Sentences with phrase «emotional testimony»

The City Council unanimously approved the prohibition Tuesday after more than two hours of emotional testimony from the animal - rights activists who supported the ban and the pet shop owners and employees who opposed it.

CIA director interviewed in special counsel's Russia probe: NBC, Reuters Former USA Gymnastics doctor to be sentenced after week of emotional testimony, Reuters

The state panel considered more than 8,600 pages of information and hours of often emotional testimony submitted by district officials, advocates and parents that scrutinized whether CPS practices created «broad - based or systemic violations» of federal or state laws and regulations.

During emotional testimony, Jennings claimed the Oscar winner forced her to have two abortions and that he hit her during booze - fueled rages.

Perry's story and Springer's emotional testimony highlight the uphill battle scientists have faced in recent years as right - to - try laws have been passed around the country.

The show depicts the ex-judge presiding over a variety of small claims inside of a Hollywood courtroom set, often including emotional testimony and uncharacteristically exciting courtroom banter.

The trial of the man charged with detonating a bomb in Chelsea last year began in Federal District Court in Manhattan with video replays of the blast, emotional testimony from people wounded by shrapnel and an outburst by the defendant that led to his ejection from the courtroom.

It would seem appropriate that judges review the entire case and qualifications of the respective parents and refrain from basing their decision on personal biases and emotional testimony.»

Cage reveals the same general desire to be taken seriously as an actor again here that was already on display in the recent «Joe» and «The Dying of the Light,» right from an early scene in which his Colin Pryce makes an emotional testimony before Congress about the impact of the BP spill on local fishermen and tourist business.

Starring an A-list cast (Ferguson, Mourinho, Guardiola, Ronaldo, Gascoigne, Shearer, Lineker, Butcher) never - before - seen archive footage and emotional testimony from Lady Elsie Robson, this is an intimate portrait of one of sport's most inspirational and influential figures.

After protests and emotional testimony from opponents including the Chicago Teachers Union, the Chicago Board of Education voted to close four South Side high schools and to convert a high - performing elementary program in the South Loop into a new...

Even those of us in the know are susceptible to the emotional testimony offered by those who describe conditions at unlicensed, illegal breeding facilities only to misleadingly call for a ban on the sale of animals from pet stores, which are required to obtain their animals from USDA - licensed and inspected sources.

Will Simon be able to remain impassive as the emotional testimonies mount up.