Sentences with phrase «face against the evidence»

One thing a free person is not free to do ¯ unless in betrayal ¯ is to turn his or her face against the evidence.

Not exact matches

«Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,» Ellis said of the former campaign manager.

On face value, W. E. Hocking's remark that when Whitehead arrived at Harvard «his speculative structure... was already well advanced in its main outlines» is a bit of external evidence against my hypothesis, but it may mean nothing more than that Whitehead was little influenced by the philosophical opinions and controversies of his American colleagues during these years, which seems very much to have been the case.

Christians to deny evolution by natural selection, or to assert against all evidence that the earth is 10,000 years old rather than four and a half billion years, I can not imagine anyone being counted among the goats at the Last Judgment because when faced with what they sincerely believed to be a choice between God and Darwin, they chose God.

Joe Protheroe is as solid as they get in the backfield, evidenced by his amazing performance against Dublin in the quarterfinals, and their offensive line just seems to be so much faster than the defenses they are facing.

Urgently refer the allegations against Mr Baru to both the EFCC and ICPC for further investigations, and if there is relevant and sufficient admissible evidence, for him to face prosecution;

The group further said the NNPC boss should face prosecution «if there was relevant and sufficient admissible evidence» against him.

Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a mountain of «very damning» evidence that could make the federal corruption case against him a slam dunk and put him behind bars...

El Zabayar quoted as evidence the abuses uttered against him by Rangel Gomez on the state governor's weekly radio show, when Rangel said that in response to criticisms of his actions «that have absolutely no proof» from El Zabayar, «now I'm opening fire, and we're going to face off in the street: you're a deputy and I'm a state governor, so let's face off in the street coward deputy!»

Senyo Hosi in his writ quoted Kennedy Agyapong of saying: ``... The man was promised one million dollars, he didn't take it... It is rather the one million dollars people who were going to do the contamination thing... I don't know that Hosi whoever Senyo [is] but I have all this evidence against them... If that guy is on it [the committee], if they bring any report, nobody will accept it because for someone who has gone to offer one million dollars... How can Boakye Agyarko the minister involve him... that guys should be thrown out completely... He should question the quy and let him face me.»

Metuh is facing a two - count criminal charge bordering on his alleged destruction of evidence against him.

Speaking out against media intrusion of privacy and on gagging injunctions, the celeb trio of Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Max Mosley faced the joint select committee to give evidence.

«It flies in the face of the evidence that was presented and offends against the principles of natural justice,» he said.

Meanwhile, in the face of powerful evidence against two of its strongest initial hypotheses — concerning MMR and thimerosal — the vaccine skeptic movement is morphing before our eyes.

WE CAN only imagine the look on Bill Gates's face when he learned that four - year - old personal files were to be used as evidence against him in the US government's antitrust case against Microsoft.

Until we are willing to accept the world the way it is, without miracles that all empirical evidence argues against, without myths that distort our comprehension of nature, we are unlikely to bridge the divide between science and culture and, more important, we are unlikely to be fully ready to address the urgent technical challenges facing humanity.

Even in the face of new data and evidence, the case against fat continues.

The evidence against Sentsov was massively underwhelming, and the disbelief on his face during parts of the trial makes it look like thought it was some kind of unfunny prank.

Doing everything digitally means that teachers can upload evidence directly against their improvement targets in real - time, as well as being able to note down and discuss progress with their line managers throughout the year, rather than having to wait for a face - to - face annual meeting.

The arguments against passive investing should be helpful to mutual fund salespeople trying desperately to defend their turf in the face of overwhelming evidence that they are failing investors.

Two felony charges dropped TAMPA, Florida ---- Claiming a lack of evidence sufficient to warrant a continued prosecution, Florida assistant state attorney Andrew Hubbard on May 1, 2018 informed Hillsborough Circuit Judge Mark Wolfe at a preliminary hearing that the state has dropped all charges against Spencer Heintz, 23, who had faced two counts of aggravated -LSB-...]

We call on the government to reverse their decision to blindly press ahead with the EBacc, regardless of the consultation responses and in the face of overwhelming evidence against this policy.

We call on the government to reverse its decision to blindly press ahead with the Ebacc, regardless of the consultation responses and in the face of overwhelming evidence against this policy.

Teachers stand on the front lines against dismissive attitudes toward climate change, and have had varying degrees of success in Idaho and Ohio classrooms in bringing students face - to - face with discomforting evidence, even when challenged by a new crop of deniers - in - training.

They will stand there with the evidence against them right in their faces and keep on lying.

This is actually evidence against AGW, because Venus takes 243 days to rotate so is baked on one side facing the sun without respite for all that time, and is closer to the sun that the Earth, and its total atmospheric surface pressure of 93 atmospheres (96.5 % CO2), so whereas the mass of Earth's atmosphere is 10 tons per square metre of surface area; on Venus it's 930 tons per square metre, mainly CO2.

«I chose the lecture's title [«One religion is enough»] largely in reaction to the sanctimonious tone employed by so many of those who advocate quite substantial, and costly, responses to what they see as irrefutable evidence that the world's climate faces catastrophe, against people who do share their view.

And yet, with the sole exception of CBS» «Face the Nation,» all of the major networks got tripped up by the false balance trap: in the interest of showing «both sides» of the climate debate, they gave a platform to people who «feel,» against all scientific evidence, that man - made climate change isn't real, thus feeding into the fallacy that it's something that can be debated at all.

But if he subsequently took time to read my material after replying to my comment at his article, then it's plausible he's not only realized that this grandiose dream has evaporated, but also that he's now facing the far more real and very bleak prospect of trying to guess who might turn state's evidence against him just to save their own skins in investigations of where the actual «racketeering» in the global warming issue seemingly appears.

Therefore, the Fifth Amendment would not be violated by the fact alone that the papers, on their face, might incriminate the taxpayer, for the privilege protects a person only against being incriminated by his own compelled testimonial communications... The taxpayer can not avoid compliance with the subpoena merely by asserting that the item of evidence which he is required to produce contains incriminating writing, whether his own or that of someone else.

Accordingly, before any injured person proceeds in a claim against a Florida city or county for damages sustained in an accident on public property, they need to get their evidence prepared and their case ready to file within a set amount of time or face a bar to their claim based upon immunity.

The evidence against Stanley was so significant, and the evidence for this having been an accident that occurred despite his proper handling of the firearm so weak, the decision to acquit of manslaughter seems on its face unreasonable.

When you are facing serious criminal charges, it's best to have an attorney who can learn the evidence against you, begin discovery requests, and prepare a strong defense to protect your rights and future.

Operators can also face an additional challenge: most hotel employees are employed by the Owner, and employees are unlikely to want to give evidence against their employer.

Even innocent individuals who have been arrested may face threatening treatment by police working to find evidence against you.

In addition, several statutes have articulated the parameters of the civil compulsion and conditional secondary privilege, providing that such compelled evidence including information, admissions, and findings should not form part of any criminal prosecution against a defendant facing criminal charges.

Pattis & Smith criminal attorneys will quickly identify every imperfection in the case against you and defense activities include an immediate demand for every detail of the case against you; we assign investigators to review the credibility of witnesses, we ask the court to exclude irrelevant evidence or evidence gathered in violation of your rights, and package your background profile to maximize the chance of dismissal or reduction charges you're facing.

This should help to preserve evidence, as well as immediately get a jump start on a claim against a defendant likely to ultimately face numerous claims for injuries and wrongful death stemming from the same incident.

Your decision to be silent in the face of a criminal investigation or criminal charges can not be used against you as evidence of guilt.

«The process for a judge hearing a non-suit application is to ask whether, based on the evidence presented by the plaintiff, taken at face value and without being weighted, there is enough evidence for a prima facie case against the defendants.

She also argues, pointing to empirical evidence, that «violence against transgender people is not taken as seriously as violence against cisgender people, leading anti-trans assaults and murders to be less investigated, perpetrators to be less frequently apprehended, and accused to face reduced punishment».

Stadlen J was unequivocal at para 84 of his judgment: «[I] n the absence of a problem in the witness giving evidence in person or by video link, or some other exceptional circumstance, fairness requires that in disciplinary proceedings a person facing serious charges, especially if they amount to criminal offences which if proved are likely to have grave adverse effects on his or her reputation and career, should in principle be entitled by cross-examination to test the evidence of his accuser (s) where that evidence is the sole or decisive evidence relied on against him.»

In Canada, the issue of violence against lawyers has received little attention yet available research and anecdotal evidence suggest that many law professionals face a higher - than - average risk of work - related violence and threats.

The appellant chose to make very serious allegations against West Face, maintain those allegations in the face of substantial evidence refuting the allegations, and in the end «utterly failed» to substantiate any of the claFace, maintain those allegations in the face of substantial evidence refuting the allegations, and in the end «utterly failed» to substantiate any of the claface of substantial evidence refuting the allegations, and in the end «utterly failed» to substantiate any of the claims.

Even in the face of substantial evidence, we still don't seem to get that Facebook was at the heart of what allowed a reality - TV star to become president, against all the odds.

Further, the nature of the mediation relationship provides evidence that positive perceptions of peer relationships can act as a protective buffer for young women against the effects of cyber bullying similar to the friendship protection hypothesis advanced for face - to - face bullying (Kendrick et al. 2012).