Sentences with phrase «jury report said»

The new information from these documents comes just two weeks after a Philadelphia grand jury report said the jurors had «no doubt» that Bevilacqua's «knowing and deliberate actions during his tenure as archbishop also endangered thousands of children in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.»

The grand jury report says that on October 15, 2007, Neill reported to an archdiocese victim assistance coordinator that Rev. Joseph J. Gallagher had repeatedly fondled him when he was a minor and served as an altar boy at St. Mark Parish in Bristol, Pennsylvania.

Not exact matches

Denton faces a judge and jury who are skeptical of, if not outright hostile to, his blog empire and philosophy of reporting the «story behind the story,» and some inside Gawker say that they expect the company to lose the case.

Finkelstein said there are several aspects of Cruz's life that could be raised to persuade a jury to spare his life, including an autism diagnosis that has been reported by people close to the shooter but not officially confirmed.

The grand jury report also said that Gallagher, though retired, still regularly assisted at St. Jerome and St. Timothy parishes in Philadelphia as well as St. Thomas Aquinas in Croyden, Pennsylvania.

Kline, who was not named in either the 2011 grand jury report or a 2005 grand jury report, retired in 1981 and has since passed away, said Finnegan's attorney, Marci Hamilton.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN)- The Catholic Church in Philadelphia will investigate as many as 37 priests identified in a grand jury report as remaining in «active ministry with credible allegations of child sexual abuse,» Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, said Wednesday.

NBC reports that the twelve jury members, seven women and five men, all «said they were either pro-choice or had no opinion» about abortion.

Booras asked the men if they could postpone their departures until near the end of the day after the jury foreman said there had been some progress since Thursday when jurors reported they were split 6 - 6.

But If the jury reports a deadlock once more, Caproni said she will not consider instructing the panel to keep deliberating.

Correction Officer Byron Taylor, 32, helped other officers cover up the true nature of Spear's death by coming up with a fake story that made Spear look like the instigator, filing false Use of Force reports with the Department of Correction and repeatedly lying to the Bronx District Attorney's Office, DOC investigators and a federal grand jury said.

Earlier in the week — shortly before The New York Times reported that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office was presenting evidence to a grand jury about Skelos» possible involvement in the contract deal — Flanagan said, «At this juncture in my career I obviously have significant experience, very well versed in a lot of aspects of state government, and I certainly am going to keep doing what I'm doing and use whatever skills I have to enhance the work that I do.

He also said it's likely there will be a grand jury report that could recommend legal and policy changes «that would improve the campaign finance system and election law enforcement.»

The Poughkeepsie Journal says the jury is still out on whether START - UP NY is worthwhile, and the program remains «somewhat of a mystery,» due to the delay in the release of a report due out April 1.

I could see issuing a grand jury report that says «by the way this system is asking for trouble,» but it is not the crux of what he does.»

«It has been reported that a Brooklyn grand jury has acted in this case,» the mayor said.

Newsday reported this month that Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas has empaneled a grand jury to investigate corruption in the town, several sources said.

Newsday has reported that sources said others in the indictment include Frank Antetomaso, 77, of Massapequa, the town's former public works commissioner; and Frederick Ippolito, the town's former planning and development commissioner who died this month at age 78, after the special grand jury's vote.

But even if there were sufficient evidence to charge the officer with a crime, which there is not, doing so would be «impossible,» the AG's report says, because Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove allowed the cop to testify before a grand jury regarding the shooting without waiving immunity.

«The only thing more appalling than the grand jury failing to secure an indictment of Daniel Pantaleo are the reports that show he is still collecting substantial overtime pay two years after Eric Garner's death,» Mark - Viverito said through a spokeswoman.

«The grand jury infers that this was an orchestrated effort to protect abusing clergy members from investigation, arrest and prosecution from civil authorities,» the report said.

«After deliberation on the evidence presented in this matter, the grand jury found that there was no reasonable cause to vote an indictment,» Mr. Donovan said in a statement released to the press, after four months of presenting evidence and more than an hour of news reports that Mr. Pantaleo would face prosecution.

The mayor's staff said they would not comment on reports about the grand jury, though they said they said he would head to Staten Island this afternoon.

The reporting in The Buffalo News is going to the jury pool,» Arcara said.

The mayor spoke to investigators without immunity — no deal — but sources said with no plans to go before a grand jury, 1010 WINS» Juliet Papa reported.

«There are states that have grand juries designed specifically to conduct an investigation and write a report, but you don't get that at the federal level, so it's either indict or you don't hear about the case again,» he said.

A report on Friday said that Donovan did not offer the grand jury the opportunity to consider a lesser charge of reckless endangerment, angering some.

Although the report proved controversial to law enforcement authorities, Gates said it was important to show that the evidence recommended to juries represent the state of the science.

The jury remains out The natural gas industry, represented by the American Gas Association, says the reported lost and unaccounted for percentages should not be used as a proxy for leaks.

In its report, the grand jury also criticized former Superintendent of Schools Walter L. Marks for utilizing «unsound management practices and unjustified budgeting techniques» to advance reform programs that the ju0 rors said the district could not afford.

The Miami - Dade County Board of Education agrees with the grand jury report and is currently exploring a recommendation to sue the state if the legislature does not provide adequate funding, Carvalho said.

«The jury's still out,» he said, and called instead for a report from the National Academy of Sciences.

A report from the UK says juries are reasonably fair, report's Slaw's Simon Fodden, but adds that they usually don't understand the judge's instructions.

That's the question, as reported by New Hampshire's Laconia Citizen, which says that the defense attorney representing a convicted rapist is trying to convince the court that his client's right to a fair trial was compromised by comments made by a jury member on a personal blog.

«The recent Iacobucci report for the Ministry of Attorney General on flaws in the jury system with respect to aboriginal participation and the fact the aboriginal peoples are vastly overrepresented in our male and female prisons... show that native communities need much more control over their justice systems to prevent some terrible ongoing injustices,» says McRobert.

Even as the Arkansas story broke, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that defense lawyers for former Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent J. Fumo moved to halt jury deliberations in his trial on federal corruption charges, contending that a juror posted messages to Twitter and Facebook, including one that said, «Stay tuned for a big announcement on Monday everyone!»

So says a fascinating new Boston Bar Association report, Jury Trial Trends in Massachusetts: The Need to Ensure Jury Trial Competency among Practicing Attorneys as a Result of the Vanishing Jury Trial Phenomenon.

All the jury reports is «yes» and «no» to questions of fact (with some reference to existing law): they do not report, at least in any official way «we interpret the law as saying X».

A Georgetown University Law Center professor said plaintiffs» lawyer Mark Lanier committed a «very serious violation» of legal ethics when he misleadingly told a jury his expert witnesses were unpaid, Law360 reports....

Finkelstein said there are several aspects of Cruz's life that could be raised to persuade a jury to spare his life, including an autism diagnosis that has been reported by people close to the shooter but not officially confirmed.