Sentences with phrase «new civil forfeiture»
Another biggie: Certain public officials who commit crimes related to their public offices may have their pensions reduced or forfeited in a new civil forfeiture proceeding brought by the attorney general or the prosecutor who handled the conviction of the official.
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In addition to the 37 month prison sentence, Gallagher was sentenced to 2 years supervised release, $ 125,000 in civil forfeiture and $ 125,000 in restitution to the City School District of New Rochelle.
The county legislature has passed a new law that provides for civil forfeiture in misdemeanor drug cases.
She has represented numerous individuals in both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in both criminal and civil matters and has experience in all phases of the litigation process in white collar and federal criminal matters, as well as government and internal investigations, including pre-indictment advocacy, grand jury investigations, complex bail proceedings, pretrial motions, motions in limine, jury selection, trials, sentencing, restitution, forfeiture, and other post-conviction proceedings.
A new report by the Canadian Constitution Foundation and Institute for Liberal Studies says the civil forfeiture laws are cash grabs for provincial governments, which have collected millions of dollars in assets as proceeds of crime.
To date, civil forfeiture statutes have been enacted in the following eight Canadian provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
Topics that will be covered include civil forfeiture proceedings and charter violations; police - issued process and warrants; expert evidence in drug cases; bail reviews; video testimony; recanting witnesses; pre-trial credit, victim fine surcharges; mandatory minimums; bail reviews; new issues in drinking and driving laws and pardons.
Just as Justice Breyer has spent the past few years trying to set up the pins to knock down the death penalty, Thomas is trying to get the elements together to allow a sweeping new rule on civil forfeiture.