Sentences with phrase «of fear of prosecution»

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Assange, who denies the rape allegations, fears that if he is arrested he will be handed over to the United States to face prosecution over WikiLeaks» publication of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history.

The move follows reports that Obama administration officials thwarted drug prosecutions related to Hezbollah for fear of jeopardizing a nuclear deal with Iran.

Buffett's philanthropy and time serving in law enforcement allowed him to set up groundbreaking reforms such as his Macon County, Illinois program where drug addicts can turn themselves in for rehabilitation without fear of prosecution.

They are free to live together without fear of prosecution, but they have no special legal status.

And can you imagine how many great minds were lost because of fear from prosecution and back then that meant DEATH to them and their families.

Some fathers themselves may decide not to seek registration on the birth certificate, nor to go to court for PR, because they believe these steps could • harm themselves (e.g. fears of liability for child support; and that contact with «the law» could expose them to prosecution in other areas) • harm the mother (e.g. her access to benefits) • harm their children (e.g. where his relationship with the mother is conflictual and unstable, a father may fear that by seeking PR his contact with his children will be disrupted or stopped).

The majority of today's nation states have adopted largely restrictive asylum policies whereby not everyone with a «well - founded fear of prosecution» and on sturdy legal grounds are granted asylum.

Hospital admissions fell but this was arguably only because users, burdened by the stigma of being branded criminals and the fear of prosecution, no longer felt as able to seek help when they needed it.

In his statement on Thursday, Patino emphasized both that Sweden has yet to guarantee that the Wikileaks founder will not face further prosecution in the U.S. and that, in the view of Ecuador, Assange's fears of persecution are legitimate.

Prominent police chiefs and prosecutors fear that the new administration is out of step with evidence that public safety depends on building trust, increasing mental health and drug addiction treatment, and using alternatives to prosecution and incarceration.

The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect State Act, as it's called, «would finally allow families and patients, including our veterans in 40 states that have some form of legalized medical marijuana, to access the basic care that they need without fear of prosecution,» Gillibrand said.

At 1:45 p.m., U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Cory Booker along with Rep. Steve Cohen will reintroduce a bipartisan bill that would allow patients to access medical marijuana in states where it is legal without fear of federal prosecution, SVC 203, Washington, D.C.

Odigie - Oyegun dismissed a report that Chime's move to APC was prompted by fears of possible prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish National party leader, had previously said that the fear of prosecution had driven May's early election, and stressed the previous fine by the Electoral Commission.

The prosecution counsel, S. K. Atteh, in his response, expressed fears on how a serving commissioner could diligently prosecute his fellow commissioner and be expected to serve the interest of justice and public good.

Green added that she fears Cuomo's program will fuel higher prosecution rates for people of color.

Other reasons given by women for not pursuing formal justice include fear of shame due to having rape incidents being made public and thus damage to their social standing, as well as inadequate protection and difficulties encountered during prosecution due to evidence tampering and witness withdrawal.

«There has to be a sensible solution whereby every family has the option to spend time together when they choose to, without fear of prosecution from education authorities.»

’27 For that reason, the RPF government has been arguing that those who fled Rwanda between 1994 and 1998, regardless of their well - founded and reasonable fear to repatriate, «have a dark, ugly past to hide and are running away from prosecution» but not persecution.28 Whereas it can not be denied that some genocide perpetrators remain at large, it can strongly be argued that a list of Hutu refugees who were suspected of having committed genocide crimes was established and thus handed out by the RPF government to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

While everyone may enjoy the seasonal, unplanned break, fear of litigation or prosecution shouldn't be used as the cause without very good reasons.

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In the end, the most plausible explanation as to why the dogs were destroyed has to be for the purpose of avoiding criminal charges. Clearly, the dogs could not be turned over to a shelter or rescue for fear of a criminal prosecution and their years as farmers gave the Zimmerman brothers the knowledge that through the process of natural decomposition it would indeed be difficult to ascertain the physical condition of the dogs on the day of the inspection once they had been dead and buried for several days.

Australian parliamentarians have a legal right to say anything about anyone in Parliament without fear of prosecution for libel; it is called Parliamentary Privilege.

«Calling the challengers brave, Gableman wrote that their litigation gave the court «an opportunity to re-endorse its commitment to upholding the fundamental right of each and every citizen to engage in lawful political activity and to do so free from the fear of the tyrannical retribution of arbitrary or capricious governmental prosecution.

«Actions indicating that one side of the climate change debate should fear prosecution chills speech in violation of a formerly bi-partisan First Amendment consensus.

The providers fear not only prosecution for violation of the provision, but also class actions brought by, for example, senders of messages that might be disclosed to fiduciaries.

Seismologists also warn that it is dangerous to allow prosecutions like this one because the fear of legal retaliation will discourage seismologists from issuing any advice at all in the future.

Still, the Times quotes Loyola Law Professor Laurie Levenson as saying lack of victim cooperation might not matter in the «Post-OJ world,» especially when the prosecution has a 911 tape on which Mueller stated that she fears for her life.

«It chills the ability of an elected official to speak out for fear of prosecution.»

This condition had been caused by a fear of prosecution due to her position of authority as Supervisor, Regulated Substances, Asbestos.

The Advocate General recalls that the ne bis in idem in the EU is also essential to ensure the freedom of movement of citizens (otherwise they could fear another prosecution in other Member States) and it must work even when national systems are different and not harmonised.

«In this case, you will see how in the absence of hard evidence, a suspicion can be fueled by fear, nourished by prejudice and directed by politics into a criminal prosecution.»

It can not be the Dean's contention that class sizes, once increased, can never again be reduced for fear of prosecution.

The ruling, says Straw, could affect hundreds of cases in the prosecution pipeline and raises fears that serious convicted criminals could seek to use the technicality of the judgment to have their convictions quashed.

Given the stinging content of some of the chapters, it seems likely that the fear of losing instructions from the Crown Prosecution Service or exposing clients to wrathful magistrates are also strong incentives.

The general reasoning of the Court seems to imply that this requirement could not be set for other categories in similar situations either, such as asylum seekers who fear prosecution for their homosexual orientation, or «westernised» women who fear they will be subjected to persecution of returned to their home country.

The prosecution was controversial to begin with, but the verdict should strike fear in the hearts of deal lawyers everywhere, says Tom Kirkendall at the blog Houston's Clear Thinkers.

It also stated that those citizens hold «fundamental right... to engage in lawful political activity... free from the fear of the tyrannical retribution of arbitrary or capricious governmental prosecution.»

Following Tomlinson, on 26 April 2005, in Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club and another v The Corporation of London and another [2005] EWHC 713 (Admin) Mr Justice Stanley Burnton (as he then was) was unimpressed by the corporation's purported prohibition of swimming in the mixed pond on Hampstead Heath, for fear of prosecution under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, s 3.

As there are 195 countries in the world today (not counting Taiwan) that means that in 162 of them you can say» [Religious figure of choice] can go & ^ % $ him or herself» without fear of criminal prosecution.

Not only would this spare bitcoiners from having to keep records of every piddling purchase they make or live in fear of prosecution, it might also improve overall tax compliance.

The threat of prosecution perpetuates a fear and stigma that deters other women from seeking out care.

In signing the legislation today, Governor Brewer ignored the personal plea of Ms. Deaver, who was forced to live through 10 excruciating days waiting to give birth to a baby that she knew would die minutes later, because her doctors feared prosecution under her state's 20 - week abortion ban.

It allows mothers to anonymously drop off their newborn baby without fear of criminal prosecution IF (1) the baby is unharmed, (2) is no more than 72 hours old, and (3) is brought to a designated drop off site.

I can open Windows real estate or Apple real estate tomorrow with no fear of prosecution.