Sentences with phrase «impact of a prosecution»

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What did strike me about this matter is that it seems to confirm a feeling that I have long had: Progressive Democrats who get caught with their pants down appear to pay a steeper price in terms of impact on their career prospects — if not criminal prosecution — when compared to similarly compromised corporate - friendly Republicans.

Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.»

The defense's controversial decision to seek an acquittal rather than allow the jury to consider manslaughter was based on proving the earlier injury because the prosecution's indictment said the baby died from a single incident of what their experts called «shaken baby impact syndrome.»

«Not only is marijuana an untapped revenue source for the city and the state, but the prosecution of marijuana - related crimes has had a devastating and disproportionate impact on black and Hispanic communities for far too long.»

Eric Schneiderman is a hyper partisan who completely dropped the ball on Albany corruption for years and the first real prosecution he's involved in, is a stretch of an indictment that would possibly impact the Senate Majority (where he used to serve) and just as Cuomo is looking at national politics possibly opening up the Governor's mansion.

The Lib Dems argue that an alternative package of measures including the withdrawal of travel rights, more surveillance, unannounced home visits, and the use of intercept evidence to enable more prosecutions to go ahead would be more effective and have less impact on civil liberties.

Like Cohen, attorney John Elmore believes the testimony of lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's star witness, will have an impact on the next trial, but it could be to the benefit of those defendants.

Hizzoner also downplayed the impact of the epic, federal prosecution that forced Silver to relinquish the power he wielded in Albany for more than two decades.

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman told PA that the announcement of the snap election would have no impact on the timing of decisions on whether to press charges.

Beyond the significant impact of false memories in legal prosecutions, Loftus said, they also raise serious ethical questions for society.

-LSB-...] the report also recommends -LSB-...] prosecution guidelines -LSB-...] that best reflect a child - centred approach and that fully consider the broader impact of criminalizing children and youth.

Secondly, while this legislation, by itself, won't directly impact spam sent from elsewhere in the world, by bringing our laws into rough agreement with the best legislation in the world (such as the EU and Australia), it provides a basic level of requirements of email sent by or to Canadians, and makes it possible for international reciprocal agreements on prosecution — the law has specific provisions for entering into international agreements.

The stress of a criminal prosecution impacts family, career and social life.

With such evidence, the impact of my report enabled the Defendant to avoid prosecution for the unsafe food offence.

Patent Attorney Mark Houghton, talks about his specialist Patent practice, Patent Outsourcing Limited, which provides European Patent prosecution services, mainly to US clients, and he also talks about specific current European patent issues of interest, particularly the European Patent Office's «Early Certainty» initiative and its impact on clients with larger portfolios.

As the fight against terrorism moves from criminal prosecution to longer - term investigation and policy making, many job opportunities for national security are focused in D.C.. It's great to see that so many new, qualified lawyers have found an outlet for their skills in a practice area that impacts all of our daily lives.

She says if they do suspend the right of private prosecution and do a review, she hopes the government looks at the personal liability issues and also consider the cross-border impacts.

The article discusses that the passage of the America Invents Act and the post-grant proceedings it created to challenge patents has had an impact on patent prosecution.

will discuss, among other topics, the impact of the Yates Memo and the prospect of seeing more individual prosecutions.

He has authored chapters in Inside the Minds: Witness Preparation and Examination for DUI Proceedings (Aspatore Books) in both its 2009 and 2010 editions -» The Examination of Prosecution and Defense Witnesses» (2009) and» The Impact of 2009 Case Decisions on DUI Prosecution and Defense Expert Witnesses.»

(ii) The matters to be dealt with are: - the aggravating and mitigating factors of the offence (not personal mitigation); - any statutory provisions relevant to the offender and the offence under consideration so that the judge is made aware of any statutory limitations on sentencing; - any relevant sentencing guidelines and guideline cases; - identifying any victim personal statement or other information available to the prosecution advocate about the impact of the offence on the victim; - where appropriate, any evidence of the impact of the offending on a community; - an indication, where applicable, of an intention to apply for any ancillary orders, such as anti-social behaviour orders and confiscation orders, and so far as possible, indicating the nature of the order to be sought.

In addition, Emma regularly provides training to Boards of Directors, senior managers and workers on the impact of regulatory prosecutions, and is able to advise on practical solutions to regulatory challenges.

She takes pride in delivering highly commercial advice, taking into consideration the significant impact that investigations and prosecutions have on clients, both operationally and in terms of their reputation.

One of the big legal stories of 2017 was the impact of the Supreme Court's Jordan decision, which imposed strict time limits for the prosecution of criminal cases.

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