Sentences with phrase «many guilty defendants»

God the Father is the judge, we are the guilty defendants, and Jesus is our lawyer.

But our system remains fundamentally imbalanced when we expose innocent - until - proven - guilty defendants to reputational suicide while according complainants, whose allegations have not yet been tested in court, with the veil of anonymity.

Part of a lawyer's role in defending a criminal case involving a guilty defendant is to perform the larger civic role of constantly monitoring the law enforcement system for police misconduct that incidentally benefits the client (and that is one reason why a court doesn't want to let a lawyer withdraw when the defendant is likely to be guilty but there are indications of police misconduct in the case).

After the immense criticism which has accompanied the charge on guilty defendants and the finding that it is not generating as much...

And, of course, a guilty defendant can appeal, at least for a little while.

That wouldn't protect guilty defendants from actual small harms spread over huge numbers of plaintiffs, but it would provide some shield from those bring claims grounded in seemingly deliberate ignorance.

• Announced the verdict of the guilty defendants.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK, April 17 - The judge overseeing the $ 1 billion fraud case of defunct New York hedge fund firm Platinum Partners has ordered a separate trial for a defendant planning to argue that Platinum Chief Investment Officer Mark Nordlicht and other defendants were guilty as charged.

NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters)- The judge overseeing the $ 1 billion fraud case of defunct New York hedge fund firm Platinum Partners has ordered a separate trial for a defendant planning to argue that Platinum Chief Investment Officer Mark Nordlicht and other defendants were guilty as charged.

The night after they obtained a guilty verdict against one defendant, in 2011, prosecutors and their staff spent a total of $ 763.80 for dinner at a country club (divided by the 18 individuals present, that comes out to $ 42.39 each).

The charges and allegations contained in an indictment or complaint are merely accusations, and the defendants are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty, the DOJ noted.

Once a judge allows someone to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, prosecutors must convince the jury the defendant was sane.

Federal law splits capital death penalty cases into two separate phases: the first determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the second - if found guilty - determining their sentence.

This Feb 4, 2015, file courtroom sketch, shows defendant Ross William Ulbricht as the deputy recites the word «guilty» multiple times during Ubricht's trial in New York.

In returning its verdict Thursday afternoon on the sixth day of deliberations, the Superior Court jury also pronounced Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of assault with a firearm, finding credence in defense attorneys» argument that the shot that ricocheted off the concrete ground before piercing Steinle's heart was an accident, with the gun discharging after the defendant stumbled upon it on the waterfront on July 1, 2015.

Where does God say that his commands are ONLY to be carried out if a CIVIL COURT rules the defendants were guilty?

If found guilty, defendants can expect the death penalty.

My father wondered how a local jury could give the defendants a fair hearing when they had already been declared guilty by the local paper.

But we jurors may have only those portions of it which the attorneys and the judge decide we must know in order to decide whether the defendant is guilty of the specific charge against him — no more, no less, and very little other, however interesting and important it might be.

The defendant is presumed innocent until he is proved guilty.

Church members suggested that the defendants had been coerced into entering a guilty plea.

The dressing down was completely separate from that, and I'd bet he would still have given the dressing down if he'd found the defendant guilty.

CNN: Priest's guilty plea throws wrinkle into Philadelphia sexual abuse trial Attorneys in the child sexual abuse and conspiracy trial of two Philadelphia priests debated Monday over which potential witnesses jurors would be allowed to hear regarding a third defendant who pleaded guilty to molesting boys just days before opening remarks.

If the clergyman's evidence would help to convict a defendant the court considered obviously guilty, he was compelled to testify.

Where defendant, manufacturer of a sauce similar to plaintiff's, copied the printed matter on plaintiff's bottle and carton and adopted a bottle and carton of the same size and shape as plaintiff's, he was guilty of unfair competition, although certain differences between the bottles could be discovered when the two were placed side by side.

I don't think it's right that in cases like Adam Johnson's, the defendant should be named before he or she has been found guilty.

How many people on here have already decided Volkan is guilty based on almost zero evidence other than the defendant's claims.

If jurors find a defendant guilty of murder, they can take testimony about postpartum issues into consideration during the trial's punishment phase.

Of the 150 cases before magistrates courts so far, the majority of defendants were remanded in custody despite pleaded guilty to relatively minor offences.

Both the first defendant, Nwosu, and third defendant, Bashir pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read to them.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case alleging the bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects was scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon and begin cooperating with the government.

All eight defendants were reported to have entered not guilty pleas today.

The three defendants have pleaded not guilty and, through attorneys or spokesmen, declined to comment or didn't return calls and emails for this story.

Singh agreed to cooperate against the defendants when pleading guilty to bribing Edward Mangano and Venditto and trying to bribe New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who wasn't charged.

All three defendants in a trial involving members of a North Tonawanda motorcycle club have been found guilty of charges relating to two murders in 2014.

He has pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio and the defendants in the case.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case involving the alleged bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects pled guilty Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with the government.

The charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

After Turaki pleaded not guilty to the 32 counts on Tuesday, Justice Dimgba said he was inclined to granting bail to the ex-governor «in deference» to the earlier bail granted the defendant by Justice Halilu of the FCT High Court.

One option is for the defendants to settle for a quick fix guilty plea in the absence of any advice.

Brooks and the five remaining defendants were found not guilty.

«When we consider the defective jury charge together with these arguments and the lack of instruction cautioning the jury that a meeting is not official action, we can not conclude beyond a reasonable doubt «that a rational jury would have found the defendant [s] guilty absent the error.

«However, the defendants» contributions are highly probative evidence of the genesis and evolution» of relationships between alleged co-conspirator Joe Percoco, a former top Cuomo aide, and lobbyist Todd Howe, who has already pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government, Kim added.

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty; after which they were admitted to bail in the sum of N200, 000 each, with one surety each in like sum.

The defendants all have pleaded not guilty and have said the payments to Percoco were perfectly legal while he was working as a private consultant.

«In addition to the money being paid back, I hope the defendant pleading guilty brings justice to those affected by his crimes.»

A jury found the defendant guilty of Murder in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree for his role in the murder of an Anchor Bar employee.

«One of the really scary parts with this defendant is that the initial crimes for which he was incarcerated and pled guilty to are significant in and of themselves,» Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen said.