Sentences with phrase «of state prosecutions»

As early as 1835 he would write to Froude and comment on the abandonment of State prosecution for blasphemy which has a contemporary flavour — and argues that «there should be some really working court of heresy and false doctrine.»

The Crown Prosecution Service in London has written to barristers warning that any leaving work could be deprived of state prosecution work in the future.

Not exact matches

Libel is something that is regulated at the state level, which means that to change it, the president would have to either convince all of the states to change the way they handle libel prosecution or pass a new federal law specifically governing libel.

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.

«But, because the business is so highly regulated on a state level and the threat of federal as well as state prosecution for violation remains, potential investors will want to take a long, hard look at the operations and the people involved in any investment opportunity.»

Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations.

«The typical state prosecution is for a standard common - law crime,» explains Philip A. Feigin, an attorney with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons in Denver and a former commissioner of the Colorado Securities Division.

Any prosecution of Assange would be «incredibly dangerous for the First Amendment and pretty much every reporter in the United States,» Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Wired.

But Colorado is one of only a few states that puts the burden of proving sanity on the prosecution.

The decision to allow Boehmermann's possible prosecution was awkward for Merkel as she sought Ankara's help in reducing Europe's migrant influx but also expressed concern about the state of media freedom in Turkey.

Chancellor Angela Merkel in April granted a Turkish request to allow the possible prosecution of Jan Boehmermann for insulting a foreign head of state.

Featuring a star - studded cast (Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, Sarah Paulson), the series highlights some of the trial's most prominent themes, such as fame and race, while focusing on how the state's prosecution tried to build its criminal case against Simpson only to watch it come undone.

Former deputies David W. Ogden and James Cole wrote memos describing how the department would handle prosecution of medical and then recreational marijuana in states that legalized it.

When people see banks browbeating the bond rating agencies and accounting firms to whitewash the quality of what they're pawning off on their customers, when they see bank lobbyists getting Washington to block state prosecutions of financial fraud so as to clear the way for more predatory lending and false packaging of the junk securities they're selling and to win the right not to reveal their true financial position, there's a good reason not to buy what's in these black boxes.

Heather Nauert, a State Department spokeswoman, told reporters in Washington on Thursday that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson had spoken once with his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister Adel al - Jubeir, and had encouraged the Saudis to «pursue prosecution of corruption in a fair and transparent manner.»

This identical wash, rinse, repeat cycle has occurred literally hundreds of times over the past 38 years, with no serious investigations or prosecutions whatsoever in that this is official, state - sponsored, for - profit corruption.

And while resistance to international extradition may shield indicted Russians from US prosecution, it seems likely that some of the alleged co-conspirators will be Americans, fully subject to trial in the United States.

And, as United States Attorney from the Eastern District of New York, she was involved in two high profile financial fraud cases, one in which Citicorp paid $ 7 billion in settlement for its role in the mortgage - backed securities fraud, and one in which HSBC paid $ 1.7 billion and took a deferred prosecution agreement for facilitating money - laundering.

In a number of other advanced economies — most notably the United States and Britain — prosecutors in certain kinds of cases involving corporate misbehaviour have the option of negotiating what are called «deferred prosecution agreements.»

Sales could be prosecuted under the criminal accessory component of this law, though such prosecutions were rare, because the state's policy was meant to prevent birth - control clinics from operating in Connecticut.

Legal prosecutions are a matter of the state.

It stated that its purpose was the prosecution of work that could better be done in union than in separation.

To, The Hon» ble Chief Justice, The Supreme Court, United States of America, Washington, D.C. Fax no: 213.547.8080 Dear Sir, Sub: Prosecution of previous President Mr. George W.Bush, for violation of International Code of Conduct.

«In addition, as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change works with the state government to deliver democratic dividends, we urge it to also assist in addressing the challenges to rule of law posed by these arrests and prosecutions, encouraging respect for press freedom and advocating for protection and justice for targeted communities in southern Kaduna.»

Mervyn Thomas added: «Such selective prosecutions not only undermine the rule of law, but also erode confidence in a state government that has yet to address the violence in southern Kaduna effectively, or to assist those displaced by the attacks.»

Laufer reassures us, «The Obama administration and the DOJ have issued the Cole Memo, which deprioritizes federal criminal prosecutions of marijuana crimes, when commercial operators are operating in accordance with state laws.»

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.

The aerial poisoning became so widespread — and the pilot so fearless of prosecution — that it was soon the talk of the state.

After a recent spate of children dying in an Idaho religious community opposed to medical interventions (the Followers of Christ), state legislators proposed opening parents up to prosecution for relying on faith - based healing as the only treatment when a child's condition could kill or permanently injure them.

While reacting to Monday's verdict by Justic Buba, the State Government hailed the ruling, and disclosed that Government would immediately seek arraignment and prosecution of the suspects at the Lagos High Court where charges are pending before Honourable Justice Lawal Akapo.

Hence, Commissioner of Police has been directed to ensure the arrest to enable prompt prosecution by the Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice.

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Kwara State Ministry of Justice, Jimoh Mumini, made this known after an emergency Security Council meeting chaired by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Wednesday at the Government house in Ilorin.

The Kaduna State Government has ordered the arrest and prosecution Ibrahim Musa who has opened up to be the spokesperson of an unlawful society, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).

Countryside Alliance chief executive Simon Hart stated in May 2008: «Most hunts have been able to carry out a range of hunting activities with only a very few facing vindictive prosecutions.

Does it only shield Arizona businesses from state - level prosecution of religiously motivated discrimination, but still leave them liable to federal discrimination prosecutions?

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.

Ebo Hawkson reported from the court that a Senior State Attorney, Ms Sefakor Batsa, told the court on Tuesday that, based on section 54 of the criminal and other offences Act, 1960 (Act 30) the AG had filed a nolle prosequi not to continue with the prosecution.

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.

The U.S. attorney was also asked if he believes that the corruption problem in Albany is getting better as a result of all the cases he has brought in recent years — including the successful prosecution of two men who were once among the state's most powerful political players, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Likewise, Clinton herself is not subject to any form of discipline other than prosecution, as she is no longer a State department employee and (presumably) no longer has an active security clearance to be revoked.

To discuss the logical inversion of the framing of the Sixth, the unavailability of an impartial jury compels the State to cancel its prosecution.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State...

In the past, Africa's deposed heads of state could count on a comfortable exile in a friendly country, secure in the knowledge that they had immunity from prosecution.

The State is the Initiator of events and where the other Amendments served to document where the State could not act, the Sixth presupposes that the State has legitimately initiated criminal prosecution.

In theory, criminal prosecution is done for the benefit of citizens, not for the state itself.

Depending on the severity of the atrocities already committed and the health of the ruler, we might consider allowing a head of state to negotiate a number of «freedom years» before facing ICC prosecution.

«This prosecution, based on information provided by someone of utterly unreliable credibility, seeks to criminalize conduct that the Supreme Court of the United States recently found to be not unlawful.

Among other prosecutions involving political corruption in Albany, Bharara oversaw the conviction of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

«This prosecution, based on information provided by someone of utterly unreliable credibility, seeks to criminalize conduct that the Supreme Court of the United States recently found to be not unlawful,» the statement reads.

The prosecution alleges Taub received the state grants as part of a quid pro quo with Silver.