Sentences with phrase «prosecutors bringing»

As the article reveals, the severity of the sentence here appears to be the product of, inter alia, the legislature increasing punishments under Jessica's law, prosecutors bringing multiple charges, the defendant contesting those charges at trial, and the operation of state sentencing guidelines.

Federal prosecutors bringing corruption charges against elected officials are «out of control» and can ruin lives, former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno on Friday said.

FBI Director James Comey said his office is not recommending that prosecutors bring charges against Hillary Clinton for handling of classified information in connection to her use of private email servers.

On the day of the hearing, the prosecutors brought additional charges bordering on possession of local and foreign currencies against Sambo Dasuki and also sought for Secret Trial of the case.

In May 2007, federal prosecutors brought a criminal prosecution of Purdue Pharma, the Stamford, Connecticut - based maker of OxyContin.

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

In all, prosecutors brought 10 different felony counts against Percoco and the three business executives.

But federal prosecutors brought new charges against the 83 - year - old ex-senator, and a federal appellate court ruled prosecutors can move forward with a quid pro quo case against him.

Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management will pay nearly $ 1 million and retrofit a handful of Manhattan apartment buildings after settling a Fair Housing Act lawsuit federal prosecutors brought against the landlord over lack of accessibility at its properties.

The bill, likely to be voted Tuesday, will let prosecutors bring criminal cases any time up to a victim's 23rd birthday, and allow civil lawsuits against abusers any time up to a victim's 50th birthday.

Because of these statistics, law enforcement officers in El Cajon make lots of domestic battery arrests, and prosecutors bring the most serious charges that the facts possibly support.

Conviction for hacking celebrities» iPads voided after prosecutors bring case in wrong state, Reuters

According to US Sentencing Commission data, in Fiscal Year 2012, federal prosecutors brought over 84,000 cases to sentencing, whereas by Fiscal Year 2016, federal prosecutors brought fewer than 67,750 cases to sentencing.

Could a prosecutor bring charges of rape, even if the victim decided she didn't want to bring charges?

In this (completely hypothetical) situation where identical twins are impossible to tell apart, would / could a prosecutor bring charges of rape?

However, in Barnes» opinion, the Crown will get some blame given the outcome and the nature of the decision — the suggestion being the evidence prosecutors brought forward didn't support their case.

In mid-July, prosecutors brought allegations against Walter Forbes and E. Kirk Shelton that they misled shareholders in both companies as well as a pension fund for New Jersey state workers that was investing in the deal.

Not exact matches

July 5, 2016: He holds news conference to announce that «no reasonable prosecutor» would bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, over her email practices as secretary of state, but criticizes Clinton and her staff for being «extremely careless» in their handling of classified material.

Earlier this year U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the civil action brought by Waymo, asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether criminal theft of trade secrets had occurred.

The prosecutor declined to bring charges, explaining that he could not prove «the officers acted outside the constitutional boundaries set forth by the Supreme Court.»

However, Mariotti added, prosecutors sometimes bring charges earlier if it's part of an effort to coerce a defendant into «flipping» as a witness and cooperating with the investigation.

A wave of insider trading cases brought by Manhattan federal prosecutors, meanwhile, resulted in Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's conviction in 2011 and a $ 1.8 billion settlement and plea deal in 2013 with hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.

The prosecutor has eight burglaries or drug cases he could bring in the time it takes to prosecute a single white - collar crime.

Prosecutors who specialize in terrorism, narcotics trafficking and organized crime, led by the acting head of the Justice Department's criminal division, will bring prosecutions designed to restrict the flow of money to terrorist groups, Sessions said.

After a year - long FBI investigation into the server, FBI Director James Comey said in July he found that while laws governing classified information may have been broken no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges.

Prosecutors in Gulfport, Mississippi, recently took down one Nigerian crime ring that brought in $ 52 million.

Prosecutors told the jury that Garcia Zarate brought the gun to the pier that day to do harm, aimed it toward Steinle and pulled the trigger.

Mueller brought the details of what he'd found to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who decided that the federal prosecutor in New York should handle an investigation into Cohen.

Mr. Cosby paid Ms. Constand $ 3.38 million in 2006 as part of the confidential financial settlement of a lawsuit she had brought against him after prosecutors originally declined to bring charges.

It would, at most, be a technical violation that no sane prosecutor would base criminal charges on (assuming that such charges could be brought against the president).

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010 leak of diplomatic cables and military documents and investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools, according to people familiar with the case.

The former FBI director said he considered calling for a special prosecutor to be brought in to oversee the probe but decided it would be «brutally unfair» to do that.

Police later said in a statement that the department would defer to county prosecutors on whether to bring charges, but didn't dispute any of the information released by Moir.

So far, prosecutors working for Mueller have brought charges against four people, including former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and his former national security adviser, Mike Flynn.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that police and prosecutors were considering whether to bring a criminal investigation against the 82 - year - old, following the publication of a report last June which heavily criticised him.

We can take some comfort at the fact that finally, toward the end of the twentieth century, prosecutors have begun applying criminal statutes to corporate officers who make decisions that (for instance) cause death or injury to a worker or to the public, and charges brought against these individuals include manslaughter and homicide charges.

Ronaldo, 32, signed a new deal to 2021 with the club just over a year ago, but sparked speculation over his future after leading Madrid to the Champions League in June due to his apparent discontent with the club's lack of involvement in a tax case brought against him by Spanish prosecutors.

Confused about the judge's intentions, prosecutors and Cryns» lawyers argued for bringing the jurors back to the Waukegan courtroom the following day.

Prosecutors view someone as a subject when that person has engaged in conduct that is under investigation but there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges.

Reporters basically brought to the surface what federal policemen and prosecutors found.

They say Vance has «tremendous confidence in his career prosecutors» who do the day - to - day work of bringing cases against Manhattan's criminals — even the high profile ones.

Trump will also bring on Jane Serene Raskin and Martin R. Raskin, former federal prosecutors in Florida.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office on Thursday reacted to the decision by federal and city prosecutors to not bring any charges in multiple investigations into fundraising and political activities.

«Eric Dinallo has an impressive record of achievement as a prosecutor and regulator, and has shown that he will bring innovative and effective solutions to the problems New Yorkers face,» said Schenectady Democratic Chairman Brian Quail in a statement provided by the Dinallo campaign.

Question is, what would the numbers be if you normalize for prosecutor bending to public pressure and sending LE - defenant cases to the jury (to avoid public backlash, or pressure from the Feds) that clearly have no way of being successfully prosecuted and would NOT be brought to the jury by the same prosecutor for a civilian without publicity involved?

Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges.

She expects to be handcuffed, put in a police car, driven to the courthouse and brought before a judge after being secretly indicted by a grand jury run by a special prosecutor who was secretly selected to investigate campaign finance filings from 2009.

After years of review in the case of former Niagara Falls Sen. George Maziarz, and no charges brought, a question remains: What happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars of questionable spending flagged by the state Board of Elections for prosecutors to review?

AG Eric Schneiderman is moving to change New York state law so that he and other local prosecutors would have the power to bring criminal charges against aides to Trump who have been pardoned, according to a letter Schneiderman sent to the governor and state lawmakers today.