Sentences with phrase «other convictions based»

This case prompted the Virginia Department of Forensic Science (DFS) to conduct a review of 200 old blood - typing cases to make sure there are not other convictions based on such flawed testimony.

Not exact matches

Based on one's core convictions and values, there is no doubt that some candidates are a better choice than others.

In other words, we must develop a new ethic and, to be frank, a new logic with relation to nature, based on the conviction that, as Father Gustavo Gutiérrez of Peru says, «life and not death has the last word.»

Centuries of Christian religious legitimation of and support for Western imperialism was based on the conviction of a necessary Christian salvific mission towards others.

An eloquent critique of secular rationality as the only basis for a discussion of a republic's virtues is Kent Greenawalt's Religious Convictions and Political Choice (Oxford University Press, 1987), an appraisal of Bruce Ackerman, John Rawls and other philosophers.

We have seen how the University of Berlin was based on these convictions, just as the University of Halle expressed the nationalism that was the other pole of the Enlightenment.

If you are in a position of power or authority, do not attempt to influence or control other people's lives based on your beliefs / convictions.

What we shall attempt in this chapter is to discover the biblical basis for our Christian faith in God, and then suggest the bearing of this faith on certain other great convictions of our Christian heritage.

Instead, however, and as the best substitute, the Church would need to give the individual Christian three things: a more living ardour of Christian inspiration as a basis of individual life; an absolute conviction that the moral responsibility of the individual is not at an end because he does not come in conflict with any concrete instruction of the official Church; an initiation into the holy art of finding the concrete prescription for his own decision in the personal call of God, in other words, the logic of concrete particular decision which of course does justice to universal regulative principles but can not wholly be deduced from them solely by explicit casuistry.

In all honesty, the «religious people» that don't legislate against things based solely on their religious convictions and thereby hurt the rights of individuals, and who don't condemn science and medicine and societal progression and other religions and other denominations and people who are not religious, and who don't claim to know that something is true beyond all other truths, are probably a very slim minority, and I'd have to argue that they aren't really religious, they are just doing whatever makes them feel good, which could be accomplished through secular means as well.

Central to the criticisms has been the conviction shared by many religious leaders that the exercise of social power should be directed by a concern for justice on a representative basis rather than a concern to impose one's own particular standards and beliefs on others.

Our knowledge of them does not precede our faith, or provide a basis for it, as other convictions are based on proven facts.

In declaring religion out of bounds, they surely sought not only to protect Romney from the criticism of conservative Evangelicals, but to protect the future Republican nominee, whoever he or she might be, from the religiously based criticism of the left, which has already argued that Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and others are unsuitable because of their supposedly extreme religious convictions.

it is when I compare another's convictions to my own that I am able to, perhaps, evaluate the worth my argued position or concerns based on invaluable wisdom from that other's confession.

My view is largely based on the conviction that if we don't get Aubamayang now, some other team (and not Arsenal) will get him this summer.

So, Shaprio argued, «it's impossible to tell» whether the jury convicted them based on the meeting or on the other counts — undermining their convictions.

The panel is aimed at investigating wrongful conviction claims by defendants who claim innocence based on either a factual matter, newly found evidence or other information.

Halpern's conviction that psychedelics might help alcoholics and addicts is based both on research by others and on his personal observations of members of the Native American Church.

American Hustle (Trailer Here) is loosely based on the 1978 -1980 FBI ABSCAM Sting Operation, that led to the conviction of a US Senator, members of the House of Representatives, a mayor and many other high profile public sector figures.

In an industry where independent thinking, fundamental analysis and conviction - based investing have been abandoned by so many other managers, in order to force their investment strategies to match a benchmark or fit someone else's mandate or style box, I am proud to say that we have remained true to our investment philosophy for our entire 20 years.

Once you've eliminated those stocks, then you could simply rank the remaining ones in descending order of expected returns and then allocate capital based on your conviction (as expressed in terms of expected return) keeping in mind the need to diversify into multiple names as well as other portfolio construction considerations dealing with limiting «aggregation of risk.»

Dear Prem, If you have conviction that these thematic based funds can outperform the other mentioned fund categories, you may kindly go ahead and invest.

In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon conviction for any violation of this section or of sections seventy - seven A, seventy - eight, seventy - eight A, seventy - nine A, seventy - nine B, eighty A, eighty B, eighty C, eighty D, eighty F, eighty - six, eighty - six A, eighty - six B or ninety - four the defendant shall forfeit to the custody of any society, incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth for the prevention of cruelty to animals or for the care and protection of homeless or suffering animals, the animal whose treatment was the basis of such conviction.

Earlier, among other matters, he obtained a full defense jury verdict as lead trial counsel in a case on behalf of the New York City Law Department; served as lead counsel in an appeal where the court vacated a first degree robbery conviction of a client on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel (People v. Cyrus, 48 A.D. 3d 150 (1st Dept. 2007)-RRB-; and was co-lead counsel on the submission of an amicus brief on First Amendment issues with the United States Supreme Court.

As reported in the written decision of the Law Society Hearing Panel (which decision is under appeal by the applicant), the applicant threatened to sue the other board members for defamation after he was removed as President of the condo corporation and a notice of his removal was posted; circulated a letter (under a false name) on some floors within the building that falsely stated that some of the board members had previously gone bankrupt, had criminal convictions and were accepting bribes and free meals from the developer of the condominium to settle deficiencies with the developer; made a derogatory remark about some of the residents based on their ethnicity; threatened to report some of the directors to US / Canada border officials, falsely alleging that they were drug smugglers; threatened both the corporation's property manager and security services firm that their contracts with the condo corporation would be in jeopardy if they did not provide a character letter to the applicant.

Section 2 of the CHRA provides that the purpose of the CHRA is to «extend the laws in Canada to give effect... to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.»

The bestiality conviction would have added two years to his sentence, but these two years (and more) could have easily been added to his other twelve convictions (indeed, the trial judge reduced his sentence from 18 years to 16 years based on the principle of totality).

Any other criminal convictions will be evaluated on a case - by - case basis.

In other words, even your carefully designed background screening process that leads to adverse action based on a specific felony conviction may be discriminatory if you can not show that it applies to the specific applicant, and demonstrates that he or she is unfit for the job.

Divorce may also be granted based on the following grounds: impotency of the other spouse when the marriage began; adultery committed by the other spouse, willful desertion by the other spouse for more than one year, willful neglect of the other spouse to provide the family with the necessities of life; habitual drunkenness, a felony conviction, physical or emotional abuse, incurable insanity, and legal separation for at least three years.

«You need to stand strong, but your conviction about pricing has to be based on something other than just what's in your head.