Sentences with phrase «public decency by»

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These female journalists, originally numbering 64 in total, have signed a public letter first published by The Hollywood Reporter, calling Brokaw «a man of tremendous decency and integrity.»

Beyond that I honestly don't care, again, public solicitation is a decency issue that has to be adressed and regulated by society, but if 51 % say it's legal, then it's legal.

Prosecutors charged Shannon Denney, 32, with outraging public decency and public morals, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $ 500 fine.

Elected houses have to pander to the public, the public are generally stupid; in return for a vote politicians set aside all petty considerations (like the law, morality, basic human decency and common sense) and pass stupid, kneejerk, dangerous laws (the only people to disagree with Her Majesty's government passing dangerous laws in the name of anti-terrorism were a bunch of out - of - touch 90 - year - old judges, who have been replaced by a tame political supreme court).

Increasing numbers of us are concluding that unless Labour MPs take a lead within Parliament, a new centre - left party should be formed outside Parliament that reflects the pragmatism and decency of the British public by rejecting the old divides of left and right.

In Lord Simon's opinion, such an interpretation was borne out by the purpose of the legal rule, ie «that reasonable people may venture out in public without the risk of outrage to certain minimum accepted standards of decency».

It was contended on behalf of the appellant that the law relating to the offence of outraging public decency had developed in such a way that the offence was confined to those instances where the necessary lewd act had been witnessed by at least one person, and the public nature of the offence was only satisfied if, in addition, at least one other person either had or could have seen the act.

HELD In order to prove an offence of outraging public decency the prosecution had to show that: (i) that the act was of such a lewd, obscene or disgusting character that it outraged public decency; and (ii) that the act took place in a public place and that it was capable of being seen by two or more persons present even if they had not actually seen it.

It is difficult to conceive how public order and decency is preserved by preventing people from going unclothed on private property even when they are visible to others.»

He submitted that the offence of outraging public decency, as developed by 19th century authorities, was confined to instances where a lewd act had been witnessed by a least one person.

Moreover, the purpose of the requirement that the act be of such a kind that it outraged public decency went to setting a standard which the jury had to judge by reference to contemporary standards; it did not require that someone saw the act and was outraged.

With positive signs against corruption and inefficiency emerging in the early days of Ramaphosa's presidency, his SONA speech might sum it up best: «We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity, that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources, nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard - earned savings of ordinary people.»