Sentences with phrase «for prosecution for»

The blog has been referred to the attorney general for consideration for prosecution for contempt of court.

You'll be in a situation where you're trussed into a process — there used to be a sense that if you went on the witness stand and you took an oath then you would tell the truth because the sanctions for not telling the truth were very great, people were worries about perjury and contempt of court — and in fact the family courts can make a reference to the criminal courts for prosecution for perjury but they just don't do it.

The decision to prosecute Mrs Devers, an East London market trader, for the heinous offence of selling a bowl of fruit is now being independently investigated after a whistleblower reported that she was singled out for prosecution for her opposition to compulsory metrication.

There can be no question that unions fall within the scope of the term «societies» in the Criminal Code «s definition of person and they must be equally liable for prosecution for a common law crime.

General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Kaduna, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade who chaired the BOI while submitting the report to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai in Abuja, also recommended that 3 officers were to lose their command and 1 officer was recommended for prosecution for collecting financial gratification.

«It should be noted that few days ago, the NJC sacked three judges for breaching the Codes of Conduct for Judicial Officers and went further to recommend that one of them, Justice Kabiru M. Auta, be handed over to the Inspector General of Police for prosecution for alleged corruption.

GOC 1 Division, Kaduna, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade who chaired the BOI while submitting the report to the COAS, Lt. General Tukur Buratai in Abuja, also recommended that 3 officers were to lose their command and 1 officer was recommended for prosecution for collecting financial gratification.

Former Cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are set to find out today how much of the legal bill they will have to pay for their prosecution for points - swapping.

Nana Ato Dadzie, lawyer for the former Attorney General, Betty Mould Iddrissu, has dismissed calls for her prosecution for role in the payment of fifty - one million cedis to businessman Alfred Woyome.

The Convention allows for prosecution for the «conspiracy to commit genocide, incitement to commit genocide, and the attempt to commit genocide».

Not exact matches

In any case, one doesn't need to in any way defend Edwards» conduct to see that the matter is a bit complex, and the prosecution for a federal crime, and the prospective punishment, extraordinarily harsh.

Consider also the case of the prosecution of GlaxoSmithKline, a few years ago, for selling adulterated drugs.

While prosecutions are rare, women who are hospitalized for abortion complications frequently face criminal and civil action, and even run the risk of spending up to three years in jail.

Young is considered the prosecution's key witness, and already, his testimony has provided new details for case, including how Edwards would typically send Hunter $ 5,000 a month, though sometimes he would sent up to $ 12,000, according to CNN.

Witness for the prosecution.

Kirk also railed on Clinton for her use of a private email system after FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that she was «extremely careless» with sensitive information, although he did not recommend prosecution.

The sheriff wanted a criminal prosecution, or failing that some compensation from those companies for the damage they'd done.

Experts also say that tougher penalties for and more prosecution of inside hackers would also be a disincentive for such crimes.

He maintains the government's actions during the crisis saved the country and contends his prosecution is an attempt to discredit his Independence Party, which ruled for well over a decade.

Lawyers and prosecutors say that requiring such proof would make it harder for authorities to pursue insider trading cases, potentially preventing prosecutions in which corporate executives tip friends or relatives without any tangible quid pro quo.

«But, because the business is so highly regulated on a state level and the threat of federal as well as state prosecution for violation remains, potential investors will want to take a long, hard look at the operations and the people involved in any investment opportunity.»

Importantly, the Senate report apparently also recommends no prosecution for these war crimes.

No trial date for the case has been set because the defense and prosecution are still deciding what Top Secret evidence the defense will be able to access.

Rousseff has not been implicated in any of the scandals, although she may have made one all on her own when she created a cabinet position for Lula da Silva in an effort to shield him from prosecution.

Flynn's lawyer released a statement in late March announcing that Flynn was requesting immunity from prosecution in exchange for the chance to tell his «story.»

That signaled that irresponsible or fraudulent sellers could be targeted for prosecution.

«The typical state prosecution is for a standard common - law crime,» explains Philip A. Feigin, an attorney with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons in Denver and a former commissioner of the Colorado Securities Division.

He meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House this week and is expected to press for immunity from prosecution as a condition for allowing even a relatively small contingent of U.S. troops to stay behind in Afghanistan after the 2014 drawdown.

Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept, who has also worked closely with Snowden, said the newspaper had «achieved an ignominious feat in U.S. media history: the first - ever paper to explicitly editorialize for the criminal prosecution of its own source.»

Any prosecution of Assange would be «incredibly dangerous for the First Amendment and pretty much every reporter in the United States,» Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Wired.

«Any prosecution of WikiLeaks for publishing government secrets would set a dangerous precedent that the Trump administration would surely use to target other news organizations.»

The government says deferred prosecution agreements (DPA), which were called for in public consultations last fall, will be another tool used by judges to hold companies accountable.

Hernandez's defense, led by Michael Fee, however, spun the conversation as proof of a close friendship between the men, which could lead the jury to question Hernandez's motive for murder, a significant element in the burden of proof for the prosecution.

«To ensure that happens, Gates won't be sentenced for the two charges until after he has cooperated with the prosecution in the Russia investigation.»

Canadian companies have been operating in some of the most corrupt countries in the world for decades, but guess how many successful prosecutions there have been under foreign bribery laws in the history of our nation.

Gregory Reyes was supposed to be the Bush Administration's poster child for a options back - dating prosecution.

The prosecution, for its part, is expected to try and keep the jury's attention focused on Tsarnaev's specific crimes, according to David Hoose, a Northampton, Mass. attorney and an expert on death penalty cases.

He faced a sixth deportation in 2015, and was in Justice Department (DOJ) custody that March after serving 46 months in prison for a felony re-entry into the US, but instead of transferring him into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation, the department transferred him to the San Francisco County Jail for prosecution of a 1995 marijuana charge.

The defense has raised concerns that this prosecution may be violating the fifth amendment of the constitution since the former employee had already served time for the matter before his federal conviction was overturned, the New York Times reported.

The USPTO has also reduced the filing fee for an application filed using the regular TEAS application form from $ 325 to $ 275 per class if the applicant authorizes email communication and agrees to file all responses and other specified documents electronically during the prosecution of the application.

The move follows reports that Obama administration officials thwarted drug prosecutions related to Hezbollah for fear of jeopardizing a nuclear deal with Iran.

She attracted global attention early in her tenure for the corruption prosecution of high - level officials at FIFA, international soccer's governing body.

There are workarounds and discreet ways to buy product, but they put you at risk for prosecution and penalty.

The decision to allow Boehmermann's possible prosecution was awkward for Merkel as she sought Ankara's help in reducing Europe's migrant influx but also expressed concern about the state of media freedom in Turkey.

Chancellor Angela Merkel in April granted a Turkish request to allow the possible prosecution of Jan Boehmermann for insulting a foreign head of state.

Meanwhile, Netflix's success with the Avery case has even paved the way for an Investigation Discovery follow - up television special on the case that aired last month, while former Wisconsin District Attorney Ken Kratz is reportedly writing a book about his experience leading the state's prosecution against Avery and Dassey.

One reason: In 2012, the company paid a $ 3 billion fine to US authorities for various illegal marketing activities, but remained under investigation for fraudulent sales practices in China and elsewhere, and could have faced criminal prosecution, according to the lawsuit.

In exchange for information on rival drug lords, he says, U.S. authorities offered him immunity from prosecution and turned a blind eye toward the Sinaloa cartel's illegal activities.

In doing so, Judge Weinstein effectively affirmed the CFTC's 2015 finding that bitcoin and other virtual currencies are «properly defined» as commodities, a pivotal interpretation that could set a standard for cryptocurrency prosecution at large.

January was a great month for the cannabis industry, despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind the Cole Memo, an Obama - era memorandum that essentially protected state - legal cannabis businesses from federal prosecution.