Sentences with phrase «on conviction rates»

Consider crime statistics: the data on which a computer will base its predictions may reflect factors logically not connected with particular defendants: arrest patterns that match or do not match the characteristics of the accused person; the impact of poverty or race on conviction rates of people «comparable» to the accused; hard - to - quantify characteristics of accused or convicted people like educational achievement or religious practices.

The government's avowed determination to eradicate myths about supposedly true victim behaviour, in spite of there being no UK research evidence of a negative impact by such myths on the conviction rate, makes a stark contrast with their apparent insouciance about the potentially negative impact on the conviction rate as a cumulative result of potential jurors reading lurid media accounts of the exposure of false rape claims.

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He notes that he could boost IMETs» conviction rate by taking on only slam - dunk cases, but argues that would be inappropriate.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) raised its rating on that drug company to buy from neutral and named it to its conviction list of favorite stocks.

To be fair because these players flopped in their respective clubs does not necessarily mean Te would have flopped at Arsenal because if you want to use such harebrained and short - sighted analogy then you can blame Wenger for the many many players hw could have signed who later turned out world class later, CR7, Zlatan just to mention 2...... like it or lump it Wenger is overcautious and indecisive in the transfer market nowadays...... you win some and lose some, no manager in the world can boast a 100 % success rate when buying players...... I know the jury is still out on Martial but personally I respect LVG's courage, conviction and decisiveness in identifying him and going al out to get him, Wenger need to show such attributes more!!!!

«Today, we are a state that is transformed and once again the progressive capital of the world,» Cuomo continued, failing to mention the convictions on corruption charges of the former leaders of the «progressive» capital's Legislature, the state's bottom - of - the - barrel rating as a place to do business, and the state's massive population losses — more than 500,000 people since he took office.

While there's no apparent effort to force him out, Johnson may be sick of the gig and ready to be replaced after nearly 25 years on the job — and after a torrent of criticism of his low conviction rate and his poor relations with the NYPD for declining to prosecute cases that arise from certain types of stop and frisks, sources told the News.

Their views on such matters as conviction rates and plea bargains reveal that Mr. Laquidara, who also has the Working Families Party and Green Party lines, has the right sensibility: He recognizes the need for aggressive prosecution of repeat offenders and those accused of violent crimes, but he also sees the need to exercise discretion in certain other cases, balancing justice with the office's limited resources and the need to prevent case backlogs.

«There are no other reliable estimates of the rate of false conviction in any context,» the researchers wrote in the study, published online on April 28 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Although their analysis does not include data after 2004, the researchers note that they doubt that the use of DNA identification technology would have much impact on false conviction rates — because DNA evidence is primarily used in cases such as rape rather than homicide.

The researchers also note that a 4.1 percent rate of false conviction is conservative, given that separate calculations gauging the accuracy of the assumptions that took an even more conservative stance — assuming that people who were executed had zero chance of false conviction and that the chances of exoneration after retrial would be twice that of people on death row — would still produce a larger figure than their 4.1 percent estimate.

Simon, a professor of law and psychology at the University of Southern California, says that the false conviction rate, based on exoneration data from capital murder cases, is estimated to be near 5 percent, although that figure represents only a fraction of those wrongly imprisoned.

Later in the movie, we're informed that the felony plea - bargain rate in the United States is 95 percent — predicated on the Justice Department awarding funds to jurisdictions based on number of convictions.

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In traditional education settings, the focus has been on IQ skills, however, recent research shows that while IQ might be the strongest predictor of future salary, a person's Emotional Intelligence has a significant impact on predicting life - altering factors including adult conviction rates, substance abuse, and overall health.

Insure.com compared insurance rates based on a 45 - year - old single man with no driving violations or convictions, who drives to work less than three miles one way.

Mentally prepared for all of these (though with more enthusiasm for some than for others), I had to think fast to respond to a new topic on the morning: a retiring female judge's pronouncement that if women drank less alcohol, there'd be a higher rate of rape convictions.

Not only is Splinter Cell Conviction not only available now on Windows Phone but it just happens to be the first rated M game on the platform.

These include the Fair Credit Reporting Act's seven - year time limit on bankruptcy information and 10 - year limit on civil judgments that appear in credit ratings, as well as expungement laws and, more routinely, not reporting criminal convictions of juveniles.

A subsequent investigation by the Raleigh News & Observer found overwhelming evidence of a pro-prosecution bias at the lab, including training materials advising analysts on how to improve their conviction rates and instructing them to be wary of defense experts, whom it referred to as «defense whores.»

A challenge by HMRC on corporate or personal tax planning arrangements therefore has never been more likely, and in 2012 the conviction rate was as high as 86 % of cases prosecuted.

In addition to the criminal penalties, you can expect to see a sharp increase in your rates for car insurance, and to make matters worse you will also have a conviction on your criminal record, a fact which can bar you from a promotion or even from being hired with many employers.

Drunk driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), and driving under the influence (DUI) convictions can have serious consequences including loss of your drivers license, potential loss of freedom with jail time, problems with job applications, red flags on background checks, potential loss of a professional license, skyrocketing insurance rates, damage to your credit rating, as well as social and family problems;

In their joint report in 2002 on the investigation and prosecution of rape, Report on the Joint Inspection into the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases Involving Allegations of Rape, and accompanying executive summary (the 2002 report), the inspectorates of constabulary and the CPS gave the total combined jury conviction / guilty plea rate in a large sample of rape cases as 60.9 %.

The focus of media attention then was on the supposed link between the poor conviction rate and the alleged diffusion of myths and stereotypes about the behaviour of genuine rape victims, which thus need to be «dispelled» if the conviction rate is to be increased.

Since the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates slightly on Wednesday, which I understand is bad news for the Canadian dollar and economy, I thought it was appropriate to post some of his 97 tips here that deal with leadership and personal conviction.

A related issue was the government's proposal on 12 January 2006 to introduce to rape trials «generic evidence» about the behaviour of victims, as part of a plan to increase the conviction rate (see Hansard, 12 January 2006 HC Col 424).

Focusing on the relatively simple matter of guilt or innocence; that is simple when compared with sentencing or damages, it is estimated that the error rate for false conviction is about 6 %.

Accumulating conviction points on your personal Montana driving history will result in higher car insurance rates.

Did you know that traffic ticket convictions affect your insurance rates for no less than three years and accidents stay on your record for at least six!

When you have had a few accidents or convictions on your record, it is best to disclose everything you can recall in order for you to receive the most accurate rates.

When you have had a few accidents or convictions on your record, it is best to disclose everything you can recall in order to receive the most accurate rate.

Many of us do the aforementioned, and we suffer (ed) the consequences — tickets, points on our records, collisions, driving under the influence convictions and higher auto insurance rates.

However, as long as you remain safe on the roads, do not get any traffic convictions and do not make a claim, then your coverage rates should automatically decrease year after year.

If you have a clean record with several years of experience on the road, then you can expect much lower rates than someone you has a poor driving record, traffic and speeding convictions or little to no experience on the road.

One of the biggest impacts a traffic ticket conviction can have is on your car insurance rates.

Expect your car insurance company to increase your rates once you have a traffic violation conviction and accumulate points on your driving record.

Just one traffic violation conviction on your driving record has the potential of increasing your car insurance rates by hundreds of dollars.

So, before agreeing to a plea bargain, make sure you're fully informed on how traffic ticket convictions can affect your insurance rates.

Points on your record — especially points related to a DUI conviction — carry with them the added burden of dramatically higher insurance rates.

But the resulting rate increase isn't really because there's a felony on your record, it's because the conviction has to do with your driving.

By having just one traffic violation conviction on your driving record, you can expect to see your car insurance rates go up by hundreds of dollars each year.

A DUI conviction could stay on your insurance record for a few years, so you can expect to pay the high risk rate for an extended period of time.

If you have erroneous outstanding tickets or other convictions on your record, you could be paying higher insurance rates, and could even have your license mistakenly suspended.

However, since the individual will have the DUI conviction on his record for 10 years, insurance companies will still place him in a high - risk category with correspondingly higher insurance rates for the next 10 years, although the impact may lessen over that span.

For example, here's what rates from five major insurers look like for a 40 - year - old driver buying full coverage on a 2014 Honda Accord in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after a DUI conviction:

For instance, an Insurance.com rate analysis found that, on average, drivers will pay 76 percent more after a drunken driving conviction, 66 percent more if they have poor credit, 36 % more for two speeding tickets and 29 percent more after an accident that injures another motorist.

Expect your car insurance rates to increase after a traffic ticket conviction; whether or not they will depends on your provider's policies, but it's common.

Also, the conviction will not be reported on your driving transcript and your car insurance rates will remain unaffected.

Even a single traffic violation conviction on your record can increase your car insurance rates by hundreds of dollars.