Sentences with phrase «of public prosecutions for»

Where Bureau investigators secure sufficient evidence of an offence, the Commissioner will not hesitate to refer the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution.

Though no plea was taken because the case was related to capital offence, the Magistrate, M.F. Poromon, directed that the matter should be transferred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

She further directed the court registrar to remit the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice and adjourned the matter indefinitely.

Not exact matches

While the points made by these gentlemen are both valid and critically important, they fail to take note of four other dangerous subsidies: (1) the market perception that the Washington and Wall Street revolving door has rendered these firms immune from prosecution — even for repeated, illegal cartel behavior; (2) the ability to spend billions buying back their own stock, effectively propping up their own share price and bad behavior; (3) self - regulation with compromised bodies creating the market perception and reality of a competitive edge; and (4) Congress and the Supreme Court tolerating Wall Street running its own private justice system (mandatory arbitration) where corrupt acts are kept hidden from public view until they blow up into catastrophic events to the economy.

To these and other examples of how feminist - minded writers have become inadvertent witnesses for the prosecution of the sexual revolution, we might add recent public reflection on the Pill's bastard child, ubiquitous pornography.

According to Edward J. Larson's scholarly, informative, Pulitzer Prize - winning book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, the prosecution of young John Scopes for presumedly violating a state law restricting the teaching of evolution in the public schools need not have resulted in the now legendary high - pitched standoff between the atheistic radical Clarence Darrow and the robustly religious populist William Jennings Bryan.

Today's report calls for defences of «reasonable excuse» of «public interest» be included in the legislation, to reduce the chance of prosecutions being thrown out of court as being incompatible with the ECHR.

The presiding judge, Justice James Tsoho during the hearing ordered that Nnamdi Kanu be taken to prison instead of being kept in custody of the DSS overruling the request by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Mohammed Diri, for the continued incarceration of Kanu by the DSS.

The practice, part of a broader inquiry into the fundraising practices of Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies, was recommended for criminal prosecution by the chief enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections in a memorandum made public last week.

«We are shocked at the totally partisan reaction of our colleagues from the minority party, PDP, to the on - going investigations and recovery of public funds meant for the prosecution of the war against insurgency.»

Chakrabarti is the latest high - profile advocate to enter parliament, with two former directors of public prosecution also taking party whips: Keir Starmer on the green benches for Labour, Ken Macdonald on the red benches for the Liberal Democrats.

Coalition proposals for the civil justice system threaten the foundations of the British legal system, the former director of public prosecutions warned today.

On the afternoon of 19 July 2011, the HASC took evidence from both holders of the position of the Director of Public Prosecutions, for the period which covered the scandal.

Government reform groups are angry at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he is giving up too soon on an anti-corruption agenda that includes public financing of campaigns and greater prosecution powers for the state's district attorneys.

The attention of the Kwara State Ministry of Justice has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters, Abuja, had in their statement indicted -LSB-...]

It observed that following public outcry that the Presidency should hand the former officials to the EFCC for prosecution after their sacking, «spokesmen of the administration have been speaking in forked tongues about Presidency not teleguiding the anti-graft war and that the agency would exercise its discretion.»

DA Flynn & Crime Stoppers were joined public officials and law enforcement agencies to announce a new initiative, offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of opioid dealers.

He also urged for sanction and prosecution of any financial institution that violates AML / CFT measures and the maintenance of a public register on beneficial ownership.

The attention of the Kwara State Ministry of Justice has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters,...

The freed female inmate, Ameh Happy, who was standing trial for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery got reprieve when advise from the Director of Public Prosecution DPP absolved her of any complicity in the alleged offence.

This means that any extension would not only be: - subject to a specific case being made by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - subject every seven days up to the agreed limit to the approval of a High Court Judge; - subject to the regular report of the independent reviewer with an annual debate in parliament; - but also be subject in each and every instance to a specific parliamentary notification procedure, to a further statement to parliament on the individual case, a review on the specific case by the independent reviewer and with the provision for this House to scrutinise and debate the report and all the circumstances.

[Anyone] who, in public and against the facts, ascribes to the Polish Nation or to the Polish State, responsibility or co-responsibility for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich, [as] defined in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London on August 8, 1945 -LSB-...], or for other offences which are crimes against peace [or] humanity or [that are] war crimes, or who otherwise grossly reduces the responsibility of the actual perpetrators of said crimes, is subject to a fine or [to] imprisonment for up to 3 years.

At the resumption of his trial on Thursday, the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, in the state, Titilayo Shitta - Bey told the Justice Justice Hakeem Oshodi - led court that the amendment relates only to the punishment section for the second charge.

«For five years as director of public prosecutions people put problems on my desk that I had to solve.

Householders are extremely unlikely to be prosecuted for attacking burglars in their own home unless they go after them for revenge, the Director of Public Prosecutions said today.

They were pointed to in June last year, when the director of public prosecutions published guidelines for how prosecutors should approach what is said on social media.

The biggest focus of the Buhari administration has been simply this: to prove to Nigerians that the preceding Jonathan administration used public funds to finance the 2015 general elections, and that the public funds involved were meant for the prosecution of the war against the Boko Haram: Nigeria's biggest security challenge.

In fact the sole reason for having a director of public prosecutions is to give guidance as to when certain prosecutions may or may not be in the public interest.

The «motivation of the suspect» has been made the main focus for prosecutors when they assess assisted dying cases, but the director of public prosecutions has denied relaxing rules on euthanasia.

In 2004 the Foreign Affairs Select Committee called for the ISC to become a full Parliamentary committee, something backed by former Director of Public Prosecutions Lord MacDonald and many more.

She said the Commission will «refer the matter of the possible forgeries of these signatures to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29): Section 211: Perjury Section 248: making false declaration etc. for office or voting; Section 251: Deceiving a public officer Section 256: Corruption, Intimidation and impersonation in respect of election.»

The director of public prosecutions was instructed by the law lords to draw up guidelines indicating the various factors for and against prosecution in such cases.

This has been preceded by a flurry of media headlines, subjecting him to an open - air political trial and a trial in the court of NPP public opinion supported with earlier pressure from some leading Members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Government, to commence prosecution of former NDC Government appointees including Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni for alleged acts of corruption for over a year now.»

Last night, my State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatai Ahmed revealed to me an information at his disposal that a group of suspects who had been in police cells for several weeks for cultism and whose investigation had been concluded with prosecution about to commence under the State law based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry of Justice were ordered to be transferred to Abuja thprosecution about to commence under the State law based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry of Justice were ordered to be transferred to Abuja thProsecution (DPP) and the Ministry of Justice were ordered to be transferred to Abuja this morning.

The MP for Holborn and St Pancras was director of public prosecutions until 2013.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs Abibat Bashiru directed the police prosecutor, Inspector Mireti Wilson, to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution, Ministry of Justice, Osun State for legal advice.

The judge then asked reporters and other members of the public to leave the courtroom, so that the prosecution, defense and lawyers for one or more of the non-parties could discuss the matter freely.

Mr. Soares's renewed inquiry appeared to focus on Mr. Dopp's sworn statement denying having ordered surveillance of Mr. Bruno's travels; the Public Integrity Commission referred the discrepancies to the district attorney's office for possible criminal prosecution.

«Nine months may be the proper and natural gestational period for a child, but in our experience it is not the amount of time necessary for a public corruption prosecution to mature.»

One of the latest twist of the story told on Wednesday was by Senate President Saraki who announced that his State governor and ally, Abdulfatai Ahmed had told him that a group of suspects who had been in police cells for several weeks for cultism and whose investigation had been concluded with prosecution about to commence under the State law based on the advice of the director of public prosecution (DPP) and the Ministry of Justice, were ordered to be transferred to Abuja on the directive of IGP) Idris Ibrahim.

«The newspaper produced no new evidence for us to consider reopening the case - a position endorsed separately by the Director of Public Prosecutions and leading counsel.

But as he's made clear this year, there are now only two paths forward — continued prosecutions and further erosion of the public trust, or comprehensive ethics reform that gets to the root of the problem,» said Matt Mittenthal, spokesman for Schneiderman, in a statement to Gotham Gazette.

It's easy to see why: misconceived central planning, ill - judged attempts at creating national champions and the inefficiencies of public ownership in the 1970s and 1980s were powerful evidence for the prosecution.

Dr. Opuni, the prosecution said applied to the Public Procurement Authority for approval for Agricult Ghana Limited to be single - sourced to procure 700,000 litres of the fertilizer although conditions for single sourcing had not been satisfied.

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.

Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality.

He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.

The lawyers must be in a field of public service and helping those that are underserved or unable to secure financial resources for high priced legal defenses and prosecutions.

The prosecution of Edwin Tan was led by Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Selene Yap, who argued for a fine of at least $ 30,000 per charge.

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