Sentences with phrase «from government witnesses»

After a month of testimony from government witnesses outlining an alleged bribery and corruption scheme that they said was carried out by one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former top aides, the defense quickly rested on Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments that will begin on Tuesday.

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Regardless, thousands of polygraphs are given each year in the US, alone, for everything from government clearance screening to witness verification.

Biometrics might be cool and convenient, but the technology could potentially undermine your legal rights under the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits the government from compelling a witness to testify against herself.

Witness Barrack Obamas visit to China in November which saw him apologize for the weakening American dollar and answer softball questions from government - picked students in Shanghai.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

in Puerto Rico, we are witnessing an infectious positivity flowing from local governments in support of developing strong local startup ecosystems, which is creating benefits for entire countries, economies and societies.

Sullivan anguishes that renouncing the power to witness to government marriage is «just one more thread removed from our commonality.»

Jehovah's Witnesses have been banned from operating in Russia after the Supreme Court agreed with the government's request to label them «extremist».

Still in draft form, the Code of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government funding for «confessional activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love of neighbor; to freedom from religious coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective evaluation procedures; to avoidance of «turf wars» with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.

We witnessed the unedifying spectacle of this government closing down GroceryWatch to prevent the consumer organisation Choice from exposing the duopoly's use of geographic price discrimination.

Witnessing the destruction of our islands from afar during that time has upset us deeply, as has the refusal by successive British governments to allow us to return to the islands, even just to visit and tend to the graves of our ancestors.

Additionally it would be wrong to claim that the Rwandan government's way of acting radically differs from that witnessed in past dam building.

One government witness, Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to felonies, has already testified that Percoco came up with the term from the TV show.

Greeks have witnessed discussions shift from $ 1 billion in additional measures (last proposal put forth by the New Democracy - PASOK government following demands from creditors), to over $ 10 billion in additional measures last month, to today's «Greekment» according to which Greece will undergo harsher austerity (for next three years) than at any other point since the crisis began.

He added that the 2015 Lagos International Trade Fair witnessed impressive local and foreign participation from countries such as China, Egypt, Japan, Ghana, India, European Union, Republic of Benin, Ethiopia, Pakistan and from many Nigerian State Governments.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- The government's star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was bracing for a scolding from prosecutors as he left the witness stand Thursday after admitting that his proclivity to tell lies did not end when he promised not...

But a possible sticking point is Todd R. Howe, the government's star witness, whose credibility has been under fire from the start.

The government has accused Percoco, 49, of South Salem, of taking $ 35,000 in bribes from two principals of COR through lobbyist Todd Howe, a cooperating witness.

From the record above, Ghana could have succeeded in attaining universal access to potable water if all governments had moved with the speed and urgency we witnessed between 2009 and 2016.

Most House of Commons committees have a remit to scrutinise a government department, so it is no surprise to see that 51 % of witnesses at Commons committees are from the public sector.

The way committees work is to listen to evidence from witnesses, who then inform the findings of their inquiries on policy areas across Government.

The nation had witnessed dangerous illegal actions from groups associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the ruling party which is deeply rooted in the operations of the government.

The cross-examination of the government's first witness, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, a Democrat from Westchester County, illustrated the defense strategy.

They appeared to abandon that strategy in their summation, instead attacking Mr. Dorego as an unreliable witness who had sought to profit from the younger Mr. Skelos's political connections, and suggesting the government had helped him fabricate his testimony.

The governors of New York and New Jersey planned a cover story to contain political fallout from the massive traffic jams caused by lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, the government's star witness testified Tuesday.

Doug Burns, a former Eastern District prosecutor from Nassau County, said the «cardinal rule» in the government's use of a cooperating witness is «whether or not what they say can be backed up or corroborated by other evidence in the case.»

However, this was largely due to House Commons select committees, most of which focus on specific government departments — Lords and joint committees had a more even spread of witnesses from different sectors:

A large majority of public sector witnesses (see Figure Two) were from central government departments, agencies and commissions (including ministers), with a fifth from other public organisations.

Witness this obviously out - of - touch paean from the Republican candidate who carried Ulster by 1,754 votes last year: «A county executive with backbone can make a real difference for families struggling with ever increasing property taxes and the government waste and corruption that drives them,» Astorino asserted in a prepared statement.

During closing arguments in the corruption trial against state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, a lawyer for the younger Skelos told jurors that the government's case against the former majority leader relies on burdening the jury with heaps of emails, phone calls and witness testimony to distract jurors from the lack of a supposed smoking gun.

A member of the House of Representatives from Ondo State, Bamidele Baderinwa, on Friday, insisted that the Secretary to the State Government, Ifedayo Abegunde, had a case to answer in the violence witnessed during the All Progressives Congress» congresses so far held in the state.

During the government's three week case, the jury has heard from roughly a dozen witnesses, dozens of wiretapped phone conversations and read hundreds of email exchanges.

The feds had failed to timely turn over as evidence for more 90 hours of phone calls — some of which were in Yiddish and yet to be translated — and more than 3,100 text messages from a wire - wearing government witness, crooked Rockland County developer Moses Stern.

«In the eight years of the NDC government, the size of the economy would have increased from $ 28.5 billion in 2008 to a projected $ 39.4 billion in 2016 (with oil), a 52 % increase compared to the 500 % increase witnessed under the NPP (without oil).

While Taub, a key witness for the government, admitted that he «hoped to develop a relationship with [Silver] that would help fund mesothelioma research and would help my patients as well,» on the stand yesterday, the New York Times reported — Thursday's testimony, under cross-examination from the defense, brought out a more nuanced view of their relationship.

The federal government finds itself going into battle armed with a tainted weapon — a star witness who is awaiting sentence on eight felonies stemming from the alleged scheme.

He has also worked with government leaders on switching energy economies from fossil fuels to renewables, and has traveled to places such as Greenland and India to witness firsthand the damaging effects of our carbon - addicted world.

A tense political thriller directed by John Boorman, Beyond Rangoon sees an American tourist (played by Patricia Arquette) forced to go on the run in Burma after becoming separated from her tour group and then witnessing various acts of violent repression by the government.

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«These proposed new cuts in state educational support underscore the need for judicial action to ensure that state government meets and does not retreat from its state constitutional responsibilities,» said James J. Finley, principal consultant to CCJEF and an expert witness in the case.

But there is, you see, a family in witness protection hiding from a notorious criminal family, and the government thinks that adding an extra kid to the protected family will strengthen its disguise.

One person she cites several times is Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (1856 - 1946), who was the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916, and as such bore witness to actions the Turkish government took against its Armenian citizens and did everything in his power to make sure those in the United States knew exactly what was taking place..

Featuring subject matter ranging from internet ethics to the abuse of government power, the works employ documentary formats as a strategy to construct counternarratives and allow the viewer to bear witness to both individual and collective realities.

Global Witness is calling on G8 governments to take the following actions: - Play a leadership role in the design and implementation of a regular and credible monitoring mechanism in the Kimberley Process, - Play a leadership role in strengthening international anti-terrorist financing efforts to prevent diamonds from financing terrorism.

We are dismayed to see people being forced from their homes due to incessant, wind turbine generated low - frequency noise and infrasound; and horrified as we witnessed those in positions of power not only fail to help those people, but turn on these victims of a government - sanctioned, subsidy - soaked industry.

For more information, please contact Corinna Gilfillan at Global Witness: [phone], or [phone] Ian Smillie at Partnership Africa Canada: 1 [phone], or Susan Isaac at 1 [phone] ActionAid - U.K. www.actionaid.org Amnesty International - Canada Amnesty International - London Fatal Transactions - Netherlands www.niza.nl/fataltransactions Global Witness - U.K. www.globalwitness.org Network Movement for Justice and Development - Sierra Leone One Sky - Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living - Canada Oxfam International Partnership Africa Canada www.pacweb.org Physicians for Human Rights - U.S.A. World Vision U.S.A. Editor Notes: The KPCS, launched in January 2003, requires governments and the diamond industry to implement import / export control regimes in rough diamonds to prevent conflict diamonds from fuelling war and human rights abuse.

If the oil figures published by the Khartoum government aren't right, the division of the money from that oil between north and south Sudan won't be right,» said Global Witness [1] campaigner Rosie Sharpe.

Press Release Secretive Deloitte audit in Liberia raises allegations of irresponsible corporate behaviour and conflict of interest 28/11/2002 A secretive agreement signed between the government of Liberia and the auditing firm Deloitte & Touche (i) is drawing criticism from Global Witness and other international organisations.

Global Witness is calling on the Congolese government to immediately remove all army units from mine sites as part of a wholesale demilitarisation of the sector.

Recent UN Security Council resolutions have called on governments to take measures against those sourcing minerals from armed groups in eastern Congo, but so far member states have shied away from placing any companies or individuals under UN sanctions, despite abundant evidence published by the UN Group of Experts and Global Witness.