Sentences with phrase «of the acquittal of»

In light of the acquittal of George Zimmerman, I asked him to comment on why he chose to participate in this, and if the benefit of 20/20 hindsight changes his thoughts on that choice.

Four cases address victim surcharges in criminal cases, and the last is an appeal of the acquittal of a London, Ont.

In its R v. S.B. decision, the Supreme Court stated only that it agreed with all of the reasons provided by Justice Green of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal in granting an appeal of the acquittal of a husband accused of sexually assaulting his wife.

This past Saturday morning, Lord and Lady Macbeth (Ian Lake and Krystin Pellerin) appeared before the Supreme Court of Stratford in the Crown's appeal of their acquittal of the murder of King Duncan, on the basis that they were not criminally responsible «due to insanity driven by politics.»

Not exact matches

Still, despite what he feels is a weak case against him, he thinks the odds are he'll be found guilty, at least during this first trial; Japan, which has a more than 99 % conviction rate, is also one of a few countries that allows prosecutors to appeal an acquittal twice.

That impression endures, amplified by the acquittal of three former Nortel Networks executives in January.

The surprise acquittal of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in the shooting death of San Francisco woman Kate Steinle set off a firestorm of outrage Thursday night, as top conservatives and critics of so - called «sanctuary cities» pinned blame for Steinle's death on illegal immigration and insufficiently aggressive deportation policies.

A jury handed a stunning acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges to a homeless undocumented immigrant whose arrest in the killing of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco Bay pier intensified a national debate over sanctuary laws.

A version of this article appears in print on, on Page A5 of the New York edition with the headline: Russian Furor Over U.S. Adoptions Follows American's Acquittal in Boy's Death.

This is all the more likely in light of the recent narrow acquittal by a church tribunal of a pastor on the charges that he violated church law by performing a wedding ceremony for two lesbian members of his Omaha, Nebraska, congregation.

«Today I pray again to those same immortal gods that Murena's acquittal may preserve him for his consulship, that your opinion given in your verdict may tally with the wishes of the Roman people expressed in their votes, and that this agreement may bring peace, calm, and tranquility and harmony to yourselves and to the people of Rome.

The acquittals of several Christian pastors in 2013 fueled hopes that Bibi would be released, but she was not.

Consequently he concerns himself with the historical question sufficiently seriously to trace, in one instance, the term «Son of Man» in the Gospels, the continuity between Jesus» message and the Church's witness: although Jesus may never have called himself Son of Man, he did say that acquittal by the Son of Man in the eschatological judgement was dependent upon one's present relation to himself (Mark 8.38 par.).

Preliminary hearings ensued, and dismissals of charges, and trials and mistrials and retrials, and an acquittal, and two hung juries, and defections and elections of district attorneys, and the McMartin defense team carried on, until the list of defendants had dwindled to one, young Raymond Buckey, a surfer dude who had not seen the sun in years, whose charges were finally dismissed in 1990.

(CNN)-- William Lynch talks to CNN's Don Lemon about his acquittal of attacking a retired priest who allegedly abused him.

Where then does justifiable will become an averaged domicile of cursed acquittals for the ills of generalist meanderings sake?

The only fear for you is if you don't take His offer of complete acquittal and a eternal home in heaven, where a mansion made of gold and jewels for you awaits, and instead insist on rejecting his offer.

(UPDATED) More acquittals and releases could be good sign for jailed mother of five, Pakistan's first woman sentenced to death for blasphemy.

That sentence is intelligible and tolerable only because God has changed it into an acquittal by a unique act of his own.

But you are correct that the actual case / crime only entails the actual struggle, and by that point it was just two dumb - dumbs in a fight, and the lack of evidence is what really made acquittal the only choice for the jury.

«Whether such cases end in conviction or acquittal appears to rest on, firstly, the ability of police or prosecutors to link the defendant with a particular association, and secondly, whether the judge decides to uphold an individual's constitutional right to share beliefs as a private citizen,» Victoria Arnold reported for Forum 18.

Pray that Zimmerman's acquittal will lead to his broken and contrite heart - he is not «free» or safe anywhere he goes; pray that God will use this trial and acquittal and all involved in it, including the inflammatory media, to open our eyes to every level of corruption in our land.

As out - posted officers, successful applicants will also need to have strong administrative skills particularly sound record keeping, acquittal of expenses and government process, including procurement.

a full acquittal of expenditure for each activity, endorsed by the industry representative body.

As the trial of William Kennedy Smith in West Palm Beach, Fla., came to a close last week with his acquittal on sexual battery charges, the date for the next high - profile rape trial, in which heavyweight Mike Tyson will be the defendant, was being set in concrete: Jan. 27.

Because the jury couldn't arrive at a verdict on the reckless manslaughter charge (it voted 8 - 4 in favor of acquittal), prosecutors can still retry Williams on that count.

The defense's controversial decision to seek an acquittal rather than allow the jury to consider manslaughter was based on proving the earlier injury because the prosecution's indictment said the baby died from a single incident of what their experts called «shaken baby impact syndrome.»

The trial ended last week in a mistrial on the charge of involuntary manslaughter, and an acquittal on the charge of involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child.

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez was ordered to face 18 counts of corruption — dashing his hopes for an early acquittal based on the same Supreme Court decision that overturned convictions for two ex-New York legislative leaders: Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

Apart from the return of Avigdor Lieberman to the Foreign Ministry after his acquittal on corruption charges, the composition of the cabinet has not changed since the election, and the coalition has been very stable.

When Saddam Hussein appeared before the court that condemned him to death, he must have known he had no chance of acquittal.

Not satisfied with his acquittal, the Attorney - General again filed a criminal appeal at the Court of Appeal against the judgement debt beneficiary, but still lost as the three - member panel of judges, namely, Justices Victor Ofoe (president), Lawrence Ladzagla Mensah and Francis Korbieh.

The acquittal of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman over corruption charges has had no noticeable effect on the list's support.

They must also ask the president, what he thinks of the sentencing, which was like an acquittal handed down to Delta 13, is that his kind of justice and was that what he promised Ghanaians, that he was going to manipulate and cajole the judiciary.

Getting out of the technology weeds, this petition is in general a great example of taking advantage of the moment: plenty of people were really pissed off over the weekend about Zimmerman's acquittal, and NAACP (600,000 + signatures as of this writing, according to the CNN piece above) gave them an outlet.

More than 200 New Yorkers took to the streets of Harlem on Saturday to protest the acquittal of the Minnesota cop who fatally shot Philando Castile last year.

The four - week trial of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) may have ended with his acquittal on the felony charges against him, but it was not for lack of trying on the part of the prosecution.

After his acquittal in May of last year, Bruno said publicly he would seek as much as $ 4 Million from the state to be reimbursed for his legal troubles.

The acquittal of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest of Freddie Gray, the black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody last year, immediately renewed questions of whether any of the six police officers charged in the case would be convicted in connection with his death.

Bruno since his acquittal has become a critic of the power federal prosecutors wield, especially in white collar and public corruption cases.

The acquittal of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno last year was a rare exception.

On the wider issues around phone hacking, by 53 % to 33 % people think the thorough investigation was worthwhile and 69 % think the CPS was right to attempt the prosecution of Rebekah Brooks and let the jury decide, despite her ultimate acquittal.

Also in December the New York Times listed the acquittal in its annual list of the most influential ideas that will change our lives [27]

«Sheldon Silver respectfully moves for a judgment of acquittal on all counts of the superseding indictment,» reads the disgraced politician's last - ditch motion.

The state and Woyome have filed written submissions at the Court of Appeal for and against Woyome's acquittal.

The acquittal of a Baltimore police officer charged with murder and six other crimes in the death of Freddie Gray has dealt a devastating blow to the prosecution, legal experts say, and raises questions about whether the state should press ahead with the trials of four other officers.

Rebekah Brooks» acquittal meant the extent of Cameron's relationship with her became irrelevant.

Making reference to the Courts Act of 1993 (Act 459), Mr Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.»

In all, the House of Representatives has impeached only 19 federal officials, and the Senate has conducted formal impeachment trials with seven acquittals, eight convictions, three dismissals and one resignation (Nixon's) with no further action.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno will pocket just over $ 55,000 of the $ 2.42 million he's set to be reimbursed by the state after his acquittal last spring on federal corruption charges, according to his attorneys.