Sentences with phrase «justice cases such»

Michael Mansfield QC who acted in landmark miscarriage of justice cases such as the Birmingham Six, the Bridgewater Four and the Cardiff Three also acted for Stock in two appeals.

Not exact matches

To avoid such a danger, the Justice Department creates a «taint team» of lawyers not involved in the case to review records and decide which ones shouldn't be seen by prosecutors on the case.

In the first such criminal case targeting Russia, the Department of Justice is charging a pair of Russian spies with directing the 2014 attack on Yahoo.

Source code is sometimes inspected during lawsuits over intellectual property, and the Justice Department noted that Apple won permission to review some of rival Samsung's code in one such case.

Elliott served the South Korean justice ministry a notice of intent in mid-April seeking arbitration of the dispute, the official said, a step before filing with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a forum to resolve such cases.

FBI agents on the case expected that Petraeus would be asked to resign immediately rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence secrets to foreign intelligence agencies or criminals... [T] he FBI, Justice Department, and the White House held off on asking for Petraeus» resignation until after the election... FBI agents on the case were aware that such a decision had been made to hold off on forcing him out until after the election and were outraged.

The case is the most important antitrust case since those that led to the breaking up of AT&T, completed in 1984, and the Department of Justice's attempt to block Microsoft from using its Windows operating system to monopolize software such as Web browsers on computers.

Again, the court's errors in such cases are difficult to correct, whereas leaving decisions to various legislatures allows for varying solutions and ongoing debate: states can serve as «laboratories of experiment,» in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis.

Woodson has now filed a report with local police, but officials say that the statute of limitations has now passed, saying, «We are unable to investigate and seek justice to the full extent of what would we normally would in such a case.»

In such a case he must present his view in a way that does justice to the ecclesial importance of his opinion, to the continuation of his dialogue with the magisterium und also to his respect for the latter's teaching.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Nevertheless, in some cases — and for various reasons — the more statist members of the Supreme Court are sometimes able to convince other justices to obtain such outcomes as those deplored above.

Citing examples of Christian mothers who were instrumental in the abolition of slavery and the passage of laws against child labor, she makes a strong case that virtues such as compassion and creativity that are «refined in the practice of motherhood can and should be used in other arenas to bring God's love, peace, mercy and justice to the world.»

The conservative justices fall back on this well - worn staple of conservative jurisprudence: that the «right» here can not be found in the text of the Constitution or in any «tradition» marked in the accumulation of cases over the years; and so the Constitution itself can not be the source of any such right that the judges have the authority to pronounce.

An unjust state does not reflect on the justice or injustice of the citizen in the case where that citizen participates in a limited way, such as rending unto Caesar that which is Caesar's (pay Caesar taxes even if he's going to use those taxes to kill innocent people and commit other injustices), and rending unto God that which is God's (which is all of the important stuff).

Under the test, first proposed by Supreme Court Justice Sandra O'Connor in a 1984 case from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, a display violates the Establishment Clause if it amounts to an official endorsement of religion, that is, if it suggests that the government approves a particular religious message (or disapproves such a message, though that issue does not regularly arise).

Although «secular humanism» is a term used most frequently by Protestant Fundamentalists, it was Justice Hugo Black» in delivering the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in a 1961 case, Torcaso v. Watkins» who distinguished between «religions based on a belief in the existence of God» and «religions founded on different beliefs,» such as «Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism, and others.»

In the case of blasphemy, a person is not only denying who God says He is, but mocking His character and attributes, such as unconditional love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, and justice.

The Philadelphia scandal could open a historic chapter in the abuse crisis, church watchers say, changing the way the American criminal justice system deals with such alleged cases.

With respect to such questions, I expect that a Justice Gorsuch would agree — perhaps a bit less pungently, in some cases, but no less eloquently — with the late Justice Scalia.

The only thing preventing such a practice is long - standing tradition that weighs against participating in cases that were argued before a different set of justices.

He added: «I refer to numerous cases on which no action is taken such as the arson at the Central Medical Stores in early 2015 in which over four million Pounds worth of UK funded medical supplies were destroyed of which nobody, at least, yet has faced justice.

Just look at high profile cases such as when respect for precedent pushed Justice Rehnquist to defend Miranda rights, an anathema to the conservative movement from which he came.

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.

«The NPP didn't think deep before making such statement; they know Justice Apau and so they should not have blamed the judge and the NDC on this drillship case.

«(The Times is) not recognizing, necessarily, the steps that he has to carefully go through to bring together evidence in a very high - profile case such as this and that speed isn't always the best thing for any of the parties in terms of seeking justice,» said Vacco.

All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice.

Currently, those rights are limited, but the Environmental Access to Justice Act would allow individuals to be litigants in such cases.

Even with the recent slipshod handling of some recent cases such as those of Justice Ademola, Madam Patience Jonathan and others which the EFCC appeared to have bungled, the Ikoyi cash haul elevates Magu's commission to an all time higher pedestal as it further stamps the belief that the nation sits precariously over hidden looted funds.

«I would conclude by stating categorically and without any equivocation that ANY link whatsoever with Mr. President, or any court case or cases, of my personal gift from my personal resources delivered to Justice Niyi Ademola by myself on that occasion or any suggestion whatsoever that it was anything but such a gift or that it ever came from Mr. President or at his instance or that I was acting, under any circumstances, on his behalf is most malicious, utterly ridiculous and in very poor and revolting taste and most undeserving of any further comments.»

Justice Baah therefore charged the Electoral Commission to work on a statutory definition of over-voting ahead of the 2020 general elections, to assist the Court in expeditious handling of such cases, and also urged it to train its workers well in election conduct and management.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an appliJustice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an appliJustice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applijustice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applijustice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applijustice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

For more information or if someone needs help in such a case, they can learn more from the Family Justice Center of Erie County at http://www.fjcsafe.org/

There's still plenty to disagree on: Criminal justice reforms being pushed for in the wake of the Eric Garner case remain a sticky wicket for state lawmakers and Cuomo, as does expiring measures such as rent control and mayoral control of New York City schools.

Assembly Democrats, meanwhile, are already raising long - sought criminal justice issues such as overhauling the discovery process in criminal cases.

The NYC Council is set to introduce a package of bills that would broadly reshape the way the city handles low - level offenses such as public urination and drinking alcohol in public, in some cases removing them from the criminal justice system.

In the way the city's criminal justice coordinator works to set and develop policy, so would the civil justice coordinator — and Mr. Levine said his goal would be scaling up to a universal right to counsel in cases that could be potentially life - altering, such as eviction, custody matters, and deportation hearings.

Ms Blacklaws warned cases such as Baby P «may become commonplace» if the government doesn't put more resources into the family justice system.

Catholic Health has agreed to a large settlement with the U.S. Justice Department in a whistleblower lawsuit over billing practices in such government health programs as Medicare and Medicaid, according to two sources with knowledge of the case.

In the Democratic - led Assembly, meanwhile, criminal justice concerns include a focus on reform efforts, such as moving criminal cases involving 16 and 17 year olds to juvenile court, a measure that has stalled at the Capitol.

Cases such as these highlight the inconsistencies and complexities of the justice system in this area.

Their views on such matters as conviction rates and plea bargains reveal that Mr. Laquidara, who also has the Working Families Party and Green Party lines, has the right sensibility: He recognizes the need for aggressive prosecution of repeat offenders and those accused of violent crimes, but he also sees the need to exercise discretion in certain other cases, balancing justice with the office's limited resources and the need to prevent case backlogs.

«I would conclude by stating categorically and without any equivocation that ANY link whatsoever with Mr. President, or any court case or cases, of my personal gift from my personal resources delivered to Justice Niyi Ademola by myself on that occasion or any suggestion whatsoever that it was anything but such a gift or that it ever came from Mr President or at his instance or that I was acting, under any circumstances, on his behalf is most malicious, utterly ridiculous and in very very poor and revolting taste and most undeserving of any further comments.»

He refused to jab back at the governor for calling out the judiciary in such a public fashion (which sort of reminded me of President Obama's verbal slap at the US Supreme Court justices at last year's State of the Union address over the Citizens United case).

By doing so the Supreme Court has sent a clear message to the public and the Electoral Commission that electoral matters are so important that they will ignore even grave technical slips and do substantial justice in such cases.

He lamented the slow pace of the justice system in handling corruption cases, noting that such development is affecting the crusade.

Supreme Court justices serve 14 - year terms, are paid $ 136,700 annually and preside over trial courts handling civil cases, such as negligence, personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability.

Steve Justice, TTSA's aerospace division director and former Lockheed Martin engineer who worked on advanced top secret aircraft for the latter company's storied «Skunk Works» division, speculates that in both cases such incredible feats of flight could be due to the objects possessing some sort of warp drive.

With cases of such importance, it's always a good idea to be reminded every now and then as to how things can go wrong, and justice means that just because a person is guilty of SOMETHING, doesn't mean that it's okay for the State frame them for something

MAIN JUSTICE STUDIO: CBS Television Studios / Jerry Bruckheimer Television TEAM: Sascha Penn (w, ep), Jerry Bruckheimer (ep), Jonathan Littman (ep), KristieAnne Reed (ep), Eric Holder (ep), David Semel (d, ep), Sunil Nayar (ep, sr) LOGLINE: In the tumultuous world of the 5th floor of the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney General takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country — all while being the youngest person to ever hold such an esteemed poJUSTICE STUDIO: CBS Television Studios / Jerry Bruckheimer Television TEAM: Sascha Penn (w, ep), Jerry Bruckheimer (ep), Jonathan Littman (ep), KristieAnne Reed (ep), Eric Holder (ep), David Semel (d, ep), Sunil Nayar (ep, sr) LOGLINE: In the tumultuous world of the 5th floor of the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney General takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country — all while being the youngest person to ever hold such an esteemed poJustice, the U.S. Attorney General takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country — all while being the youngest person to ever hold such an esteemed position.