Sentences with phrase «criminals under domestic law»

Unlawful combatants remain civilians and may be captured, detained, and treated as criminals under domestic law for their unlawful actions in combat.

Not exact matches

Finally, what criminal liability should those claiming responsibility bear under domestic and international law?

A ride that's teased by an opening flash - forward which suggests catastrophic consequences for the domestic life of Walter White (Bryan Cranston, astonishing as ever in his swings from mensch to menacing)-- whose criminal alter ego is now in danger of being exposed by his brother - in - law / DEA agent Hank (Dean Norris, a world removed from the melodramatics of his new gig Under the Dome).

In recent decades — in a malevolent trend we call «the federalization of criminal law» — the federal government has continuously expanded its power, including the exercise of its ultimate domestic power — criminal prosecution and the taking of life and liberty under color of law.

Under this Act, the law enforcement agencies are required to respond to and treat domestic violence cases as criminal acts.

Keywords: Criminal law; domestic violence; overemphasis and under emphasis of relevant sentencing factors; standard of review on appeal of sentence; rehabilitation; deterrence; denunciation

David represents clients in the following types of Criminal Law Matters: domestic assault, domestic disorderly conduct, domestic vandalism, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, DUI / DWI, refusal to take breathalyzer tests, assault, shoplifting, writing bad checks, probation violations, Larceny, Vandalism, Obtaining money under False Pretenses, violation of no contact orders and restraining orders, expungements, etc..

Consider the right of self - defense under domestic criminal law.

But ratifying CAT did not, by itself, make torture criminal or punishable under domestic US criminal law; the US simply became obligated to «ensure that all acts of torture [we] re offences under its criminal law» (art. 4).