Sentences with phrase «in a criminal trial in»

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The jury spent a total of just 14 hours in the penalty phase of the trial after finding Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 criminal counts, but an automatic appeal means his case will drag on.

Mr. Siegal's other client successes include securing a 2016 trial victory in federal court defending Marvel Entertainment against a claim that it stole a patent - holder's design for a Spiderman role play web - shooting toy, and numerous federal and state appellate arguments in criminal and civil matters.

In criminal trials, the burden of proof lies on the prosecution, meaning the jury will have to find Hernandez guilty «beyond a reasonable doubt.»

As Vancouver Sun investigative reporter David Baines revealed in a series of articles, Eker has invited the likes of Milowe Brost, who is currently in prison awaiting trial over an alleged $ 400 - million Ponzi scheme in Alberta, convicted white - collar criminal Nick Thill, Michael Ruge, who was banned for life from dealing in securities by the BCSC, and Nick Lathigee, head of the failed Freedom Investment Club, to present at his «Millionaire School» events and received commissions for steering investors in their direction.

In recent years, more than 50 women — recall that striking New York Magazine cover — have made remarkably similar claims against the 80 - year - old, but only Constand's were adjudicated at the criminal trial.

Paul Callan, a civil and criminal trial lawyer in New York, said the public outcry over Dao «s treatment would likely push the airline to a quick and generous settlement.

The show has thrust the criminal defense attorney into the national spotlight and his eloquent and impassioned arguments in Avery's trial even inspired something of a cult following for the Wisconsin lawyer (with some even deeming Strang the show's «sex symbol»).

FX said 12 million people tuned in for the first episode of producer Ryan Murphy's (Glee, American Horror Story) series, which seems to have successfully reignited American viewers» obsession with one of the most high - profile criminal trials ever.

Martin Shkreli — the so - called «Pharma bro» awaiting a verdict in a criminal fraud trial — has taken to social media once again.

The Post's Spencer Hsu: «The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and business partner Rick Gates imposed a gag order in the case Wednesday, ordering all parties, including potential witnesses, not to make statements that might prejudice jurors.

Changing the views of many skeptical young Koreans could depend on whether Lee and others implicated in the scandal are in fact held accountable for any criminal wrongdoing in a trial that some have deemed to be a test for rule of law [6] in South Korea, or whether they will continue to enjoy the status of being untouchable.

The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and business partner Rick Gates imposed a gag order in the case Wednesday, ordering all parties, including potential witnesses, not to make statements that might prejudice jurors.

Nassar was ordered last week to stand trial in Ingham County (Mich.) on 12 counts of first - degree criminal sexual conduct.

That suit is expected to go to trial in the fall, and the judge in the case recently recommended that federal officials look into whether criminal charges should be filed.

Dershowitz, who had counseled O. J. Simpson in the 1990s in a criminal murder trial from which the football player was acquitted, said he has agreed to help Weinstein with this issue.

«By bringing perpetrators to trial, the ICTY aims to deter future crimes and render justice to thousands of victims and their families, thus contributing to a lasting peace in the former Yugoslavia,» declares the website of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

In a possible subsequent criminal trial on the charges themselves, Adams might end up being acquitted, as Clarence Thomas ended up being nominated, but with what would Adams be left?

Patterned after the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals and then the international tribunals created for Rwanda and Yugoslavia earlier in the 1990s, it is the most ambitious expression of the international community's answer to the questions yielded by massive past injustices.

This pastor had already been convicted in a Texas criminal trial and sentenced to three hundred and ninety - some years in prison on top of a federal conviction.

ROME (CNN)- Paolo Gabriele, former butler to Pope Benedict XVI, will take the stand in his own trial Tuesday to answer to criminal charges of stealing hundreds of secret papers from the pope's personal apartment and leaking them to an Italian journalist.

He is often despised and rejected by men, and is treated as a criminal by some, and if the world could put God in trial, they would most certainly condemn Him to death for crimes against humanity.

it's a bigger slap in the face when the church tries to hide criminals amoung it's ranks; less so then just handing them over to authorities to face a fair trial.

«A number of the witnesses who gave evidence to the inquiry spoke about practices which, if proved following due process including a criminal trial, might well amount to a crime in Scots law,» he said.

This would mean, for instance, that participants in an economic transaction are bound to halt their activity whenever any one of them or any affected individual objects to it, or a criminal court judge is bound to halt the trial's proceedings if the accused dissents from a specific rule of the judicial system.

All through the narrative we are aware that men are coming up for judgement before Him; nowhere more clearly than in the story of His arrest, trial and execution as a criminal and a rebel.

Therefore, we should be pressing for the extradition of accused criminals like Bernard Law to stand trial for his crimes in the US.

Singing Bear, who's been named a witness in Ray's criminal trial, says he doesn't allow more than 20 people in a sweat because each person needs to be looked out for and protected.

Second, and more important, these trials exhibit in exaggerated form what is also happening on a smaller scale throughout the criminal justice system: «Though no avalanche has occurred,» Wilson observes, «the courts are having difficulty keeping their footing on a slope that has become increasingly slippery.»

Gianluigi Nuzzi and fellow journalist Emiliano Fittipaldi went on trial before three judges in the Vatican criminal court.

The SixthAmendment provides: «In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury.»

Once the case actually went to trial in a criminal court, the district attorney dropped the charges, making Hardy a free man.

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After building a thriving solo practice, he co-founded the boutique litigation firm of Murphy Rosen & Cohen LLP in 2003, where he headed up the firm's criminal practice, and continued to expand his presence as a select criminal trial attorney.

During nearly two decades as a premier trial attorney, Philip Cohen has defended individuals and corporations accused of criminal conduct in more than 30 federal and state jurisdictions throughout the country.

Finally, the government has deterred charities and other NGOs from acting as «interveners» — basically the equivalent of the expert on a given subject called in to a criminal trial.

The agreement means he will no longer face an extradition to the US, or face the prospect of a criminal trial, dependant on him not preaching any other copyright laws in the next two years.

Only weeks ago he was calling for the presumption of innocence to be overturned in certain criminal trials.

Gbagbo was eventually defeated by pro-Ouattara forces, backed by the UN and France, and is now awaiting trial before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.

The Kirchners pushed to restart criminal trials against members of the military junta — for a variety of reasons, prior attempts to bring to justice those responsible for the disappearance, torture and murder of over 30,000 people by agents of the state were first halted and later resulted in amnesty.

The senator had staged a break - out from the police vehicle conveying him to face trial for criminal conspiracy and possession of illegal arms in Lokoja.

The third factor increasing tension is the presence of two political candidates due to begin trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the month following the election.

The subsequent developments in the enemy combatant cases (some of which arose collaterally in the criminal trial of Padilla), haven't really change the relevant law.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State...

Following his 11 - day trial in Queens Criminal Court, the jury found Wills guilty of one count of a scheme to defraud, two counts of grand larceny and two counts of filing a false instrument.

This year, in the budget debate, the three men are also agreeing to rules for Uber, Lyft, and other ride sharing upstate; raising the age at which people are considered an adult for criminal trials; and a plan for making the SUNY system tuition free for many.

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The Rikers Island closure, which Lippman's panel recommended a year ago and de Blasio reversed course in agreeing to, could be hastened further if Albany enacts changes to the criminal court system, such as ending cash bail for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, speeding the disclosure of trial evidence known as discovery, and reducing trial delays.

At a City Council hearing on criminal discovery practices in February chaired by Queens councilman Rory Lancman, Sergio de la Pava, a supervising attorney for New York County Defender Services who has been representing indigent defendants in Manhattan for over 20 years, described a typical experience in the borough's courtrooms: After waiting six months or a year for trial, he said, «The DA comes in with a cart and drops about six inches of material on your desk.

Cuomo proposed a series of criminal justice reforms, including eliminating cash bail for many low - level offenses; pursuing legislation that would cut back on time defendants are held in custody before trial; and reducing the use of solitary confinement in state prisons.

Meanwhile, Reliant is awaiting trial on federal criminal charges in California.