you can't deliver your ideas with conviction.

Considering the possibility that maybe we're a rare civilization who made it past the Great Filter through a freak occurrence makes him feel even more conviction about SpaceX's mission: «If we are very rare, we better get to the multi-planet situation fast, because if civilization is tenuous, then we must do whatever we can to ensure that our already - weak probability of surviving is improved dramatically.»

That's because a Trump pardon wouldn't simply nullify any potential federal conviction — it would, under current New York law, bar state prosecutors from trying to go after him themselves.

Because neither of these allegations resulted in criminal charges, much less convictions, they're not proof of anything.

Despite valuations that appear cheap relative to the United States, we remain neutral on European equities because of downbeat sentiment and little conviction that growth will accelerate.

The reason that I have such a high conviction for these two REITs is because I believe they are considerably mis - priced.

Newshounds are here because Kenney, the self - styled conviction conservative, is expected to soon announce he's running to be leader of the Alberta PCs.

Druckenmiller has always placed big trades with lots of conviction, and in February 2017 he put his money in gold because «no country wants its currency to strengthen».

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

The US stock market had «rolled over» Monday / Tuesday last week... a move I had been waiting for... so I bought S+P puts but by the end of the week I had a «low conviction» level on the trade because the market hadn't broken down.

My stance and my conviction is sure, because what I know was shown to me, and it is unchangeable, eternal truth.

Yea, because lets make vast, baseless assumptions about all the people pointing out the obvious flaws in the kids «convictions!»

I have a problem with this euphemism because I believe that love is one of the most clarifying, visionary and rooted convictions you can have about another person.

While you rally around Todd Akin because of your faith and convictions, you continue to deny that the morning after pill is birth control.