Sentences with phrase «in police misconduct cases»

She has also examined the financial effects of police misconduct litigation, including the frequency with which police officers contribute to settlements and judgments in police misconduct cases, and the extent to which police department budgets are affected by litigation costs.

Gallagher has sued the City of Minneapolis in police misconduct cases.

Not exact matches

The settlement for James Owens is the largest from the city in an alleged police misconduct case.

A defense attorney says Nassau prosecutors are part of an attempted police cover - up, and told acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in a letter that letting his client's drug case go to trial would be «prosecutorial misconduct.»

«If the best settlements are those in which each side leaves unhappy, then it could be that Mr. Thompson has himself emerged a winner, if a battered one, near the end of the sort of polarizing police misconduct case that can define a district attorney's career.»

Brower, the spokesperson for James, said «In a case involving alleged police misconduct, Mark Green established that the Public Advocate has the capacity to sue, and we are grateful to him for that.»

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

«The outcome of the grand jury decisions in both of these cases demonstrates that it is unrealistic to expect district attorneys who rely upon local police to be absolutely impartial when investigating police misconduct,» she said.

A defense attorney says Nassau prosecutors are part of an attempted police cover - up, and told acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in a letter Thursday that letting his client's drug case go to trial would be «prosecutorial misconduct.»

Increasing the role of the CCRB would lead to greater consistency in reviewing misconduct cases, explained Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey, as there are numerous entities currently involved, including the Department of Investigation (DOI), Commission to Combat Police Corruption and NYPD.

Portraying those jockeying for position in a post-Stalin Soviet Union are: Steve Buscemi («Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer») as former Moscow Party Chairman Nikita Khrushchev; Simon Russell Beale («The Legend of Tarzan») as Lavrenti Beria, Stalin's stern Chief of Police; Michael Palin («Fierce Creatures») as Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Jason Isaacs («The Infiltrator») as Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov, and Jeffrey Tambor («The Accountant») who tackles the role of Stalin's neurotic deputy leader, Georgy Malenkov (in case you're wondering, The Death of Stalin was made before the allegations of sexual misconduct arose for Tambor).

Footage of police shootings was only released after investigations in misconduct cases.

Stevenson alternates chapters on the shocking miscarriage of justice in McMillian's case, including police and prosecutorial misconduct, with other startling cases.

Having earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1973 and his Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law in 1976, he has actively practiced law in New York since 1977 and is highly experienced in numerous areas of civil practice, including lead poisoning litigation, vehicular accidents, age and racial discrimination, police misconduct, brain injury cases, defective products, elevator accidents, insurance, complex commercial litigation, and nursing home abuse and neglect.

Finally, by clarifying that fee awards are available in cases of litigation misconduct or abusive serial litigation, Kirtsaeng may encourage district courts to use such awards to police their dockets for «copyright trolls» or to deter chronic infringers.

Part of a lawyer's role in defending a criminal case involving a guilty defendant is to perform the larger civic role of constantly monitoring the law enforcement system for police misconduct that incidentally benefits the client (and that is one reason why a court doesn't want to let a lawyer withdraw when the defendant is likely to be guilty but there are indications of police misconduct in the case).

Indeed, the Court accepted a broad interpretation of «giving of contradictory evidence» in section 51 of the Police Act to include disciplinary level misconduct rather than confining the exceptions to serious cases of perjury and contradictory evidence under sections 131 and 136 of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C - 46 (at para 37).

Led by well - known attorney Brian T. Dunn, The Cochran Firm attorneys pride themselves in standing up for the rights of people and families who have been wronged by the conduct of others, be it a personal injury or wrongful death matter, or a case arising out of police abuse or government misconduct.

His attorneys say he was framed by a retired Chicago Police detective who has since kept quiet about his alleged misconduct in multiple cases.

The proposed settlement in the federal lawsuit brought by James Kluppelberg marks the latest in a string of massive payouts by the city involving cases of alleged police misconduct.

The disassociation of the courts from police misconduct transcends society's interest in prosecuting a defendant for possessing some marihuana plants — conduct that was aggravated in this case by dishonest police testimony.

Lead counsel in case defending former Brighton Police Officer, Juston Henninger, against 3rd - Degree Assault, Harassment and Official Misconduct charges.

Jessica Orkin tells The Law Times about her recent Divisional Court victory in a case involving access to information concerning alleged police misconduct.