Sentences with phrase «government informers»

Prosecutors had failed to provide the defense with recordings of telephone calls and text messages from a government informer, Moses Stern, which may have been relevant to the trial.
The United States attorney's office failed until the trial was well underway to turn over to defense lawyers recordings of 9,000 conversations, almost 300 in Yiddish, in phone calls made or received by Moses Stern, a Rockland County developer who became a government informer to try to avoid a lengthy prison sentence.
Owen Wilson steps in as government informer Coy Harlingen; Benicio Del Toro as Doc's lawyer Sauncho Smilax, Esq; Reese Witherspoon as very put - together Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball; Maya Rudolph as Petunia Leeway; Martin Short as Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.; the unsettling stripper Belladonna as Clancy Charlock (as Michelle Sinclair) and a host of other outstanding dudes and dudesses.

Not exact matches

In the recent book, Civil Liberties Under Attack, one of the authors mentions the case of a government official with an impeccable record who was placed under charges because unidentified informers asserted he «advocated the Communist Party line, such as favoring peace and civil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual «1
Mr. Castro's role as an informer was revealed in April 2013 when Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, announced corruption charges against Mr. Stevenson and said Mr. Castro had resigned his seat and was cooperating with the government.
People whom Americans view as admirable whistleblowers appear to Russians — raised in a country with a long history of oppressive government and paid informers — as contemptible snitches.
Continuing their month - long coverage, Game Informer has revealed that the antagonist in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is Asav, an insurgent rebel leader who previously worked for the government and is now searching for culturally significant treasures.
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