Sentences with phrase «deciding on criminal charges»

They were terrified that Comey might once again usurp DOJ prerogatives about deciding on criminal charges by making public his views about who should be indicted.

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Some criminals decide how much you must pay as a data ransom based on where you live - if you are in the USA you'll be charged more than if you live in a country with lower incomes.

The fate of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki is set to be decided upon as an Abuja High Court will on Monday February 8, 2016 rule on whether to discharge him or not from the criminal charges brought against him by the Federal Government.

The U.S. Attorney's office and the Manhattan District Attorney recent announcements that they've decided not to file criminal charges in their respective investigations of de Blasio's fundraising has not dimmed Dietl's ardor for focusing on what he sees as unambiguous de Blasio wrongdoing.

She noted that there are checks on Sugarman - she has to present her referral to the commissioners for approval, which they provided in the de Blasio case, though she can break a tie, and then the District Attorney has decide whether to investigate and whether criminal charges are warranted.

Another area of the criminal justice system that relies on human judgment is the arraignment — when a suspect has been arrested but not yet charged and a judge has to decide whether to release or lock up the alleged offender until his or her next court date.

Just as washed - up criminal defense attorney, life - long Deadhead (nickname «The Zen Man»), and current PI Rick Levine decides to get relicensed as a lawyer, he's charged with killing one and ends up in the slammer with a half - mil bail.Released on bond, Rick and his girlfriend Laura have 30 days to find the real killer.

On the contrary, the surprise effect would be smaller, if a criminal court decided immediately on the extension of statutory limitation period in connection to charges had been brought long before this period was supposed to elapsOn the contrary, the surprise effect would be smaller, if a criminal court decided immediately on the extension of statutory limitation period in connection to charges had been brought long before this period was supposed to elapson the extension of statutory limitation period in connection to charges had been brought long before this period was supposed to elapse.

The hard question is determining what a jury's acquittal «necessarily decided» in particular facts and circumstances, given that a jury verdict in a criminal case typically only determines if the jury convicted, acquitted, or hung on each of the charges presented to it in the indictment and not dismissed before tiral.

It will take the Law Society of Upper Canada almost two years to decide whether or not Black's lawyers, Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick of Torys LLP, were in a conflict of interest when they advised him and his companies on the non-compete agreements at the centre of his criminal charges.

Now, a judge has decided that at least one of the accused suspects will go to trial on the criminal nursing home abuse charges.

On the facts of G's case, it was unreasonable and a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence for the trust to refuse to adjourn its internal disciplinary processes until the CPS had decided whether to charge G with criminal offences.