Sentences with phrase «first public trial»

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The first trial involving a charge under the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act was concluded this past summer, and resulted in a conviction.

The two looked closer than ever as they watched the trials for the Invictus Games, which Markle attended last year as their first public appearance together.

The company says it's the first - ever public trial of a self - driving taxi service.

Canada Courtroom in tears at trial of Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing Colten Boushie, Toronto Star Trudeau says Canada is ready if Trump nixes NAFTA, CBC News Parents of man charged in Quebec City mosque shooting make first public statement, Canadian Press

The most explicit statement of these limitations is in the Constitution's first ten amendments — the Bill of Rights — which guarantee freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the right to bear arms, protection against the obligatory quartering of soldiers, security from unwarranted search and seizure, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy and self - incrimination, the right of due process, just compensation for private property taken for public use, and speedy public trial by jury without excessive fines or bail.

This line of separation has become less acute than it was fifty years ago when the famous Dayton trial over the right to teach evolution in the public schools took place, and in the same year of 1925 Harry Emerson Fosdick had to leave the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City because of his theological views.

They didn't know it then, but they were holding the first public field trial in America.

The Huffington Post quoted one of its own writers, Kim Simon, in expressing her trials and tribulations, first as a mom who couldn't produce breast milk and was shamed by other parents, then as a breastfeeding - only mom who was judged when doing so in public.

The case, now being deliberated by a jury, is one of the first major public corruption trials in New York since a landmark 2016 Supreme Court ruling significantly narrowed the definition of what actually constitutes public corruption.

It was Bruno's second trial: In 2009, he was found guilty on two counts that he deprived the public of its right to «honest services,» but the Supreme Court narrowed the statute and the first conviction was tossed.

The study, published online by the American Journal of Public Health, is the first known neighborhood walking trial in which a physiological marker was measured in real - time for residents in their own communities.

Reading Manjoo's narrative, which nicely pulls together the different pieces of evidence that saw their first public airing during the just - concluded Apple - Samsung trial, I'm struck again by a path that was filled with more than its fair share of trial and error.

With enthusiasm for cancer immunotherapy mounting thanks to recent successes in the clinic with immune - based cancer treatments such as anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 antibodies, and the FDA approvals of sipuleucel - T prostate cancer vaccine and ipilimumab for the treatment of melanoma, and in light of the many promising immunotherapies now in clinical trials with potential for near - term FDA approval, the Cancer Research Institute launched the first annual Cancer Immunotherapy Awareness Month in June 2013 as a way to increase public awareness of the power of immunotherapy to revolutionize cancer treatment and of the need for continued public support for research to bring these treatments to more patients sooner.

The first year of the trial, labelled by journalists as «the whiffy wheat» trial, caused significant public attention when Take the Flour Back was formed to campaign against the field trial and held a protest at the site.

NIH Clinical Center (CC)-- Est. in 1953 The NIH Clinical Center, America's research hospital, provides a versatile clinical research environment enabling the NIH mission to improve human health by investigating the pathogenesis of disease; conducting first - in - human clinical trials with an emphasis on rare diseases and diseases of high public health impact; developing state - of - the - art diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic interventions; training the current and next generations of clinical researchers; and, ensuring that clinical research is ethical, efficient, and of high scientific quality.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas» dramatically shifting demographics will be the focus Tuesday as attorneys representing about 600 school districts call their first witness in a trial in which the districts are suing the state over how it funds public education.

A 356 Coupe, the first Aussie Porsche was showcased to the Australian public under competition conditions in the 1953 Redex Trial.

A story not often covered in history texts, Susan E. Goodman's The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial, illustrated by the great E.B. Lewis, pays tribute to a young black girl and her family's efforts to bring about equal education in the public schools of mid-19th-century America.

When the Boulder Daily Camera first reported on Boulder officials finally making the suit public, EID was quick to point out the lack of support for the Boulder - led effort, telling the Camera, «It's telling they were only able to get one other county in the state to go along with this scheme brought by D.C. trial lawyers.»

Accused of beating of sleeping man with a baseball bat, Stewart was represented by a public defender at his first trial.

First, the influence of the United States on South Korea — both from its decades - long military presence in the country and its position since the end of the Cold War as lone superpower — has prompted social changes in the country that make it ready for public involvement in trials.

Already, dozens of cases in Ontario alone have been stayed under the Jordan framework, with the public becoming particularly familiar with the name when an Ottawa judge threw out a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, who was accused of killing 28 - year - old Fouad Nayel, after it took four years to bring his case to trial.

Monday saw the first day of the trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, US, and Kelly Johnson, the first witness, said she held off for years going public about how Bill allegedly drugged and sexually abused her, in fear she would not be taken seriously against one of the biggest and most loved celebrities in the world.

His first hit is a study by a former trial lawyer - turned - PhD psychologist, explaining that tests have shown lawyer personalities are different than those of the general public:

Canada Courtroom in tears at trial of Saskatchewan farmer accused of killing Colten Boushie, Toronto Star Trudeau says Canada is ready if Trump nixes NAFTA, CBC News Parents of man charged in Quebec City mosque shooting make first public statement, Canadian Press

Look no further than the example of Akin Gump partner Michele Roberts, who spent the first eight years of her career at the D.C. Public Defenders» office, where she was counsel in over 40 jury trials.

«Reporters and bloggers are allowed in the courtroom to report and blog a trial, and they view the evidence the same way that a jury does, so there's no overall impingement of first amendment freedoms and the public's right to know is fully protected.

We have developed a ladder - of - success training approach and, in conjunction with our commitment to public service, guarantee at least one trial in the first two years for each of our incoming associates, with a goal of at least five trials within the first five years.

After graduation from the University of Oregon School of Law, where he tried his first case as a student with the local Public Defender, he was awarded a judicial clerkship with a state trial court judge.

John ascended to the elite Major Trials Unit, where he first - chaired homicide, rape and public corruption cases.

In 2006, Fred was presented with the «First Amendment Award» of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for his work on free speech and public access issues and the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers» first ever «Courage» award for his wide ranging public interest litigaFirst Amendment Award» of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for his work on free speech and public access issues and the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers» first ever «Courage» award for his wide ranging public interest litigafirst ever «Courage» award for his wide ranging public interest litigation.

Hurrell - Harring v. New York would have been the first time any state stood trial for its public defense failures, calling attention to a nationwide criminal justice crisis where poor, or indigent, defendants are too often effectively denied the right to counsel, creating a two - tiered system of justice.

The constitutional question presented by this case is whether members of the public have a First Amendment right to insist upon access to the transcript of a preliminary hearing during the period before the public trial, even though the accused, the prosecutor, and the trial judge have all agreed to the sealing of the transcript in order to assure a fair trial.

There has been heightened public scrutiny on courts to deal with criminal cases at risk of being tossed since the Jordan ruling, and that pressure only increased last November when a Superior Court judge in Ottawa stayed a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, after it took four years to get his case to trial.

Floyd has a national trial and appellate practice and extensive experience in high - visibility matters, often involving First Amendment, securities litigation, intellectual property, public policy and regulatory issues.

Monday saw the first day of the trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, US, and Kelly Johnson, the first witness, said she held off for years going public about how Bill allegedly...

For example, although homeless people were successful in their Charter claim in Victoria (City) v Adams, this judicial bias is evident even in that case — the first to consider the relevance of international human rights law, including concerns and recommendations from the CESCR, to section 7 of the Charter.284 The BC Court of Appeal in Adams upheld the trial judge's decision that the City of Victoria was violating homeless persons» constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of the person by prohibiting them from erecting temporary overhead shelters in public parks.285 However the Court of Appeal was insistent on framing its decision as a negative «restraint» on government, rather than as a positive obligation.

Moreover, the «lawful purpose» branch of the test creates a scenario where the first time a C.I. may learn that their identity has been compromised is in a very public trial.

The obstructionists, in Stewart's view, included county prosecutors, the trial judge, the assistant public defender who represented him at his first trial (which ended in a mistrial), the private defense lawyer who represented him between the two trials, jail officials he says unfairly denied him access to the law library and the state Attorney Grievance Commission.

The total size of the vehicle commitment isn't exactly known as of yet, but FCA has already supplied Waymo with 500 vehicles in total at least, and now that number will cross into the «thousands» as Waymo prepares for its public launch, and for the expansion of said service beyond its initial target launch market of Phoenix, where Waymo has been conducing its first pilot trial involving members of the public as passengers and customers.

The internal trials currently underway were first unveiled earlier this year as part of work ongoing in connection with Dubai's Global Blockchain Council - a public - private initiative aimed at encouraging technology innovation.

For VR company Oculus, it's probably the first time it has been dragged in a high - profile public trial.

Public officials have invested in the nurse visitor program in light of replicated evidence of its effectiveness from randomized trials.52 Economic analyses have been conducted in the first trial of this program, where its cost to government was recovered with dividends when focused on higher risk families, 14,53 and this undoubtedly has influenced public invesPublic officials have invested in the nurse visitor program in light of replicated evidence of its effectiveness from randomized trials.52 Economic analyses have been conducted in the first trial of this program, where its cost to government was recovered with dividends when focused on higher risk families, 14,53 and this undoubtedly has influenced public invespublic investment.

The public trials and tribulations of his marriage to his first wife Ivana Trump, his second wife Marla Maples and his current wife Melania Knauss also shaped his penchant for beautiful woman as a means of success and failures in both business and relationships.