Sentences with phrase «other assault cases»

Vancouver criminal lawyer Kevin Filkow has been successfully defending domestic assault, sexual assault and other assault cases for more than 20 years.

Not exact matches

At the other end of the spectrum, if the worst case scenario is true, then the CBC was faced with the prospect of an employee being potentially charged with multiple accounts of both common and sexual assault.

These convictions reference a case in 2010 where Fitzgerald was charged with assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm.

She and 22 other Columbia students have filed a Title IX complaint against Columbia for improperly handling accusations of sexual assault, but now Sulkowicz is going one step further to draw attention to the case.

With that said — if this guy physically attacked the other one simply because he said something insulting then it's a simple case of physical assault and it should have been tried like that.

With 300 plus homicides occurring in Houston that is 12 - 15 homicide investigations a year plus attempted murder and other felony assault cases to handle, And with each homicide taking maybe on average of three to four weeks to handle its easy to understand how this took so long.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is introducing legislation with other lawmakers Thursday that would change how the military handles sexual assault cases.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) is pushing for sexual assault cases to be prosecuted outside the military, and has pointed to other countries as models.

When some of the members of the Delta Forces, another deadly group formed in the Ashanti Region for the NPP, were arraigned before court, other group members developed the temerity to invade the courts, freed their men and assaulted the judge presiding over their case.

Senate Democrats have introduced a package of gun legislation that would, among other things, ban assault weapons and require microstamping of shell casings.

The Cosby case is symptomatic of a wider societal problem around our attitudes to allegations of rape, sexual assault, and other forms of violence against women and girls.

Abass Caesar, Ebenezer Opoku, Samuel Yeboah, Kofi Fosu, Christian Anokye, Kwame Frempong, Eric Kusi and Abdul Suleman Odudu were asked to go home today because the prosecution does not have evidence to prove its case of assault on a public officer and three other charges leveled against them.

The Attorney General says she did not order the discontinuation of the case involving members of the Delta Force who were standing trial for conspiracy to commit crime, assault on public officer among other charges.

«The kinds of cases that are represented in these phones are homicide, attempted murder, sex abuse of children, sex trafficking, assault, robbery, identity theft and all manner of other crimes,» Vance said.

As doctors continue to monitor Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's condition, previous cases of brain injury resulting from bullets and other assaults can help explain what happens to the nervous system during major injuries — and how those rare recoveries are possible

The Cruise attack, on the other hand, exemplifies «poisoning the well,» another brand of ad hominem attacks in which the character assault is launched before the listener has a chance to form his or her own opinion on a subject — in this case, Cruise's film.

Scott added that he fears many other cases of sexual assault — especially ones involving online dating sites — go unreported because victims feel embarrassed.

2018-04-08 12:58 In this section, the Society will provide its members and others interested in Dunbar's history with examples from the resources held in the Society's News for Online Dating continually updated from thousands of sources on the web: Dundas man charged in sex assault case involving Burlington...

In this section, the Society will provide its members and others interested in Dunbar's history with examples from the resources held in the Society's News for Online Dating continually updated from thousands of sources on the web: Dundas man charged in sex assault case involving Burlington...

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And in South Boston, assaults, slashed tires and other cases of vandalism have resulted after people were perceived to have broken the parking spot code.

- Other misconduct which would need to be extreme to be taken into account — examples from past cases are murder, sexual abuse of grandchildren or violent assault to the extent of disabling the spouse.

Her entire career has been focused on these particular areas of law, having handled countless high - end cases involving nursing home litigation, medical malpractice, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, traumatic brain injuries, slip / trip & falls, premises liability, sexual assault, and other types of personal injury.

But what about other victims who have signed confidentiality agreements in the course of settling sexual assault claims, in cases when the other party to the settlement agreement will not agree to waive the confidentiality agreement?

Jamie Butler of Butler & Company is a lawyer with many years of real - world courtroom experience who travels to many other parts of British Columbia, such as Port Coquitlam BC to assist with ICBC and personal injury cases, DUI, IRP, and even criminal matters like assault, break and enter, and more.

Engage in numerous additional initiatives to create public education and awareness to challenge current attitudes and behaviours; update health and physical education curriculum for students; develop tools and best practices to support compassionate response from law enforcement authorities; strengthen supports provided by hospitals; create a pilot program to provide free independent legal advice to sexual assault survivors whose cases are proceeding toward a criminal trial, and many other broad - based initiatives.

In other cases, where the offender isn't even charged, victims are left feeling that no one cares that they were assaulted.

Our Assault and Battery defense team will also review your background to list all factors a prosecutor can consider for a dismissal or reduction of the Battery or Assault charges or that a judge can use to dismiss the case or limit the penalty to probation or some other lesser punishment.

Whether at the state or federal level, we handle a full range of assault, battery and other violent crimes cases, including:

Survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault often have complex legal needs involving protective orders, family law cases, the Department of Child Services, and a variety of other issues.

Law enforcement, including police, prosecutors, investigators and others involved in the Connecticut Criminal Justice system have been working to build a case against you long before you were charged with Battery, Assault, Aggravated Battery, or Aggravated Assault.

He has been involved in every aspect of the firm's work in cases involving DWI, assault, drugs, criminal vehicular homicide, criminal sexual conduct and many other areas of criminal defense.

We handle many other types of cases, including reckless driving, traffic tickets, and assault, but we dedicate ourselves to being among the best DUI attorneys in Ohio's capital city and surrounding Franklin County.

Sexual assault cases are assigned to prosecution teams that handle small caseloads, meaning that the prosecution is able to focus more attention on these cases than many others.

«Stealthing» is the new sexual assault — a crime by any other name, say Canadian lawyers — that adds another twist to current issues of consent in cases of sexual violence.

This includes experience representing corporations in automobile collision cases, business owners in negligent security, shooting or assault cases, contractors in road construction, electrocution, and other accident cases.

If you are charged with domestic assault, violation of an order for protection or any other charge, contact The Law Office of John J. Leunig to set up a meeting to discuss your case and start preparing your defense.

At The Odierno Law Firm, P.C., our large legal team has extensive experience in filing lawsuits and claims in cases in which our client has suffered from an assault and sustained injuries and other damages.

Our law firm handles Personal Injury cases including but not limited to; automobile accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, bus accidents, train accidents, passenger accidents, and other types of motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall, trip and fall, premises liability cases, assault and battery cases, medical malpractice, traumatic brain injury, and other types of cases where you may have been injured physically, and / or emotionally, due to the intentional actions or negligence of another.

This case involved the complaint arising from the notorious comments he made to a sexual assault complainant, and other pejorative comments about the law of sexual assault, during a trial when he was a judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, at Calgary.

Due to the cuts to funding for legal aid representation, a recent case involving allegations of physical assault (amongst others) against children and a mother by the father, appeared in court with the victim having no legal representation.

I don't profess to know what the answer is, but it seems there is a challenge that exists in sexual assault cases that is not as pronounced with other crimes given the murky issue of whether consent was given.

At this point, this becomes a domestic case that is generally prosecuted in a different manner by Crown counsel when comparing this matter to other assault charges.

Other provinces have enacted, or are in the process of enacting, similar legislative exemptions for limitation periods in sexual assault cases.

Victims of Crime: We represent victims of assaults, homicides, robberies, financial fraud, and other crimes in civil cases.

In cases of assault, the criminal lawyer defending the accused must examine every piece of disclosure and also look for other sources of information to determine whether there is evidence that favours the accused person's version of events.

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The Law Offices of Reisner & King LLP represents employees in all cases involving employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), wrongful discharge, whistleblower violations, unpaid wage and overtime violations, break and rest period violations, California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery, and other employment - related violations.

Practically speaking, however, victims are much better off leading evidence to prove the nature and extent of their emotional and other harms if they want to maximize their compensation, and this is generally what happens in a civil sexual assault case.

His focus is on complex commercial crime and other major case files involving organized crime, homicides and sexual assaults.