Sentences with phrase «for the criminal defense of»

If you need another reason why the state's major economic development projects shouldn't be parsed out to various nonprofit corporations, where they might escape scrutiny, consider the situation of two Albany - based entities being pressed to pay for the criminal defense of Alain Kaloyeros, SUNY Poly's former president and CEO.

Not exact matches

Mr. Siegal is perhaps best known for his victory in defense of high - profile private equity financier Benjamin Wey against federal criminal and civil securities fraud and money laundering charges.

A former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Hendon is a partner at Spears & Imes, a boutique firm focusing on white - collar criminal defense and civil litigation that has a staff of just 14 attorneys, according to its website.

«It incentivizes them to seize property,» says David B. Smith, chair of the Forfeiture Committee for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Tsarnaev's defense team is expected to lay out a «Svengali» defense for their client, a strategy named after a character in a 19th century novel and meaning, in a legal context, the defense of a criminal who was «a pawn of a more influential mastermind.»

Scalia was known for erring on the side of even the most unpopular suspects (he once referred to himself as «the darling of the criminal defense bar»).

It tells the tale of Casino, who ditched his job as a «notorious criminal defense lawyer» in favor of helping «innocent victims who can not speak for themselves.»

The show has thrust the criminal defense attorney into the national spotlight and his eloquent and impassioned arguments in Avery's trial even inspired something of a cult following for the Wisconsin lawyer (with some even deeming Strang the show's «sex symbol»).

«Passing a law that makes it illegal for a 20 - year - old to purchase a shotgun for hunting or an adult single mother from purchasing the most effective self - defense rifle on the market punishes law - abiding citizens for the evil acts of criminals,» NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said in a statement this week.

Killing enemy combatants in battles for self - defense and protection of the home country and executing vicious criminals by justice are perfectly acceptable and are commanded by God.

To the extent that the crime can be understood as a culmination of an extremist world view, then the perpetrator would be criminally responsible; to the extent that the criminal behavior was a product of a mental illness, he might be eligible for a defense of diminished capacity or not guilty by reason of insanity.

Nevertheless, I am an attorney with 25 years experience, 13 of which were as a criminal defense attorney, and the video makes clear that by legal standards, the young lady WAS the aggressor — twice — no matter what was said prior (words are never an excuse for an attack) and yes Mixon has a valid (at least arguable) self defense case.

«Senator Alcantara has delivered progressive results for her constituents, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and securing $ 10m in funding for legal defense for immigrants facing deportation,» she said.

As a member of the Legal Aid Society's junior board of directors and recent recipient of their Outstanding Advocacy in Defense of the Accused award, Zellnor cares deeply for the reform of our criminal justice system.

«This bill would do little more than transfer to the taxpayers of this state an entirely new obligation to pay for any and all existing expenses related to general defense legal work, far beyond legal representation of indigent criminal defendants,» Cuomo wrote.

The legislation requires regulations set up for debates involving candidates who accept public matching dollars as well as places limits on the use of public money for criminal defense and non-campaign related activities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using money from his $ 35 million campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer in a federal probe of his office.

Assemblyman Daniel J. O'Donnell, a Manhattan Democrat and former criminal defense attorney, said he never knew about the statute, which is known as «50 - A,» until he attended a state committee meeting a few years ago where Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, called for its repeal.

Norman Reimer, executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which supported the bill, said it was an opportunity for New York to take the lead on what he calls a crisis in public dDefense Lawyers, which supported the bill, said it was an opportunity for New York to take the lead on what he calls a crisis in public defensedefense.

In fact, Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defense group, said in a letter to Cuomo that each year the agency represents thousands of legitimate working people who get caught up in the criminal justice system for possession of a tool they need for work.

In the May 12, 2016, article that prompted Bellone to call for Spota's resignation, Newsday reported that sources said wiretaps from the 2008 prosecution of criminal defense attorney Robert Macedonio contained «evidence of a lot of crimes that have not been acted upon» by Spota's office.

The Governor has had to hire a criminal defense attorney, not for him, he stresses, but for the office of the Governor.

The measures include new restrictions on the personal use of campaign funds and would bar the use of campaign cash for a criminal defense.

Their package includes plans for a public funding of political campaigns, retroactively stripping pension beneifts of a public official who has been convicted of felony corruption charges, restricting the use of campaign funds for criminal defense and tighten campaign disclosure reports to identify lobbyists.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday touted the provisions in the state budget that address criminal justice reforms, which range from raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and providing funds for the public defense of indigents.

As a defense lawyer, Clegg said he has fought for a rehabilitative approach in the treatment of nonviolent criminals and has worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time.

He's using part of his $ 35 million dollar campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer to represent the office of the governor against the US Attorney's investigations.

David clarified that this would not capture meals out — a common practice for legislators of both parties — or criminal defense attorneys.

Despite getting flak from civil rights advocates over his decision to veto bills that would have legalized specific kinds of pocket knives and offering more state funds to compensate lawyers designated by the court to represent defendants who don't make enough money to afford a lawyer for defense in a criminal case, people roared in applause throughout Cuomo's speech.

On this week's Gazette: Governor Andrew Cuomo is tapping his campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said his office is looking into possible obstruction of justice or witness tampering in the activities of the Moreland Commission.

«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.

The defense attorneys have said their clients are the victims of Singh's attempt at winning leniency in his own criminal case in exchanging for his cooperation.

The defense had sought to undermine Dr. Taub's testimony by pointing out he has a non-prosecution agreement, and had argued none of the speaker's activities actually constituted a criminal quid quo pro, or direct «this for that.»

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is taking it on the chin these days for accepting campaign contributions from defense lawyers who represented high profile clients — including two of President Donald Trump's adult children and disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein — against whom he declined to bring criminal charges.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is using money from his $ 35 million campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer in a federal probe of his office.

Gianaris questioned the position of Republican senators who oppose a public campaign financing system, but support allowing politicians to seek state reimbursement for criminal defense fees.

«The Children's Defense Fund — New York thanks the Independent Democratic Conference for recognizing and prioritizing the need to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York.

He also knows good government types will forever scorn his use of hundreds of thousands of dollars from his leftover campaign funds to pay for four years of criminal defense attorneys.

«Unfortunately, it's all too common for elected officials who find themselves in these types of situations to spend campaign dollars on criminal defense attorneys, but it's appropriate,» Goldfeder said.

Malliotakis claimed that the focus of the media is what forced Vance to suspend his campaign fundraising and noted a pattern of prominent individuals receiving special treatment from the Manhattan DA's office «as a payback for campaign donations from members of the individuals» criminal defense team.»

Democratic Sen. Mike Gianaris of Queens stopped by Capital Tonight on Monday to tout his conference's ethics proposal that includes public financing of political campaigns, restrictions on using campaign dollars for criminal defense and stripping those convicted of public corruption of their pensions through a constitutional amendment.

The plan by Cuomo and the Assembly and would place greater restrictions on personal use of campaign funds, but elected officials could still use the money to pay for criminal defense attorneys.

For example, the National Academy of Sciences, the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Washington Post, and many others have all called for strengthened forensic science and standarFor example, the National Academy of Sciences, the Innocence Project, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Washington Post, and many others have all called for strengthened forensic science and standarfor strengthened forensic science and standards.

This past summer, the Natural Resources Defense Council persuaded the agency to launch a criminal investigation of Syngenta for suppressing data on the herbicide's potential risks to the environment and to human health.

With Chris only being a 2nd year criminal defense lawyer, a lot of his time during the week is spent between the courthouse / office during the day, and preparing for his cases at night.

I am particularly enamored of the scene in which he discusses using Heisenberg's uncertainty principle as the basis for a criminal defense.

The Lincoln Lawyer (R for violence, sexuality and profanity) Matthew McConaughey stars in the title role of this courtroom drama about a disgraced criminal defense attorney working out of the back of his car who finally lands a shot at redemption when he's hired by a Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Philippe) accused of raping a call girl.

The Girl from Monaco (R for sexuality and profanity) Romantic comedy about a criminal defense attorney (Fabrice Luchini) who travels to Monaco to handle a murder trial only to end up competing for the affections of a perky, TV weather girl (Louise Bourgoin) with his own bodyguard (Roschdy Zem).

But when the paper's executive editor, Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), gaines access to the Pentagon Papers too, Katharine must decide whether or not to risk The Post's future — not to mention possible criminal prosecution and her long friendship with both The White House and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara — or stand up for freedom of the press, and the truth, by publishing the story.

Among the groups represented at the hearing were the National Association of Scholars, which had filed the complaint, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), founded and headed by civil libertarians Alan Charles Kors, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense attorney.