Sentences with phrase «of criminal charges for»

The result is a new set of criminal charges for contempt of court.

Far from trying to «silence the alleged victims or suppress the investigation of non-consensual acts», I'd much rather that they be talking to the police, and that the police be investigating the alleged acts (using the considerable tools at their disposal — including the threat of criminal charges for those making false allegations — to get to the truth), then to have this drama play out in private discussions between the complainants and the CBC, Mr. Ghomeshi's friends or the Toronto Star, and in civil and labour disputes between the CBC and Mr. Ghomeshi, and whomever else he might choose to sue down the road.

The sooner you contact our office, the sooner we can begin developing a legal strategy to minimize the negative consequences of your criminal charges for perjury.

Are mass dismissals of criminal charges for delay, as in R. v. Askov, the only option that will prompt a solution?

Jorge Pichardo faces 146 counts of criminal charges for selling more than a dozen guns, including a semi-automatic rifle.

That same report cleared Governor Paterson of criminal charges for his role in reaching out to Booker following the incident, but criticized him for using bad judgment.

Finn is the only American bishop ever to be convicted of a criminal charge for failing to report suspected child abuse.

Non-derogating control order proceedings under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (PTA 2005) do not involve the determination of a criminal charge for the purposes of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention), Art 6 (1) but the standard may be equivalently high under the civil limb of Art 6 (1).

Not exact matches

Interviewing noted legal thinkers like Michelle Alexander (author of The New Jim Crow), the documentary argues that this «loophole» — allowing forced labor for criminals — enabled resentful white society to imprison black citizens on minor charges and put them to work.

July 5, 2016: He holds news conference to announce that «no reasonable prosecutor» would bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, over her email practices as secretary of state, but criticizes Clinton and her staff for being «extremely careless» in their handling of classified material.

The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges against a unit of Panasonic for falsifying financial books and records to conceal payments to sales agents.

Mr. Siegal is perhaps best known for his victory in defense of high - profile private equity financier Benjamin Wey against federal criminal and civil securities fraud and money laundering charges.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Since then, the company's had to weather such self - inflicted wounds as a pretexting scandal in which a board member, an executive and HP - paid investigators faced criminal charges for spying on journalists; the $ 1 billion acquisition of Palm Computing in 2010 to beef up HP's mobile capabilities; then the sale of Palm's intellectual property.

The indictment states that SAC has been charged «with criminal responsibility for insider trading offenses committed by numerous employees and made possible by institutional practices that encouraged the widespread solicitation and use of illegal inside information.»

Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.

Her death sparked debate over the rights of transgender people, with an inquiry concluding that senior doctors at the hospital were responsible for «criminal negligence», and recommending that criminal charges be filed.

If one of your tellers took a handful of $ 20 bills out of the cash drawer, they probably would be looking at criminal charges for theft.

However it's frustrating to see that African Americans and Native Americans are being killed at significantly higher rates than any other group, especially when the police officers responsible for those deaths — those of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Eric Garner to name a few — rarely face criminal charges.

Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party, faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in exchange for a share of the organization's assets.

In 2012, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for electing leaders with pending criminal charges, forcing Indian athletes to compete at the Sochi Winter Games under the IOC flag instead of the Indian banner.

She faces a felony charge of criminal mischief for breaking a chair used to scan inmates» body cavities for contraband.

But he'd be a long shot given that a county jury recently recommended criminal charges against seven Milwaukee County jail staffers in the dehydration death of an inmate who went without water for seven days.

News of the RCMP's pressing criminal charges against two of the principals of Concrete Equities Jan. 22 came as a small solace for the thousands who lost money in the doomed Calgary real estate promotion.

«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

The suspected operator of the underground website Silk Road was convicted on Wednesday on narcotics and other criminal charges for his role in orchestrating a scheme that enabled around $ 200 million of anonymous online drug sales using bitcoins.

He was told he could face both criminal charges and fees for the disposal of the device.

Obama's first attorney general, Eric Holder, set aside a criminal justice memo from his Republican predecessor, John Ashcroft, to charge people with the most serious, provable offenses and replaced it with his own policy of discouraging harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crime.

The embattled ride - hail player could face criminal charges over the possession of stolen documents, though the judge has previously chided Alphabet for lack of evidence that those files Levandowski allegedly downloaded made it to Uber.

Reilly pleaded guilty to bribery - related charges and was given a three - year jail term, suspended for four years, after being accused of overseeing a «criminal godfather» scheme to bribe doctors.

But it also includes measures that the Opposition Parties may not want to support; for example; the increase in annual Tax Free Savings Account contribution limit; changes to the sick leave provisions of federal employees; and retroactive legislation to protect the RCMP from possible criminal charges with respect to the destruction of data under the Access to Information Act.

Under what circumstances is it appropriate to lay criminal charges against a publicly listed corporation for the actions of its employees?

Cohen, a 51 - year - old father of two, faces potential criminal charges and enormous legal fees because of his involvement with the president; there is widespread speculation that he «could end up cooperating with federal officials who are investigating him for activity that could relate, at least in part, to work he did for Mr. Trump,» the Times reported.

Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010 leak of diplomatic cables and military documents and investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools, according to people familiar with the case.

In the latest incident, that highlights the rising stats of cryptocurrency crimes in India, the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) of Gujarat police has charged eight rogue policemen and arrested two of them for kidnapping and allegedly extorting Bitcoins worth Rs 120 million from a Surat - based businessman.

Were the television networks, the movie producers, and the editors of the prestige papers really in charge, there would be no pro-life movement, active euthanasia would be the uncontested law of the land, every school child would be indoctrinated in the joys of gay sex, home schooling would be prohibited, church schools would be run by state agencies, government day care for preschool children would be mandatory, churches would not be tax - exempt, and smoking anywhere would be a criminal offense.

The suit alleges that the law gives the Ugandans standing to sue Lively for his activities, which had a crucial nexus in the U.S. and therefore come under federal courts» jurisdiction; it also charges that Lively not only advocated bad ideas in an abstract context but helped various Ugandans conceive and manage a campaign of persecution, thus involving himself in a joint criminal enterprise.

Release a list of all the Archbishops, Bishops, and priests that molested their congregation, with a list of who was molested, as well as complete signed apologies from all the resulting offenders, and a signed confession by the Pope that these people will be charged in a criminal court for these crimes and will not ever be allowed to preach the word of God in a Catholic church, and then, MAYBE, I'll think you have a right to tell your followers they can't do with their bodies as they please.

Why should a criminal be charged for two or more counts if of murder, in those jurisdictions, for taking the additional lives when at the same time it says that it is ok for a woman to take the same life of the unborn baby?

An Anglican bishop who was present at Hillsborough on the day 96 people died has told Premier that we need to be praying for the families of the victims following the announcement that six people will face criminal charges in connection with the disaster.

This week, two of the individuals responsible for making and releasing a series of undercover, covertly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood employees were indicted on criminal charges.

We can take some comfort at the fact that finally, toward the end of the twentieth century, prosecutors have begun applying criminal statutes to corporate officers who make decisions that (for instance) cause death or injury to a worker or to the public, and charges brought against these individuals include manslaughter and homicide charges.

A criminal complaint alleges that the rabbis charged Jewish wives tens of thousands of dollars to orchestrate kidnappings and accepted $ 20,000 for such an operation from undercover FBI agents.

In his resignation letter, he is quick to point out there were «no charges of criminal activity, immorality or heresy, any of which could clearly be grounds for disqualification from pastoral ministry.»

These lawsuits were filed in response to new information released in the 2011 grand jury report that involves Monsignor William Lynn, who is facing criminal charges for endangering the welfare of children and having knowledge about perpetrators.

After the disaster and criminal charges, representatives of various tribal nations stepped into the legal fray, filing a federal lawsuit last March against Ray and those who run the Angel Valley Retreat Center, where he had leased land for his program.

Just days after criminal charges were filed against a rabbi in Germany for performing circumcisions comes major news from Yair Rosenberg in Tablet magazine: America's leading group of pediatricians is set to endorse the procedure.

A Brazilian businessman involved in the acquisition of farmland by US, Canadian, German and Swedish pension funds could face criminal charges for land grabbing.

Fines and criminal charges for non-compliant discharge of oily water continue to make headlines.

In addition to the individual acts of abuse which led to criminal charges, The HSUS» investigation also found breeding pigs confined day - and - night in gestation crates, tiny cages that virtually immobilize animals for nearly their entire lives.