Sentences with phrase «facing the death penalty»

Bradley has been charged with knowingly transporting people who are in the country illegally, and if convicted could face the death penalty.

Nikolas Cruz is facing the death penalty if he's convicted, but Zachary Cruz faced a maximum of 60 days in jail and a fine of $ 500.

He faces the death penalty if convicted, but his public defender Melisa McNeill has said he would plead guilty in return for a life prison sentence.

A Christian advocacy charity has said two South Sudanese facing the death penalty in Sudan will receive... More

A Christian advocacy charity has said two South Sudanese facing the death penalty in Sudan will receive a judge's verdict on August 5th.

Some refugees believe they have a better chance at asylum if they become Christian; forcing them to return to places like Iran and Afghanistan — where converts can face the death penalty — would threaten their lives.

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a Muslim who converts to another faith can face the death penalty.

You don't face the death penalty for self defense... Framed?

Rev Kuwa Shamal Abazmam Kurri who faced the death penalty or life imprisonment was acquitted of all charges in January, while Christian aid worker Jasek from the Czech Republic received a presidential pardon and left Sudan in February.

According to background information from LifeNews, Gosnell could face the death penalty, which prosecutors are pursuing when a second jury is impaneled «to determine sentencing under the penalty phase of the trial.»

Right on the heels of the final release of Youcef Nadarkhani, a Church of Iran pastor who was imprisoned for three years, another Iranian - born pastor could face the death penalty for converting to Christianity from Islam.

I turned intentionally to a life of crime at age twelve and found myself facing the death penalty at age twenty for offenses including conspiracies to commit bank robberies, hijackings, and homicide, and then, after a merciful and undeserved reprieve from God, spent ten years in America's worst prison trying to figure out, among other things, the nature of punishment — and «Saving Punishment» by Stephen Webb is certainly the best meditation I've come across on the subject.

As Swedish officials have argued, their own legislation, along with their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, stipulate that they can not extradite an individual to a country where he / she might face the death penalty.

«He's supported charter schools, cut funding for public schools, and has said failing schools should face the death penalty.

All of these people face the death penalty under Iraq's counterterrorism law.

Cameroon teachers on strike in battle over English or French Cameroonian forces have cracked down on protests in the English - speaking region that erupted last October, beating and arresting protesters, some of whom face the death penalty in military courts — under the same anti-terrorism law used to prosecute the journalist Ahmed Abba.

He faces the death penalty but his lawyers say he would plead guilty in exchange for a life prison sentence.

Convicts who have scores below a certain number can not be put to death, but with this IQ inflation over time more convicts will face the death penalty unless IQ scores are standardized across different tests and time frames.

Rather, the characters are altogether different, with Judd playing a high - powered attorney whose life unravels when her husband is arrested and revealed to have hidden his true identity to her for years, and what's worse, is facing the death penalty in a military court for his alleged role in the murder of several innocent El Salvadorians.

As a trial attorney, he handled all sorts of criminal cases in state and federal court and he has represented approximately 30 people charged with homicide, including several who have faced the death penalty.

DANGEROUS DOGS would face a death penalty for a second attack under a bill the House sent to Gov. Bob Martinez on Friday.

The first official is still facing the death penalty.

If these creeps knew that THEY would face a death penalty if they were caught fighting (torturing) animals, I bet the problem would be all but non-existent.

And in spite of claims that bloggers are the agents of this hostility, Academics can be found making statements — such as the idea that influential climate sceptics ought to face the death penalty — which don't exactly serve to cool the atmosphere, much less shed any light on the matters of debate.

Jo Nova reports that Prof Richard Parncutt, who suggested that climate change sceptics could face the death penalty for their crime, has taken down the original text of his argument and has apologised.

I hope to point out those mistakes — which are broader and deeper than just calling for your political opponents to face the death penalty — below.

ABC aired the first episode of The Fugitive in September 1963, dramatizing the saga of Dr. Richard Kimble, a fictional physician who escaped custody while facing the death penalty for the brutal murder of his wife.

Defendants facing the death penalty in the 6th Circuit may want to consider hiring the worst lawyer they can find.

She is currently serving as Capital Resource Counsel based at FDSDI but collaborating with attorneys representing clients facing the death penalty around the country.

While there were earlier reports that Derakhshan had been facing the death penalty, Western reaction to his sentencing has been predictable in its outrage.

All countries, Fodden writes, have provisions for deporting non-citizens who commit crimes, and the proposal appears to be at odds with international laws that prohibit sending people back to countries where they may be tortured or face the death penalty.

Murshed began by assisting the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies, writing submissions for about 60 prisoners potentially facing the death penalty, and later focused on the landmark Supreme Court case of Susan Kigula and 417 others, which held that the automatic death sentence was unconstitutional.

Stephen has worked on an impressive amount of criminal law cases; he is especially renowned for representing clients facing the death penalty and high - profile murder cases.

The adoption of the Infanticide Act, 1922 was intended to remedy the fact that judges and juries were reticent to convict a mother who killed her newborn of murder since she necessarily faced the death penalty... It was thought to be a crime mostly committed by «illegitimate mothers» trying to hide their shame, a motive which the general opinion thought lessened the heinousness of the crime.

Since returning to North Carolina, he has held a number of positions including Assistant Capital Defender with the North Carolina Office of the Capital Defender where he represented indigent clients facing the death penalty, and Assistant Public Defender, where he defended felony cases.

The Louisiana Capital Assistance Center (LCAC) is a not - for - profit law office based in New Orleans, Louisiana committed to excellence in the provision of defense services to indigent clients facing the death penalty.

Mark MacDougall is a lawyer who is making a difference in how the American criminal justice system treats indigent clients facing the death penalty.

«Trial by Jury or by Military Tribunal for Accused Terrorist Detainees Facing the Death Penalty?

Switzerland has obligations under international law not to send people to countries where they may be tortured or face the death penalty.

Selecting a jury for a client facing the death penalty presents challenges different from any other criminal or civil case.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to revisit the issue of whether mentally disabled defendants can face the death penalty.

Nikolas Cruz is facing the death penalty if he's convicted, but Zachary Cruz faced a maximum of 60 days in jail and a fine of $ 500.

Cruz, a troubled former student of Stoneman Douglas, confessed and could face the death penalty.

He faces the death penalty if convicted.

The records list the sole heirs as Nikolas Cruz, 19, who confessed to the killings and could face the death penalty, and Zachary Cruz, who will turn 18 on Wednesday.

He could face the death penalty if convicted, but the Broward State Attorney's Office has said a decision on whether to seek execution is premature.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, is accused of killing 17 people and injuring 17 more at the school on Valentine's Day and faces the death penalty.

Should Cruz face the death penalty and all the financial and emotional burdens that entails?

If convicted, Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty or life in state prison, if convicted of 17 counts of first - degree murder.

Cruz is facing the death penalty.