Sentences with phrase «part of a criminal conviction»

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The conviction was reversed for faulty jury instructions after the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of an «official act» that must be performed as part of a criminal quid pro quo arrangement.

Even though he was essentially convicted of selling his office, the State Constitution treats the pensions of all state employees — even ostensibly part - time legislators — as contracts that can not be impeded, even after a criminal conviction.

In part, the judge based his decision on The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, an English law that allows criminal convictions to become «spent» after a prescribed period of time.

This is a summary of part of a published article that develops this theme: that poor resources given the criminal justice system, increases the probability of wrongful convictions in these ways:

Although it is important to note that the RCMP's 1982 investigation did lead to Marshall being freed from prison — implying that one can not always assume that a police force will not be able or willing to conduct a proper investigation into allegations of wrongful conviction — we believe that most citizens would feel more comfortable taking this sort of information, at least initially, to a person or body they do not consider to be part of the criminal justice system, or directly or indirectly involved in the original investigation.

Philip Rosen believes that this practice reflects a prosecutorial bias on the part of the Department of Justice, resulting in a «deference to judicial determinations of guilt and an insufficiently rigorous questioning of the foundations of criminal convictions.»

Settlement negotiations are an essential part of most criminal defense work, whether the negotiations seek an outright dismissal, continuance for possible dismissal with or without dismissal conditions, or any other number of resolutions right up to convictions involving amended or dropped charges and / or agreements as...

The jury determined that the city excluded Mr. Heagney's name from consideration in part because of a criminal case against him for which no conviction resulted and for which the records were sealed.

Appellate review as provided for by Part XXI of the Criminal Code is not an indulgence to be doled out to those who are somehow seen as deserving of the opportunity to challenge their conviction.

The criminal conviction requires mens rea, proof of malice or intent on the part of the actor, so something that is found to be accidental would not be criminally actionable.

Details about criminal convictions or specifics about the vehicle model are part of the additional reports provided by DMV.com:

Criminal record checks remain an important part of the background check policy, but it is interesting to note that 86 % of survey responders said fewer than 20 % of candidates whose background checks reveal criminal convictions are disqualified from employment because of these convCriminal record checks remain an important part of the background check policy, but it is interesting to note that 86 % of survey responders said fewer than 20 % of candidates whose background checks reveal criminal convictions are disqualified from employment because of these convcriminal convictions are disqualified from employment because of these convictions.