Sentences with phrase «overzealous prosecutors»

The phrase "overzealous prosecutors" refers to legal professionals who are excessively enthusiastic or aggressive in pursuing a criminal case. They may show excessive determination or use unfair tactics, which can potentially infringe on the rights of the accused. Full definition
These cases often lack physical evidence and overzealous prosecutors rely solely on circumstantial evidence.
Foreign oil companies would refuse to dish out any more money to develop the country's resources if it knew that it could be kicked out at any moment by overzealous prosecutors in small towns.
The 71 - year - old Silver has pleaded not guilty to charges, with his lawyers claiming overzealous prosecutors are attempting to criminalize how politics is practiced in Albany.
It's based on the story of a persistent Chicago Times reporter (James Stewart)-- initially skeptical, but finally convinced — who digs into an 11 - year - old murder case to find out if a man (Richard Conte) convicted of murdering a policeman is really guilty of the crime, or is the victim of overzealous prosecutors and dishonest politicians.
More often than not, we're accustomed to hearing stories like this one about overzealous prosecutors crossing ethical boundaries.
Like other portions of the valley, however, Visalia and Tulare County as a whole also are the home to sometimes overzealous prosecutors who do not always get all of the facts from understaffed and overstretched police.
Sentencing rules permitting substantive circumvention of the jury's work enables overzealous prosecutors to run roughshod over the traditional democratic checks of the adversarial criminal process the Framers built into the U.S. Constitution.
«EFF has long advocated for reforming the CFAA, which overzealous prosecutors have exploited in troubling ways,» said Williams.
«You had an overzealous prosecutor go after him.»
Secondly, he said, is what he calls a «more disturbing» view: «that overzealous prosecutors are out there making cases they've never made before» and going out of their way to target politicians.
The central thrust of Michael Spratt's latest article is that the solution to Ontario's overburdened criminal justice system is for the political wing of government to «reign in» what the author says are complacent, possessive and overzealous prosecutors.
It excludes minor or even moderate harm.19 Because there is no exact definition of what constitutes «great bodily harm»... it is actually determined on a case - by - case basis20... overzealous prosecutors have a tendency to allege it every chance they get.
An overzealous prosecutor relied on flimsy evidence to convict and sentence Dennis to life in prison.
Now, the State Bar President has weighed in, albeit indirectly, and exposed an obvious lack of concern for the rights of the lawyers being prosecuted by an unreasonable and overzealous prosecutor.
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