Sentences with phrase «of government witnesses»

Presently they are not required to provide the defense with a list of government witnesses.

Many of the government witnesses are members of the Suffolk County police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, the prosecutors said in the letter.

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Matanov told an unidentified witness cooperating with the government that «the bombings could have had a just reason, such as being done in the name of Islam, that he would support the bombings if the reason were just or the attack had been done by the Taliban,» according to the papers.

Regardless, thousands of polygraphs are given each year in the US, alone, for everything from government clearance screening to witness verification.

Standard and Poor's estimates the federal government's partial paralysis cost $ 24 billion, and consultancy IHS Global Insights said on Wednesday that the spike in short - term interest yields witnessed in the week of Oct. 14 alone will add $ 114 million to the federal debt.

While the ramifications of this dramatic move lay chiefly in the political realm, the business side of this drama is inspiring; when was the last time you witnessed one of the largest companies in the world going head - to - head with such A large foreign government?

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

The layoffs in Halifax come at an awkward time for the province, which witnessed the defeat of its NDP government in a provincial election Tuesday.

in Puerto Rico, we are witnessing an infectious positivity flowing from local governments in support of developing strong local startup ecosystems, which is creating benefits for entire countries, economies and societies.

Dan Petrocelli of O'Melveny & Myers LLP said the DOJ's case is a «house of cards» that relies on the economic model by University of California Berkeley economist Carl Shapiro, an expert witness for the government.

And the massive cuts to the aid program under the Chrétien government in the late 1990s have never been fully reversed in terms of restoring the ODA / GNI ratio to the 0.4 - 0.5 levels witnessed in the 1970s and 1980s.

Once a sector has been cracked open, operational restrictions come in to play — witness the ongoing regulation of the film market through censorship, import quotas and central government decisions on movie release dates.

He asked delegation members for assistance in lifting his travel ban, which he said was imposed because investigators consider him a witness in a corruption investigation of government officials involving the transfer of some of his company's minerals exploration licenses.

Successive governments have neglected and underfunded these young people, and many of those receiving their results have witnessed this neglect first - hand.

Iâ $ ™ ve had the good fortune to live in France for the past 10 months on a year - long sabbatical and therefore been able to witness firsthand the travails of the Socialist government as it wrestles with the countryâ $ ™ s economic woes.

Third, we learned this week that Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab, who had been charged with orchestrating a scheme to avoid Iran sanctions, has agreed to become a government witness as part of a plea deal.

Of course Christians will continue to respect even the most unjust governments as they develop nonviolent campaigns to witness to injustice and press for radical change.

Their range of choice will shrink; the overall level of pluralism and diversity in society will decline; the financial pressure of government subsidies will tempt religiously affiliated organizations to abandon their religious witness in order to serve more of the needy.

The government's financial monitoring system already added the Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters to its list of «organizations, against which there is evidence of involvement in extremist activity or terrorism,» and its financial transactions are already blocked.

The decision comes at the conclusion of 30 hours of trial over the past few weeks and about a month after the government suspended Jehovah's Witnesses activities in March.

And even that law he did not break because he made an agreement with the government (Iran) to be able to visit his family in Iran and build a Children «s Home there.Please read all of the articles and you will also find out that he (Pastor Saeed) were not even allow to be at his own Trial to defend himself and that witnesses for the government were intimidated not to attend for fear of reprises.

Francis is an Argentinian who has witnessed so much bad government he is conscious of the dangers and seems to want to avoid the failure of his predecessor with a neuralgic fervour.

Still in draft form, the Code of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government funding for «confessional activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love of neighbor; to freedom from religious coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective evaluation procedures; to avoidance of «turf wars» with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.

What purpose of love or witness does preempting irrational behavior by the government serve?

And if they eschewed the economic benefits of reserved places in government service by refusing to claim any relationship with their ancestors castes, this was as much a testimony to their sense of dignity as human beings as it was a witness to their Christian faith.

Growing out of this concern for a desirable human future as well as out of the more immediate practical concerns of corporations and government agencies, the last decade has witnessed a spectacular burst of interest in futurology.

The strategy of withdrawal (# 1 above) maintains in a dramatic form the prophetic witness against social evils; under a totalitarian government it may be the only way in which the church can exist at all.

But the 2004 Taguba Report on the Abu Ghraib abuses found «that contrary to the provision of AR 190 - 8, and the findings found in MG Ryder's Report, Military Intelligence (MI) interrogators and Other US Government Agency's (OGA) interrogators actively requested that MP guards set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses» and that this request was part of what led to the abuses by the reservist MP unit at the prison.

When this man handed you a pamphlet you took it no matter what the subject: the dangers of atomic power plants, the role played by the International Jewish Cartel in the overthrow of friendly governments, the CIA - Contra - cocaine connection, the farm workers» unions, the Jehovah's Witnesses (If You Can Answer These Ten Questions «Yes,» You Have Been SAVED!)

In one of the show's darkest and most telling moments, Tony's nephew and lieutenant, Christopher, plans to betray the Soprano family and go into the witness - protection program with his fiancée, who has been blackmailed into becoming a government snitch.

The first period witnessed to the struggle of the Church for its survival as an institution against government's attempts to gain control over it.

We witnessed the unedifying spectacle of this government closing down GroceryWatch to prevent the consumer organisation Choice from exposing the duopoly's use of geographic price discrimination.

Closer to home we have only just witnessed how widespread calls to end the live export of animals to be slaughtered overseas are easily ignored by the Australian Government when the financial implications to the industry become evident.

In July 1964 a House Armed Services subcommittee heard witnesses regarding the practice of industrial firms, working on cost - plus contracts, to charge off recreation and entertainment expenses to the Government.

How could McLain receive a just verdict when, Levine charged, Kovachevich had pushed the trial forward with undo haste and ordered jurors to stand up for exercise — in a kind of seventh - inning stretch — when Levine was interrogating a key government witness against McLain?

The way in which we keep, or do not keep, the promises that we vow and the commitments that we make on our wedding day to our future spouse, before God, a celebrant authorised by the government to receive such declarations and probably anywhere between two and two - hundred witnesses, will unquestionably be a direct reflection of our own integrity, loyalty and faithfulness to our marriage partner.

The state under his watch had witnessed series of upheavals in the last two weeks as a result of alleged plan by his government to cede public schools to private investors.

«This morning's New York Times story regarding allegations that Walmart orchestrated a $ 24 million bribery campaign to gain favorable treatment by the Mexican government should be a wake up call for New Yorkers who have witnessed Walmart's aggressive lobbying effort and recent streak of opportunistic «philanthropy» in our city.»

Witnessing the destruction of our islands from afar during that time has upset us deeply, as has the refusal by successive British governments to allow us to return to the islands, even just to visit and tend to the graves of our ancestors.

The level of nepotism we are seeing in the Akufo - Addo government has never been witnessed in the history of this country.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo has assured Ghanaians that his government has begun fulfilling the promises made to Ghanaians in the run - up to the December 2016 elections, adding that, ooner than later, Ghanaians will be witnesses to the immense benefits of the realisation of the pledges he made to them.

Additionally it would be wrong to claim that the Rwandan government's way of acting radically differs from that witnessed in past dam building.

At the resumed trial of Dasuki on charges of unlawful possession of firearms, the government witness, Mr. Samuel Ogbu who was under cross examination confirmed no incriminating items was found in the guest house.

Despite repeated requests, he is denied counsel, not told the exact charge against him (it related to a publication critical of Cromwell's government), and is not allowed to call witnesses.

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge.

The retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be delayed by up to two weeks due to the medical problems of Dr. Robert Taub, a star witness for the government.

In a brief final pitch, a prosecutor, Janis Echenberg, urged jurors not to let the checkered past of the government's star witness, disgraced former lobbyist Todd Howe, distract them, assuring them Howe will «have his day in court» for the misdeeds to which he has already pleaded guilty.

The region is witnessing the construction of a public University as part of efforts by government to ensure that all ten regions get state universities.

Much of the prosecution's case will hinge on the testimony of another former associate, Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to several felonies and will be the government's star witness.

Reichberg and associate Jona Rechnitz, who has been identified as a cooperating government witness in both cases, have also been linked to federal probes of Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising.