Sentences with phrase «judges over sentencing»

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A Belgian judge today sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris, to 20 years in prison over a shootout with police in Brussels in 2016.

A judge can lecture a convicted criminal at the time of sentencing, but punishment begins not with a verbal admonishment but when the convict is handed over to the jailer.

A federal judge denied former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh's motion for a new trial, and ordered him to report to prison in October to begin serving a two - year sentence for illegally pocketing over $ 200,000 in salary and overtime in his job as a lieutenant in the county sheriff's department.

«I hope the sentence I'm going to impose on you will make the next politician hesitate just long enough before taking a bribe or a kickback, for his better angels to take over,» Manhattan U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni told the ashen - faced former Albany power broker.

In May 2016, Judge Kimba Wood, who presided over their trial, sentenced Dean and Adam to 5 and 6 1/2 years behind bars, respectively.

Despite earlier concerns over whether Sharpe, a former prosecutor, would be fair and objective in his sentencing, Bruno said he believed the judge had done so.

The judge presiding over the sentencing in an international criminal court near The Hague said Mr. Taylor had been found guilty of «aiding and abetting, as well as planning, some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history» and that the lengthy prison term underscored his position at the top of government during that period.

Another judge, Valerie E. Caproni, who presided over Mr. Silver's trial, had already set that time and date for his sentencing.

SILVER was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni who also presided over the five - week jury trial.

Lord Taylor of Warwick has become the first peer to be jailed over the parliamentary expenses scandal after a judge sentenced him to 12 months in prison on Tuesday for claiming more than # 11,000 in false travel and overnight subsistence allowances.

Several African - American members of the City Council ripped into Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson and Judge Danny Chun over the sentencing of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang — who avoided jail time for the 2014 killing of black Brooklynite Akai Gurley.

A federal judge Tuesday denied former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh's motion for a new trial, and ordered him to report to prison in October to begin serving a two - year sentence for illegally pocketing over $ 200,000 in salary and overtime in his job as a lieutenant in the county sheriff's department.

The Con Air actor is set to play Judge Edward Cowert, who presided over Bundy's trial in 1979 and sentenced him to death.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter presides over the sentencing of former Atlanta public school educators convicted of inflating students» scores on state tests.

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He went outside and shot it.Fortunately for Nicki Jo, a 2 1/2 - year - old collie - cocker spaniel mix, she has recovered from the BB gun wound in her shoulder.On Wednesday, Circuit Judge Dwight Geiger sentenced Komara to work 100 hours at the Animal Rescue League, make a $ 3,000 donation, pay $ 124 in veterinary bills and serve 18 months» probation.The sentence came despite psychiatrist Richard Penick's testimony that Komara was «driven» to the shooting «by over 18 months of almost continuous, mind - boggling yapping of an unattended dog, which made it impossible to eat a quiet meal at home or to watch a ball game.

Roger Mills, 50, of 40 Charles St., was sentenced to pay $ 5,705 in restitution to the Humane Society of Washington County over a three - year period and serve a suspended jail term of 75 days by Judge R. Noel Spence.

The Des Moines Register (via the Sentencing Law and Policy blog and ABA Journal) has the story of the clash between U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose and prosecutors in the Southern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney's Office over sentencing in several crimiSentencing Law and Policy blog and ABA Journal) has the story of the clash between U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose and prosecutors in the Southern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney's Office over sentencing in several crimisentencing in several criminal cases.

As noted in this post, today Sixth Circuit panels in two cases split over whether district judges had sentenced reasonably in two drug cases.

If your breath sample readings are over double the legal limit (if you blow 160 or higher), it is considered an aggravating factor and a judge has to consider that when crafting an appropriate sentence.

Any point total over 44 points means that a state prison sentence must be imposed unless the prosecutors agree or the judge chooses to depart below the mandatory prison term as called for by legal guidelines.

With the public outrage, Judge Baugh saw what a foolish thing he had done with this sentence and decided to «do it over.»

Last June, a judge of the Saskatoon Court of the Queen's Bench handed out a suspended sentence to Seamus John Neary after he was convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking and trafficking over 20 pounds of cannabis.

The Montana Supreme Court got it right when it ordered Judge Baugh to cancel the «do over» hearing and allow the sentence to stand until a proper appeal can be taken.

He served as a judge for the Southern District of New York from 1994 through 2010, and presided over cases involving, for example, Megan's Law, the Million Youth March, Al Franken's use of the phrase «Fair and Balanced» in the title of a book, the Naked Cowboy, the Google Books settlement, the United Nations Oil for Food Program, an Afghan warlord charged with conspiring to import heroin, and the guilty plea and sentencing of financier Bernard L. Madoff.

Given that the military judge presiding over the trial, Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, had already decided to credit the former driver for Osama bin Laden for the 61 months he has already been held, the sentence means he could finish serving his time in just five months — a far cry from the 30 - year sentence sought by prosecutors.

In fact, Justice Stevens in footnote 16 of his dissent in Booker quotes Senator Hatch, who says that «the game is over for judges,» and he is «sick» of «softhearted judges» who would try to sentence someone in any other manner that what Congress would mandate.

The American criminal justice system is far from being sufficiently enlightened, starting by too many presumed - innocent people caged without bond pending sentencing, moving to Virginia's crabbed criminal discovery system, continuing to Virginia's system that allows prosecutors to scare defendants to plead guilty by their refusal to waive a jury that in many instances and locations can mean more racist jurors than judges on top of the jurors often being more wild cards than judges for sentencing, continuing to the many judges who choose judicial efficiency over a fair trial, continuing to the brutal capital punishment system, cntinuing to excessive mandatory minimum and guideline sentencing, and continuing to the slew of innocent convicted people (many of whom plead gulilty rather than risking a worse fate), and continuing to frequently excessive sentences and excessive probation violation sentences.

The death sentence was upheld by Arizona state courts and a federal trial court, but when the case reached the U.S. Appellate Court for the Ninth Circuit, the judges sided with Hurles 2 to 1, remanding the case to a lower court to review Judge Hilliard's actions and determine if she presided over the case fairly.

The judge presiding over your criminal sentencing hearing must consider any and all mitigating and aggravating factors that are presented.

Federal prosecutors took over the case, and a judge sentenced Moore to serve nearly 2 1/2 years in prison for traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor in July 2002....

The judges decided not to have the entire federal appeals court in Manhattan hear the appeal of lawyer Lynne Stewart's sentence of a little over two years in prison.

The sentence was more than five years under the sentencing range outlined in the federal sentencing guidelines, but over Dubina's dissent, two other judges affirmed the seven - year term.

One of the residents, so to speak, of that graveyard is Hugh Richardson, the judge who presided over the trial of Louis Riel and pronounced the death sentence.

Over the course of three separate days of legal argument, comprising more than 4 months, Vancouver Criminal Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan persuaded provincial court judge to allow Client to serve sentence in the community with strict supervision, including the wearing of an electronic monitoring bracelet.

Sir Igor Judge, President of the Queen's Bench Division, has defended court judges criticised for imposing «unduly lenient» sentences as newly released statistics showed sentences were increased in just over 100 out of about 80,000 cases dealt with by the crown court last year.

Our Government regularly complains about activist out - of - touch judges meddling into Parliament's bailiwick by tossing out mandatory minimum sentences or invalidating Criminal Code amendments, yet over a decade in power it is that same Conservative Government that has appointed every Superior Court judge across the country.

As I commented last year, Rafferty was referred to as a «monster» even by the judge presiding over his sentencing for his horrific murder of Tori Stafford.

She talked about an Israeli study that found that in over 1,000 parole hearings, the primary factor in parolees getting shorter sentences was how recently the judge had had a snack.

And these built - in delays are BEFORE you are likely to get two sentences plus a pile of paperwork to hand the judge, and then your «hearing» is over.

And this is AFTER you were already probably going to get 2 sentences and a stack of paperwork to hand the judge and then your hearing was over.