Sentences with phrase «from convicted»

Today, many states allow divorce from a convicted felon who is sentenced to jail, without requiring a waiting period.

Does this insurance agent really believe that modern RICO laws will somehow prevent the federal government from seeking assets from a convicted drug dealer?

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project only accepts cases directly from the convicted individual involved.

If the case meets that criteria, we require a short letter from the convicted individual, not a family member or friend, explaining the following:

A third of a billion pound was seized from convicted criminals, including money launderers, drug offenders and fraudsters, by the Crown Prosecution Service over the last five years.

The founders of DeSmogBlog were funded with «dirty money» from convicted Internet gambling felon John Lefebvre.

Recently, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson recently got in trouble over accepting help — with debt totaling around $ 70 million — from a convicted sex offender.

Funds and property seized by the state from convicted drug dealers must go to local school systems rather than law - enforcement agencies, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.

The analyzed studies, published from 1994 to 2015, focused on false social and political news accounts, including misinformation in reports of robberies; investigations of a warehouse fire and traffic accident; the supposed existence of «death panels» in the 2010 Affordable Care Act; positions of political candidates on Medicaid; and a report on whether a candidate had received donations from a convicted felon.

A court today ruled unconstitutional the forced collection of blood samples from convicted criminals for a DNA bank.

Cuomo said he will push, as part of the budget negotiations over the next two weeks, measures to take guns away from all convicted domestic violence offenders and expand the background check waiting period to 10 days.

The Lib Dems will be hard up if they have to cough up the # 2.5 million they received from a convicted fraudster.

There's a new effort in Albany to pass a bill that would bring about a major expansion to New York's DNA databank — the place where the state stores genetic material from convicted offenders.

«For years, I have worked on legislation and issued numerous reports to protect the state's most vulnerable children from convicted, high level sexual predators who have been allowed to reside near preschools and inside family shelters.

Opponents of the proposal say it would not be fair to strip a pension from a convicted official whose spouse and children depend on the income.

Some opponents of the ballot proposal say it's not fair to strip a pension from a convicted official whose spouse and children depend on the income.

The ad, which was paid for by the state Democratic Party Cuomo controls, also cites his current push for a law that would take guns from all convicted domestic abusers and his call to «stop Washington from allowing concealed weapons to cross state lines.»

We must take state pensions from those convicted of a crime related to their government service.

ALBANY — One of the state Legislature's proposed responses this year to the cloud of corruption caused by the convictions of its former leaders is actually something lawmakers gleefully agreed to do last year, but then didn't: strip state pensions from convicted felons.

Lawmakers are expected to consider separately a bill that would take guns away from those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, a provision meant to close loophole in the existing law.

The Legislature approved its first gun control measure since 2013, a bill that is meant to close loopholes and take guns away from those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

There hasn't been a lot of movement on ethics reform in Albany, as the legislative leaders remain at odds on key provisions like banning outside income and stripping pensions from convicted former public officials.

«Let's be clear, Ali has no plans on taking money advice from someone who consistently fails to pay his own taxes but if he wants to look at connections, let's look at the fact that Murphy was elected only two years ago after taking over a million dollars from convicted felon Dean Skelos to help him join Albany's culture of corruption.

This is not the first time the Conservatives have been accused of being too close to wealthy businessman while the last Labour government faced a police investigation over the cash for peerages scandal, and the Liberal Democrats have yet to pay back the money they received from convicted fraudster Michael Brown.

A 2011 state law allowed judges to strip pensions from convicted public officials but only those who joined the pension system after the law took effect.

The bill would allow for guns to be taken away from those convicted of misdemeanor charges related to domestic violence, expanding the range of convictions for those to lose firearms after being found guilty of a crime.

The funds came from money seized from convicted drug dealers and was donated as a way to help the organization improve its technological capacity to track sex offenders and provide important safety information to the public, according to a press release.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to take firearms away from those convicted of domestic violence was backed Thursday by Giffords, the gun control group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly.

But a second question of whether to strip pensions from convicted lawmakers was approved.

But in order to strip the pensions from convicted senators and Assembly members who are already serving in the legislature, the state constitution needs to be changed.

She was, of course, attacking the vast amounts of cash the Lib Dems had gained from convicted conman Michael Brown.

I am just going under the statistical assumption that a single mother of 3 would probably need some sort of assistance to raise her children since she obviously can't be receiving any child support from a convicted murderer who is in prison....

He plays multiple roles from convicting us of our sins to living in us upon accepting Christ giving us the ability and strength to live as children of God and to do the will of God.

In fact, whether their advice comes from convicts or consulting firms that blur the line between Super PACs and direct campaigning, some of these «consulting» characters really take the cake.

Even if he wanted to transfer some of these funds, it would be fair to assume the political baggage of accepting money from a convict would be so deleterious that few politicians would choose to accept it.

Democratic Reps. Patrick Murphy, Josh Gottenheimer and Joe Garcia along with the Democratic Party of Florida have also returned cash from the convict.

He said several attempts made by the complainant to recover his money from the convict months after the transaction proved abortive.

The court also ordered that the 33,000 litres of petroleum product and the tanker recovered from the convicts should be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Guy Pearce stars as the wise - cracking Snow, who takes on an incredibly dangerous mission to rescue the President of the United States» daughter, Emilie (Maggie Grace), from the convicts aboard space prison MS - One.

However, its addition does add some depth to the character of Jean Valjean in his growth from a convict on the run to a man who now has a focus.

That supposed «eyewitness» testimony was the only evidence linking Colin to the crime, but it didn't prevent a jury from convicting the 18 year - old in spite of a credible alibi and the absence of a motive, weapon or connection to the victim.

Fascinating tours of the island, packed with revealing details from the convict era as well as its more recent incarnation as a water police base, run twice a month.

Not exact matches

The company has removed an ebook, apparently written by convicted murderer Paul Bernardo, from its website.

Also, take a page from my upcoming book on my convict period: When leading teams and people, recognize that it's critical that you understand how you show up.

And if convicted, in addition to any other penalties handed out, the company could be barred for 10 years from competing for contracts with the Government of Canada — a category of contracts that make up an important element of the company's income.

In April 2014, the Justice Department announced a new clemency initiative to prioritize applications from people who would have been gotten much shorter sentences if they were convicted today, among other criteria.

It isn't within everyone's means to obtain aircraft for a prison escape, but it's easier to get out of prison by air than underground: Over the past 40 years in particular, there has been trend of convicts and their partners on the outside busting out from high security facilities in hijacked helicopters.

Payet, a convicted murderer, first escaped from prison in 2001.

Krajisnik, convicted of crimes against humanity including the deportation and persecution of non-Serbs, discussed with the president «the protection of Serb people's rights in the region,» according to a statement from Nikolic's office.

If a prosecutor wants to convict a man of assault, he is (without a doubt) going to paint a picture for the audience of the suffering of the defendant, and will likely use expressive language to evoke a feeling of sympathy from the jury, who (as they listen) visualize the potential suffering of the man / woman in front of them.