Sentences with phrase «from federal crimes»

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Similar kinds of cases are under way in other parts of the country, including a case on appeal in Chicago after a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring the government from blocking grant money typically used to help local police combat violent crime and help victims.

More than an engrossing collection of historical true - crime stories, though, the book functions as an unlikely financial history of the young United States, as it grew «from a patchwork of largely self - governing colonies to a loosely assembled union of states and, finally, to a single nation under firm federal control.»

Yepez, himself known as «El Marro,» or «The Mallet,» is wanted by federal authorities and suspected of crimes ranging from drug trafficking to fuel theft.

In order to wiretap Cohen, federal investigators would have to have convincing evidence that there is a possibility of an ongoing crime; wiretaps additionally all require approval from a federal judge.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

The key question is whether New York prosecutors could find ways of indicting Cohen for crimes different from the ones he was charged for on the federal level.

«Simply put,» Schneiderman wrote, under the current law «a defendant pardoned by the President for a serious Federal Crime could be freed from all accountability under federal and state criminal law.Federal Crime could be freed from all accountability under federal and state criminal law.federal and state criminal law.»

As it currently stands, the president could decide to give his lawyer a get - out - of - jail - free card for any federal convictions, which would also shield him from being prosecuted for those same crimes on the state level.

The lawsuit has high stakes for both gun companies and gun - control advocates because it is testing a novel strategy to find a route around the broad protections granted by federal law that shield the companies from litigation if their product is used to commit a crime.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime will now buy three of the weapons second hand from the German federal police.

We know because this actually happened: Arizona passed a state law making it a state crime to be in violation of federal alien registration laws (which automatically includes illegal immigrants) and giving state and local law enforcement the power to arrest people if they had probable cause to believe the person had committed some crime making them removable from the US.

It also authorizes the Special Counsel to «prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters».

Her crime: reading aloud a letter from Coretta Scott King criticizing sitting senator and Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions back in the»80s, when he was up for a federal judgeship.

Lagos Lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, has asked the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, to order the immediate release of Chief Olisa Metuh, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

De Blasio said he is «ready» to take legal action against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is threatening to take funds from so - called sanctuary cities by cutting a federal program that helps cities and states fight crime.

His plan to «grow industrial manufacturing and high - tech jobs through enforcement of intellectual property and enforcement of the is standing order for compliance with federal sanctions against products from other countries like China,» can potentially end poverty, crime, the heroin epidemic, and even the Syrian refugee crisis, Kravtsov said.

Ekwem, who was subpoenaed by the court to tender some documents that were said to have emanated from his chambers and testify on same, rather, urged Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos to set aside the summons served on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to testify in the matter.

As when Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings obtained federal drug crime fighting assistance from the High Impact Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program — but at a civic forum referred to the acronym as standing for «Highway Interstate Drug Trafficking Area».

Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy shot back that Flanagan's comments are «ironic coming from a guy who is supporting Donald Trump and only got his job because (his predecessor) was convicted of federal crimes.»

In a speech to a group of New York lawyers, a federal judge from Brooklyn assailed the criminal justice system in which he has worked for more than 40 years, saying that the country had to «jettison the madness of mass incarceration» and find an alternative to overly punitive sentencing to address the problem of crime.

Once a person has been pardoned for a federal crime, the federal government (and any territories or districts that derive their power from the federal government) can not re-try the pardonee for that crime.

But the mayor told the Observer that he would not allow public dollars to go toward the defense of anyone found guilty of one of the 170 crimes that New York exempts from its «sanctuary city» protections — violent offenses like rape, murder and terrorism, for which local law enforcement will turn over a foreign national to federal authorities.

Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday rejected an ex parte application by Justice Rita Ofili - Ajumogobia, seeking immediate release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Suswam, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the same Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, was absent from court on health grounds on Tuesday, which had been scheduled for the continuation of his trial.

This law barred the city jail system from complying with ICE requests to detain anybody not accused or convicted of a crime, not listed in federal gang or terror databases, or without a standing deportation warrants against them.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is «ready» to take legal action against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is threatening to take funds from so - called sanctuary cities by cutting a federal program that helps cities and states fight crime.

Silver, who must also pay a $ 1.75 million fine and forfeit $ 5 million in proceeds from his crimes, has asked the judge that he be sent to the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, less than a two - hour drive from his Lower East Side residence.

After talking about the issue of sanctuary cities on «The Brian Lehrer Show» — she argues the city's current rules offer protection for crimes she deems too serious to shield from the federal government — people encouraged her to run, she said.

«Shielding people who are accused of committing crimes from federal authorities is dangerous and irresponsible,» he told The Journal News / lohud in a statement.

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed an application by the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi, seeking to reclaim a 12 - storey building seized from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Counsel to federal government, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), confirmed to newsmen that after the examination of the report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the alleged money diversion, it became imperative to drop Shuaib from the charge.

«The federal sweeps removed some of the most dangerous felons from our community,» said Soares, who added that violent crimes in the city have dropped sharply as a result.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed May 2 for judgment in a suit by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State seeking to stop the police from investigating alleged crimes committed during the December 10, 2016 national and state assembly rerun elections in the state.

A Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission could not probe states» finances without a report of indictment from states» Houses of Assembly.

A federal jury last week convicted Silver of the crimes, which centered on having real - estate developers seeking help from the state steer hundreds of thousands of dollars in referral fees to his legal practice.

If Agata were a witness in the federal case, he would have to recuse himself from any JCOPE probe into Percoco's alleged crimes.

Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing and crime, authorised the force to buy the cannon from the German Federal Police.

According to the report, the government sources claim the audio was an attempt by the All Progressives Congress and its supporters to shift attention from the «gravity of electoral crimes committed by agents of the Federal Government caught on video across Rivers State».

Under this bill, our police and correction officers would refuse requests from federal authorities to hold an arrested illegal immigrant unless there is a warrant from a judge and the crime he was convicted of was «violent or serious.»

Federal law makes it a crime to destroy agency data and information and requires such information to be archived from one administration to the next.

Their study, the first of its kind to document the relationship between the Internet and hate crimes, sourced data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Marijuana is now legal for medical use in 28 states and the District of Columbia, but the federal government still considers possession or use to be a crime; the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently declined to remove it from their Schedule I list of dangerous drugs with no acknowledged medical benefits.

«I, Tonia» also takes on the themes of a psychological thriller, a crime story, one that involves Tonya Harding, a top - flight, Olympic - level figure skater who was banned from skating for life by a federal judge who found her guilty of interfering with a prosecution.

Little is known about the plot, but a short synopsis posted on casting database site suggests that we can look forward to more of the same: «Picking up where the 2007 film left off with the incompetent underboss Kirill thinking that he and his henchman driver Nikolai really have inherited the throne from his crime - lord father, without knowing that Nikolai is actually a clandestine agent working undercover in Russia's federal security service.»

Picking up where the 2007 film left off with the incompetent underboss Kirill thinking that he and his henchman driver Nikolai really have inherited the throne from his crime - lord father, without knowing that Nikolai is actually a clandestine agent working undercover in Russia's federal security service.

Since 2007 the Federal Government's Secure Schools Program has committed significant funding to assist at - risk government and non-government schools to meet their particular security needs and protect them from racial, religious or ethnically motivated violence and property crime.

It also is a federal crime to obtain an EIN from the IRS under false pretenses.

It's a federal crime to lie on a loan or credit application, to misrepresent your SSN, and to obtain an EIN from the Internal Revenue Service under false pretenses.

If you travel farther south down Interstate 5 from Burien, you'll find Federal Way, a city with twice the population of Burien but half the violent crime rate.