Sentences with phrase «guilty verdicts against»

Civil libertarians like Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education argue that these «systemic» investigations improperly required colleges to revisit other complaints resolved long ago, potentially leading to colleges overturning not guilty verdicts against students accused of harassment or assault.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York City is the prosecutor who won guilty verdicts against both Silver and Skelos.

Mr. Seabrook furiously rejects that line of reasoning, as well as criticism of Mr. Liu, whose bid for Gracie Mansion lost momentum after federal prosecutors scored damning guilty verdicts against his campaign treasurer and a fund - raiser.

Guilty verdicts against former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son will shape the legislative session and the statewide elections next year

The night after they obtained a guilty verdict against one defendant, in 2011, prosecutors and their staff spent a total of $ 763.80 for dinner at a country club (divided by the 18 individuals present, that comes out to $ 42.39 each).

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill recently overturned a guilty verdict against an officer in a department misconduct trial, but the department and the Civilian Complaint Review Board — citing a state law protecting police disciplinary records — wouldn't say what the cop was accused of.

The NYPD moved to tamp down speculation of a coverup after the city's top cop overturned a guilty verdict against a cop accused of using a banned chokehold, releasing a video of the incident in question.

GOP strategists said they think their prospects continue to improve as voters digest the guilty verdict against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, positive economic statistics and the prospect of Democrats taking control of one or both chambers of the legislative branch.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- It took the jury just over an hour to issue a guilty verdict against Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson in his corruption trial.

The guilty verdict against Silver «still casts a shadow that hangs over Albany,» Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell said in a statement.

The guilty verdict against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was less than 24 hours old when Governor Andrew Cuomo began lowering expectations that he and the Legislature would do anything about Albany's ongoing corruption epidemic.

But she declined to say anything about Andy Coulson, her successor as editor at the News of the World, although reporters repeatedly asked her what she thought of the guilty verdict against him.

In April 2014, a second appeals court, in a 337 - page document, explained its motivations for reinstating the guilty verdict against Knox.

Not exact matches

Announcing their verdict on Thursday, a jury outside of Philadelphia found Bill Cosby guilty of all three sexual assault charges brought against him.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

CNN: Sandusky's pastor addresses conviction from pulpit Jerry Sandusky sits in a county jail cell in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but his presence and the weight of the 45 guilty verdicts rendered against the former Penn State football coach on Friday night hung in the air Sunday morning at the State College church where he and his wife are longtime members.

State College, Pennsylvania (CNN)-- Jerry Sandusky sits in a county jail cell in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but his presence and the weight of the 45 guilty verdicts rendered against the former Penn State football coach on Friday night hung in the air Sunday morning at the State College church where he and his wife are longtime members.

After a long and expensive trial, the Special Court for Sierra Leone will finally give its verdict on whether former Liberian president Charles Taylor is guilty or innocent of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

He also seemed to blame the guilty verdict on juror confusion, saying the law was very technical and its possible the jury couldn't «decipher the nuances» of the counts against him.

Preet Bharara is hailed as a hero as all seven counts that his office had filed against the former Speaker of the Assembly have resulted in guilty verdicts.

On Friday, May 11, the jury returned a guilty verdict on the corruption charges against the former Assembly 1speaker Sheldon Silver, convicting him on counts of extortion and honest services fraud.

The Assembly Ethics committee met in October 2008, reaching a «not guilty» verdict [86][87] and ruling that no harassment ever occurred, and unanimously voted to throw out the charges against Assemblyman Ball.

For U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the guilty verdict is yet another high profile victory in his crusade against political corruption.

The jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan took two days to reach its verdict against Mr. Skelos, and his son, Adam, finding them guilty of all eight bribery, extortion and conspiracy counts.

After a series of documentaries prompted his former employer, Karolinska Institutet (KI), to reopen a misconduct investigation against him, KI has today released one verdict regarding a 2014 Nature Communications paper: guilty.

The outcome, which included settlements from most of the publishers seeking to avoid lengthy and costly court battles as well as a guilty verdict for Apple that is currently in appeals, has yet to be finalized, but Judge Denise Cote is expected to seek the maximum amount of damages against Apple for its violation of Section One of the Sherman Act.

I owned BBX until last summer; I sold when the courts upheld Mr. Alan Levan's appeal against an earlier guilty verdict in an SEC lawsuit.

They viewed blogging on climateaudit as entering a black hole of trying defend yourself against a prejudged guilty verdict.

Alternatively, a juror might initially believe a celebrity is innocent (based on admiration), and, after hearing convincing evidence against the celebrity, change his opinion to a guilty verdict.

Grace Ong secured a unanimous guilty verdict on an indictment containing 10 counts against a father for raping his son when he was 14 years old.

However, despite the not guilty verdict, the families of both victims filed a wrongful death claim against Simpson in civil court.

Since 1991, we have successfully obtained real results — not - guilty verdicts, reduced charges, dropped cases or death penalty taken off the table — for every client we have defended against a charge of murder.

It ended with a verdict of guilty on count 1, conspiracy to intercept voicemails, against former News of the World (NoW) editor Andy Coulson.

It ended with a verdict of guilty on count 1, conspiracy to intercept voicemails, against former News of the World editor Andy Coulson.

Atlantic City jury verdict against a crane manufacturer and employer found guilty of intentional wrong.

The victim's family can still pursue a wrongful death case against the driver in civil court, despite the not guilty verdict in criminal court.

Defended same client against product defect action, winning not guilty verdict in highly publicized jury trial.