Sentences with phrase «pressure trial judges»

We don't know how much pressure trial judges will exert on defense counsel....

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At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

Despite the lengthy deliberations, jurors said they did not feel pressured by the judge to arrive at a verdict, and they were not influenced by unusual distractions, ranging from the length of deliberations to Leitza's departure to attend the wedding to the highly visible and vocal group of midwife advocates who attended the trial.

But even if that charge had gone to court, the judge wrote, Capua and other defendants would have to stand trial for a lighter version of the original allegation because there's no evidence that Intervet gave in to the alleged pressure.

You do not have to accept a bench trial (trial by judge) even though the prosecution will likely pressure you to waive that right.

At the settlement conference before trial, the judge used intimidation tactics to try to pressure me into settling for less than my damages.

Moreover, given the fact that sensational, high - stakes criminal cases attract most publicity, the judge may be simultaneously under pressure to allow extensive trial coverage to ensure the accused's right to a fair trial under section 11 (d) of the Charter.

The trial judge found, in effect, that Mr. Hrynew pressured Can - Am not to renew its Agreement with Mr. Bhasin and that Can - Am dealt dishonestly with Mr. Bhasin and ultimately gave in to that pressure.

With what Judge Peck calls «the vanishing trial» because cases settle, there isn't much pressure to innovate.

Rodriguez had a chilling effect and pressured undocumented injured plaintiffs in a personal injury lawsuit from choosing between (a) revealing their immigration status in a public trial and being subjected to deportation proceedings (b) revealing their immigration status and having the jury scrutinize and judge their legal status in the United States, or (c) not reveal their immigration status and drop their lost future earnings no matter how high the damage.

There has been heightened public scrutiny on courts to deal with criminal cases at risk of being tossed since the Jordan ruling, and that pressure only increased last November when a Superior Court judge in Ottawa stayed a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, after it took four years to get his case to trial.