Sentences with phrase «later on a technicality»

Miller's conviction was overturned years later on a technicality and he became a potent Albany lobbyist, feasting on his ties to Silver's Assembly.

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Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

The officer was charged with manslaughter, but the case was later thrown out on a technicality.

As keeping with horror remake month and the rules set out by the Insomniac Movie Theater blog that all movies must be on Netflix Instant, late - night television, or from my personal collection, I got to rewatch one of the all - time great horror movies on a technicality.

When evidence of actual innocence is uncovered later on, courts may find technicalities to refuse to consider it; to refuse to consider the truth that a mistake was made.

The insurance company later prevailed based on several technicalities in 2011, including a failure by the defendants to file a claim within the statute of limitations.