Sentences with phrase «judge and jury when»

Boyle suggests that if a CO is responsible for order and discipline in general then he would not be able to provide the required impartiality and independence to act as judge and jury when dealing with summary matters.

It is perhaps not surprising that, as Welsh NHS bodies are effectively defendant, judge and jury when investigating incidents where patients have suffered harm, there has been little change in culture despite the best intentions of the Welsh Government when the regulations were introduced.»

Inspection teams lack expertise in the subject / age range they inspect; are unreliable in their inspection judgements; and are unaccountable — without external validation, Ofsted is its own judge and jury when it comes to quality control of its operations.

Like ALL employees (in both the public and private sectors), there's nothing unusual about your boss being both the judge AND jury when it comes to disciplining employees.

Not exact matches

Judges and juries end up having to apply such principles, among others, when discrimination cases reach court.

School administrators, who often play the roles of juries and judges when it comes to determining whether sexual assault took place, are ill - equipped to do so: «There's a competency gap here.»

One of the most inspiring parts of the day was during judging of the student awards, when the jury called in the top contenders — students from Brigham Young University in Utah and Filmakademie Baden - Wurttemberg in Germany.

The teaching of purity does not make any human being the judge and jury over others, nor does Deuteronomy, despite what this passage sounds like when you carve it out of the book.

When he was tried in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy, I judged him guilty long before the jury had, and when Judge Bob Potter gave him 45 years in prison and a half - million - dollar fine, my instinctive reaction was, good, he deservedWhen he was tried in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy, I judged him guilty long before the jury had, and when Judge Bob Potter gave him 45 years in prison and a half - million - dollar fine, my instinctive reaction was, good, he deservedwhen Judge Bob Potter gave him 45 years in prison and a half - million - dollar fine, my instinctive reaction was, good, he deserved it.

How could McLain have gotten a fair trial, Levine asked, when the judge had allowed jurors to stand in the jury box, eating food and drinking coffee during testimony?

«I then did what a federal judge does when a jury is deadlocked and issued an Alan charge trying to get them to move on their positions.

Earlier this week a judge ruled that a veil - wearing woman could be forced to remove the veil in front of himself and the jury when giving evidence, but that she could remain covered for the rest of the trial.

When we connect this with well known facts that West armed «rebels» with links with Al Qaeda, and that West wants to be judge, jury and executioner without even trying to prove what happened if anything happened at all, it becomes clear who created this whole mess and who constantly pushes whole world towards WW3 and nuclear Armageddon.

Note that there is no relationship (at least legally) between the death penalty and use of weapons by police force; even in countries with death penalty police follows the same Rules of Engagement (use weapon as self - defense or when other people are in danger), death penalty is stablished by a jury or judge (police is a law enforcement agency, sentences are issued by judges or juries)

The Westchester and suburban New York City connections were underscored on Monday during the day - long jury selection process, when Judge Vincent Briccetti provided a long list of names that may come up during the trial.

Gary Gordon, who is not related to Jim Gordon, was in state Supreme Court Friday when the grand jury indictments were handed up to Supreme Court Justice Raymond Elliott, and his lawyer told the judge he was ready to turn himself in.

The judge took a moment to remind the jury that's not illegal, and no one is accused of wrongdoing when it comes to donating to a campaign.

When it comes to making decisions about innocence and guilt, the human brain acts as both judge and jury.

When a scientist's knowledge is used to help lawyers, juries, and judges understand the results of scientific tests, the scientist becomes a forensic scientist.

Based on the famous comic book character who debuted in 1977, this law enforcer (now played by Karl Urban) acts as judge, jury, and executioner when unleashing justice.

When two of us on the 2004 Turner prize jury wanted David Shrigley on the shortlist, the other judges shook their heads and laughed.

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When I began my own career as a district court judge, I made it a point to meet with every jury in any case I tried so that I could answer their questions and get their impressions on the trial process and their role as a jury.

Blatchford's style for many years has been incisive, descriptive, graphic, and often ruthless when she (more often than not) reaches the conclusion (usually well in advance of the trial judge or jury) that your client is a fiendish monster.

Judges, juries, and defendants should know when outside funding is involved in the case.

Personal injury damages are influenced by a number of factors considered by juries and judges when determining the amount of the award in each case.

Even when an injured person is being totally honest, posting Facebook photos at his or her best time can be very misleading and can give a Judge or Jury the wrong impression.

One issue that insurance adjusters, defense lawyers, judges and juries might consider when deciding on the value of medical expenses is the source of referral.

The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge's only errors were in the wording of the question to the jury regarding causation, and that the trial judge stated he did not have jurisdiction to poll the jury when he did.

But far too many lawyers misuse common words, thinking they have some legal meaning when they do not, and wind up only confusing and annoying readers, including other lawyers, judges, and juries.

When we go before a judge and jury, it will be to deliver your story as it happened and what you've been through since.

(4) Where an accused alleges that he believed that the complainant consented to the conduct that is the subject - matter of the charge, a judge, if satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and that, if believed by the jury, the evidence would constitute a defense, shall instruct the jury, when reviewing all the evidence relating to the determination of the honesty of the accused's belief, to consider the presence or absence of reasonable grounds for that belief.

This is especially helpful in court when trying to convince the judge and jury.

But when these claims are filed, our employment attorneys have the experience necessary to defend such claims, as they have handled thousands of matters before judges, juries, arbitrators and government agencies, including numerous cases that have expanded the scope of employer rights.

When a person considers the court process, it is common for them to envision it in the traditional sense of judge, jury and trials.

After all of the evidence has been called and the lawyers have presented their arguments, the judge instructs the jury on the law and advises them on what must be taken into account when making their decision.

Otherwise, the judge and jury's decisionmaking process may well be overshadowed by the ill feeling they have in the pit of their stomach when considering the words and messages of an offensively overbearing lawyer.

When you are involved in a divorce or family law matter, you can take your difference to a judge and jury and ask someone else to make a decision about child custody and visitation, child support, alimony and the division of marital property.

Reasons included (1) judges «grade on a curve» and, after sitting through 20 cases involving violent crimes, might not find a more minor crime as serious whereas a jury would not share this context; (2) defendants will select those judges who they believe will be more inclined to acquit; (3) judges are bound by fixed sentencing rules so rather than sentence a defendant of a nonserious crime to a lengthy term they avoid that dilemma through acquittal; (4) judges might better understand the complex elements of certain corporate crimes and, unlike a jury, would recognize when the prosecution failed to carry its burden and (5) some judges may just have something against prosecutors.

This is obviously a power of tremendous consequence which should be exercised for the most stringent of reasons, which is just what Macon County Judge Dale Segrest did when he overruled a jury and sentenced 19 year old Bobby Waldrop, white, to death because, quote, «If I had not imposed the death sentence, I would have sentenced three black people to death and no white people.»

Bloggers are free to report on other trials, in which they're not jurors, but they shouldn't attempt to be both judge and witness when called for jury duty.

And the CA has now compounded the problem by stating, when one removes all the negatives, that a jury or judge acting properly COULD convict on the totality of the new evidence.

Some individuals with the disorder are not fit to plead their case in court and this is when psychological reports are needed to clarify with both, the judge and jury, that this is indeed the case.

Often, when a verdict is rendered in lieu of a settlement, the losing party will have to pay out considerably more money than in a settlement — because trials are expensive, and costs for putting on the trial, paying for the judge, the court reporter, the jury members» per diem, the bailiff and others, can mean even more financial pain.

Most issues can be resolved either by counsel persuading the judge to leave the questions unasked, or by agreeing that counsel, who has forgotten to ask the question, may do so when the jury and the witness return.»

And in his Ring concurrence, Justice Scalia chides Justice Breyer by saying that «unfortunately this case has nothing to do with sentencing» Plus, Scalia makes it crystal clear in Ring that he believes that Apprendi gave no role to juries in sentencing, as opposed to a role in convicting or acquitting of crimes, when he went out of his way to say that states who leave the ultimate life and death decision to judges may continue to do And in his Ring concurrence, Justice Scalia chides Justice Breyer by saying that «unfortunately this case has nothing to do with sentencing» Plus, Scalia makes it crystal clear in Ring that he believes that Apprendi gave no role to juries in sentencing, as opposed to a role in convicting or acquitting of crimes, when he went out of his way to say that states who leave the ultimate life and death decision to judges may continue to do and death decision to judges may continue to do so.

Our law firm has no peer when it comes to in - depth investigation, thorough case preparation, negotiations with opposing counsel and persuasive presentations before judge and jury.

So construed question of law would include (without attempting anything like an exhaustive definition which would be impossible) questions touching the scope, effect or application of a rule of law which the courts apply in determining the rights of parties; and by long usage, the term question of law has come to be applied to questions which, when arising at a trial by a judge and jury, would fall exclusively to the judge for determination.»

When considering this second element, the judge and jury are required to weigh the potential risk for serious personal injury against the cost of taking steps to avoid it.

When judges ask for «critique» of a draft jury instruction, they expect and get extremely respectful responses.