Sentences with phrase «in criminal cases against»

We also act in cases where innocent third parties are affected by orders made in criminal cases against defendants.

But more than a year earlier, documents in the criminal case against Nikolas Cruz and obtained by The Associated Press show school officials and a sheriff's deputy recommended in September 2016 that Cruz be involuntarily committed for a mental evaluation.

Update: United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch will hold a press conference at 11 am to announce the unsealing of an indictment in a criminal case against a New York State elected official.

[From FB] The «John F. Haggerty Legal Defense Fund» has been created to help pay for the legal fees associated with John's legal defense in the criminal case against him.

One troubled company is Medisys, the corporation involved in the criminal case against Senator Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr. and six others.

A Rensselaer County judge has appointed Albany County District Attorney David Soares as special prosecutor in the criminal case against former Troy police union president Aaron Collington, after two other prosecutors recused themselves from the matter.

Instead of fighting the charges directly, the company dissolved, pleaded «no contest,» and argued that no assets could be seized to make restitution to the Hawaiian Humane Society because, defense attorney Jason Burks contended, «In a criminal case against a corporation, the sentences are limited to probation, fines and restitution, and then the court can prohibit the corporation from owning animals.

Meanwhile, a Tuesday morning hearing in the criminal case against the suspect accused in the Florida high school shooting was canceled after lawyers reached an agreement for prosecutors to get hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs of Cruz.

Not exact matches

A recent study found that there have been at least 250 abortion - related criminal and civil cases against women in the U.S. since 2005.

The case pits the interests of tech companies and privacy advocates in protecting customer data against the demands of law enforcement in gaining information vital to criminal and counterterrorism investigations.

He notes there are three criminal cases pending against Deguito in Philippine courts that include allegations of anti - money - laundering violations, perjury, and falsification of documents.

In 2015, a criminal case against Cosby, relating to Constand's accusations, was opened.

Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»

That article landed Manafort in hot water with prosecutors and the judge presiding over the federal criminal case against him.

Daniels» defamation lawsuit against Trump was filed in the Southern District of New York, which is also where Cohen's criminal case is being pursued.

Unlike Serial, which explored how a suspect's race and religion might have been held against him, The Jinx riveted viewers by exploring the role of privilege and how Durst's high - priced legal defense team could manage to help him evade the most serious criminal charges against him even when, in one case, he'd actually admitted to having dismembered a person's body.

He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted in a pending criminal case — one of several prosecutions brought against him.

For instance, the criminal case against former minister of economic development Aleksey Ulyukayev — initiated in 2016 by Igor Sechin, head of the state - owned oil company Rosneft — was evidently part of Sechin's struggle against Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev's government over power and resources.

It's a fairly interesting challenge that Wynne is making, having a provincial government coming out against federal legislation in this sense, but as the province has the duty to enforce the Criminal Code, her asking for options so publicly is an interesting case.

AUSTRAC will up the ante in its case against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with the transactions regulator expecting to file fresh allegations on Thursday that it breached the law 100 additional times while facilitating banking by criminal syndicates involved in money laundering and terrorist financing.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

The note, which appeared in Wednesday's Daily Telegraph, says: «The notion that a criminal case could be brought against Lord Carey is so bizarre that we can only surmise that the object of the persistent pressure that brings these public attacks is not only Lord Carey but what he represents of biblically faithful Christianity.»

You had 18 criminals use religion, in this case Islam, as a front to perform criminal acts against Western society.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

The ACCC secured its first criminal case under the laws in 2017 against Japanese shipping company NYK, which was fined $ 25 million, and has launched another case against Japanese shipping company K - Line, however Mr Sims said they were «foreign companies and don't involve individuals».

In addition, Wenger's rotation policy is criminal to say the least, he always sticks with the same line - up even when the players are in terrible form, that sort of favouritism will only hurt the dressing room, because eventually players that are being wrongfully excluded from the squad will stop playing for the manager and in worst case scenario the other players will have the isolated player's back and unite against the manageIn addition, Wenger's rotation policy is criminal to say the least, he always sticks with the same line - up even when the players are in terrible form, that sort of favouritism will only hurt the dressing room, because eventually players that are being wrongfully excluded from the squad will stop playing for the manager and in worst case scenario the other players will have the isolated player's back and unite against the managein terrible form, that sort of favouritism will only hurt the dressing room, because eventually players that are being wrongfully excluded from the squad will stop playing for the manager and in worst case scenario the other players will have the isolated player's back and unite against the managein worst case scenario the other players will have the isolated player's back and unite against the manager.

October 13 — In a stunning twist to their anti-corruption football probe, Swiss federal prosecutors have opened a criminal case against the Qatari boss of Paris St Germain, Nasser Al - Khelaifi, for suspected bribery linked to World Cup broadcasting rights.

JOLIET — After dozens of students and teachers were sickened by a contaminated school lunch two years ago, the Will County state's attorney made headlines by charging two state education employees with reckless conduct, apparently the first criminal charges against government employees in a food - poisoning case.

A criminal case that was brought against Huntley last summer by AG Eric Schneiderman is still pending in Nassau County Supreme Court.

The Chief Magistrate in Osun state, Mrs. Fatimah Sodamade, on Wednesday struck out criminal case of internet fraud filed against a prominent monarch in the state, Oluwo Of Iwo land, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi.

On the prayer by the engineers asking for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Lagos State Attorney General or any officer under his authority from initiating or commencing criminal proceedings against them based on the verdict of the Coroner, Justice Buba held that such request was ungrantable in the circumstance of the case under review.

They say Vance has «tremendous confidence in his career prosecutors» who do the day - to - day work of bringing cases against Manhattan's criminals — even the high profile ones.

Only those who appeal against removal will have their case heard by a judge and even then it will be an immigration judge at a tribunal, not in a criminal court.

The committees collection and distribution of money factor into a growing criminal case against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, and upstate Senate races in 2014.

Bharara, who because of the criminal cases against the lawmakers is not exactly popular among legislators, summed up his discomfort with the process in his podcast, «Stay Tuned with Preet.»

«Because I ordered him to testify, his testimony can not be used against him in any criminal case, except in a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement, or otherwise failing to comply with the order to testify,» Azrack said.

Schneiderman also was trying to build criminal cases against former Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn in case the president pardoned them or Robert Mueller's special investigation was halted.

Glenwood has been embroiled in the federal criminal corruption cases against former Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Federal criminal case No. 18 0087 filed Thursday against Rob Walker is just the latest entry in Long Island's culture of corruption sweepstakes.

He continued «We are here in court to institute a criminal case against the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kauttal Hore and some Fulani herdsmen who instigated attacks on innocent civilians between December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2018 in Guma and Logo local government areas of Benue State.

Finding by PRNigeria revealed that the action of Magu in instituting criminal charges against Umar has caused serious confusion and embarrassment to the Federal Government because the EFCC reports had made clear that the CCT boss had no case to answer.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today went on a tirade against claims that he and his allies participated in «willful and flagrant» violations of state election law in 2014 — and against the «motivations» of Cuomo - picked Board of Elections counsel who recommended bringing a criminal case against the mayor.

No criminal case was ever brought against Christie, but three key Christie allies were convicted for their role in shutting down lanes going onto the George Washington Bridge, causing a massive traffic jam for days in a political revenge scheme against a mayor who didn't support Christie's 2013 campaign.

Governor Andrew Cuomo had a message of support for them on Wednesday, as well as a message of criticism toward the Manhattan district attorney, who's been trying, unsuccessfully, to play a key role in a possible criminal case against the ex-attorney general.

Awe had been in exile after the State Government refiled a criminal case against him and two others for the alleged murder of Mrs Julianah Adewumi and one Mr Ayo Jeje at Erinjiyan Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area prior to the 2014 governorship election.

Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against the director and screenwriter James Toback, 73, in five cases in which he has been accused of sexual abuse because their statutes of limitations have expired, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.

In some cases, the Education Department may have been delayed because its investigators ran up against open criminal investigations.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman LopeIn addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopein the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

The case, handled under the leadership of Western New York District U.S. Attorney William Hochul, is only the second successful criminal trial against the Clean Air Act in the nation.

Following the increase in cases of rape and violence against women and young girls, the Police High Command has established a forensic detection and investigation unit at the Force Criminal Investigations Department to ensure justice to those...