Sentences with phrase «death of civilians»

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

Cuomo issued an executive order to grant Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to investigate deaths of civilians caused by police — a move angering local district attorneys.

Americans have paid off whole families for the so called accidental death of civilians.

Cuomo's order, issued in the wake of the national uproar over last summer's deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, hands the responsibility for the investigation of unarmed deaths of civilians at the hands of police to the attorney general's office, which would also handle any resulting prosecutions that emerge.

As the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court made clear in relation to allegations of war crimes violations on the part of the United States in Iraq, the threshold of whether civilian casulaties are «clearly excessive» to the military advantage to be gained is a high one, the mere «death of civilians during an armed conflict, no matter how grave and regrettable, does not in itself constitute a war crime».

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Rensselaer District Attorney Joel Abelove to comply with an executive order governing the investigation of police - involved deaths of civilians.

Russia, Syria's ally, has provided air support and training for Assad's military since late 2015, during which time it has been linked to several war crimes involving the death of civilians.

However, to protest the death of civilians by killing civilians shows a lack of commitment to justice and only a desire for power.

I'm against the U.S. drone strikes that have resulted in the deaths of civilians.

King argued that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have given «too many indicators of moral equivalency» by urging restraint on both sides, and condemning some of the Israeli shelling that resulted in the deaths of civilian Palestinians.

In a meeting with the Times Union's editorial board, Soares repeated various concerns regarding Cuomo's Executive Order No. 147, the July edict that changed the way New York investigates and prosecutes police - involved deaths of civilians.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman huddled with minority lawmakers at the governor's Midtown office Monday over his recent executive order giving Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in certain police - involved deaths of civilians.

«We are collaborating on the testing,» said Cuomo, who was in New York City to discuss with minority lawmakers his recent executive order, which gives the Attorney General special prosecutor powers in certain police - involved deaths of civilians.

He appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor for cases where a police encounter ends with the death of a civilian.

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's ability to secure a grand jury indictment of a police officer in the death of a civilian is likely to draw praise from activists who were enraged after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.

He appointed the Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, as a special prosecutor for cases where a police encounter ends with the death of a civilian.

The military orders the death of civilians, along with other illegal or unethical activities.

A defendant would claim that the death of civilians was unintended «collateral damage».