Sentences with phrase «give prosecutors»

Applied to animal fighting, RICO... would give prosecutors increased muscle in seeking justice for animals abused... and executed by their owners,» as the ALDF reports.

February 27, 2018 • The bill would give prosecutors and victims more power to hold websites accountable for sex trafficking on their platforms.

The Governor's legislation would effectively remove this requirement, and give prosecutors the ability to seek proper justice for these victims without the need to put them through the trauma of appearing in court.

The bill would raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18 - years - old, send 16 - and 17 - year - olds charged with misdemeanors to Family Court, and create a «youth part» in adult Criminal Court for nonviolent cases that would give prosecutors discretion to send to Family Court unless they find «extraordinary circumstances.»

With affordable housing as scarce as ever, it's time for lawmakers to give prosecutors new tools to stop the menacing — and often dangerous — measures these landlords use to force tenants out of their homes,» Schneiderman said.

They asserted that his conviction, if allowed to stand, would make criminals out of virtually every politician and give prosecutors unchecked authority to decide which ones to target.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (l.) and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announce new plans give prosecutors more power to go after corruption.

The DMV will give prosecutors information on tickets a driver received in the past 10 years.

The bill would create a legal definition for criminal street gangs in the state's penal statutes, a step designed to give prosecutors more options when selecting charges and help law enforcement better track gangs.

Sessions» order gives prosecutor discretion in focusing their enforcement efforts — some may not ramp up efforts against marijuana, but others have said there's no guarantee they'll maintain a hands - off approach.

Investigative Post's reporting gave prosecutors a heads up that something was amiss with the Buffalo Billion.

Still, the court gave prosecutors plenty of room to think a retrial has merit, and acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim quickly issued a statement saying the government would seek one.

Now the New York Times is giving prosecutors a hand.

«We are encouraged by this next and important step for Senate bill SSB 5501 which will strengthen the laws designed to protect companion animals in our community, while giving the prosecutors and animal control officers additional means to address issues of animal cruelty,» said Kay Joubert, director of Companion Animal Services, PAWS in Lynnwood.

If a pet owner left her dog to freeze to death outside in the cold, or allowed an animal's collar to become so embedded that the dog had a bleeding neck wound, or shot a dog simply because the animal couldn't produce puppies, they'd rightly be charged with cruelty, and we'd give the prosecutor a medal for the effort.

In a front - page New York Times story this summer, The Marshall Project reported that the practice gives prosecutors a strategic advantage, especially because the vast majority of cases never make it that far: More than 98 percent of New York felony arrests that end in conviction occur through a guilty plea, not a trial.

More concerning for some lawmakers, including state Sen. Karen Tallian, D - Ogden Dunes, is Pence reversing course on his past actions to eliminate mandatory minimums by now reducing the ability of judges to issue the appropriate sentence for each criminal and giving prosecutors the upper hand in plea bargaining with an accused.

It gives prosecutors a trump card in plea negotiations, which leads to an unfair power imbalance with the accused and creates an almost irresistible incentive for the accused to plead guilty to a lesser sentence,» she added.

You may still get arrested — if the officer smells alcohol on your breath and you exhibit signs of drunkenness, for example — but you'll be giving the prosecutor less evidence to use against you.

It is an affirmative defence which means the defendant must raise the defence and give the prosecutor notice of the defence prior to trial.

But before you go thinking you can do this yourself because proving what was going on inside your head would be impossible, keep in mind, the law gives the prosecutor some help.

If, however, you request a new court date, the court will likely find that you have agreed to any delays and will usually give the prosecutor an opportunity to choose a new, more convenient date if your chosen date doesn't work for them.

Chillingly, the Watch allegedly gives prosecutors a digital glimpse of the victim's last moments, as the heart rate monitoring information could be interpreted as a timeline leading up to death.

Not exact matches

Prosecutors said McArthur admitted that during the scheme, he gave Livingston unauthorized access to a remote administration tool on a computer connected to the network of a Pennsylvania - based telecommunications company where he worked.

The prosecutor said Montroll gave false testimony and false documentation during the SEC investigation into BitFunder.

The Supreme Court refused to take the case and potentially give the defendant a retrial, but Sotomayor took the unusual step of writing a statement that condemned the prosecutor's words, Reuters reported.

German law required the government to give permission before prosecutors could consider whether to press charges.

With such lack of accountability it is not surprising that Alphabet contributed substantial funds to the tech lobbying groups who are opposing federal legislative efforts to give additional options to prosecutors and civil trial lawyers to fight websites like Backpage (child sex trafficking) and prevent them from flourishing.

Prosecutors said he gave hackers a...

Mr. Cohen, now facing an investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, originally said he made the $ 130,000 payment to the porn actress, whose given name is Stephanie Clifford, from a home equity line of credit and that he was not reimbursed by the Trump Organization or campaign.

According to a special prosecutor, Wilkinson's gaming and ICBC spokesperson was involved in various components of the «Quick Wins» scandal, and didn't give a statement to the RCMP

But given the inability of prosecutors to catch even a fraction of financial lawbreakers, what hope is there of headway in the free and easy world of cryptocurrency?

On the advice of counsel, Yap didn't give a statement to the RCMP during their investigation, according to the special prosecutor.

Most recently, prosecutors filed insider trading charges against seven individuals over trades based on non-public information they were given by Daniel Rivas, a Bank of America employee.

Peter Wanless's review will also cover how police and prosecutors handled any information given to them.

On Monday, the pastor gave the judge a written statement and was questioned by prosecutors and his defense lawyer, whom he met for the first time that day.

According to ABC News, prosecutors say they were not aware of the charges against Botha and that the detective gave a «muddled» testimony, admitting that Pistorius» version of the events on the evening of the shooting did, in fact, align with the police's account.

In the opinion of the Times» photography editor, the curator of a university museum «came closest to the truth when she told the prosecutor..., «It's the tension between the physical beauty of the photograph and the brutal nature of what's going on in it that gives it the particular quality that this work of art has.

According to prosecutors, a blood test Haskins was given two hours after the crash gauged his blood - alcohol level at.16 (the legal limit is.10); fresh from a party and speeding south to Fort Collins, Colo., to patch things up with his girlfriend, Haskins had drifted over the center line and smashed into the Jeep.

ZAGREB: Real Madrid's Luka Modric was charged Friday with giving false testimony at the corruption trial of Dinamo Zagreb's powerful former chief Zdravko Mamic, prosecutors said.

Croatian prosecutors charged the Real Madrid midfielder last week with giving false evidence during the multi-million-euro corruption trial of former Dinamo Zagreb boss Zdravko Mamic in Croatia.

That special prosecutor, Roger Adler, told the Daily News he expects to convene a grand jury shortly after Veterans Day as part of his probe into allegations the WFP illegally gave candidates below - cost campaign - related services in 2009.

@JimmyJames: Why then did Mueller give it to the logical prosecutor to have jurisdiction, after consulting with D - AG, who would be the AG for this purpose?

The trio gives Trump a broader legal stable as he faces the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and the threat of an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors into his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.

Lerner said she's encouraged that the judges did not rule against the facts presented by the prosecutors, giving hope for a second conviction.

In response, in papers filed Tuesday, Eastern District prosecutor Lara Treinis Gatz said while both cases involved investigations into potential bribery, legally there was a fundamental difference between the two: the Mangano case involved personal enrichment, giving of gifts and a no - show job to Mangano's wife while DeBlasio's involved campaign contributions.

On Singh's final day on the stand, a prosecutor also sought to reject the defense's contention that Singh gave the Manganos and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto benefits because they were friends.

But prosecutors said the FBI surveilled their meeting in which Walker gave the contractor an envelope with $ 5,000 in it — an envelope that was then turned over to law enforcement officials.

The candidates, which also include Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, former federal prosecutor Sean Coffey and former state insurance superintendent Eric Dinallo, were also given the chance to weigh in on two of the parties most contentious figures: embattled Congressman Charles Rangel and disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in April subpoenaed Cuomo's office for records related to contracts given to COR Development as part of the prosecutor's investigation into Cuomo's marquee economic development projects in Upstate New York.