Sentences with phrase «pursue state charges»

Why pursue state charges?

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It is up to the police department to recommend the case to the district attorney, who then decides whether the state pursues criminal charges using taxpayer money.

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The Obama administration has vigorously pursued Snowden to bring him back to the United States to face espionage charges for leaking details of U.S. surveillance programs to the media.

He better hope the state does not pursue charges or he may do jail time.

Under this statute, a county / state prosecutor would be authorized to pursue a charge for a violation of the statute if, and only if, he has enough evidence to do so and the US government declines to pursue deportation.

Tapping into his background as a high - profile prosecutor, Spitzer said the state should not have pursued the second - degree murder charge.

Cuomo said there was a conflict in Vance leading the investigation because the state attorney general's office was probing the Manhattan DA's office over charges that Vance had not vigorously pursued past allegations against disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Other critics charge the 11 - member commission, which would have appointees from the governor and leaders of the state Legislature, would discourage prosecutors from pursuing cases of public corruption.

«We are deeply disappointed in the decision by federal prosecutors not to pursue charges in the killing of Ramarley Graham,» said WFP State Director Bill Lipton.

Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.

Ulrich did not provide details of what he will be announcing, but stressed that the timing of the announcement was not related to Thursday's announcement from state and federal prosecutors who said they would not pursue charges against de Blasio or his aides following a months long investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices.

He also said the charges raised by Morales and Cumberbatch were exhaustively reviewed by the same federal and state prosecutors who investigated the administration and decided in March not to pursue criminal charges.

In seeking to have the charges dismissed, Silver's lawyers said the government had ignored that New York state throughout its history has let state lawmakers pursue private part - time employment.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he will not pursue criminal charges related to Raynette Turner, who in July was found dead in a Mount Vernon Police Department holding cell.

State and county law enforcement say they do not plan to pursue criminal charges against pistol permit holders who fail to recertify their permits by Jan. 31.

«Jackie's Law» will prevent GPS stalking by updating New York State's stalking statutes to allow law enforcement to pursue criminal charges against those who use GPS or other electronic devices to stalk their victims.

The decision not to pursue charges in the Moreland probe comes just days before Mr. Cuomo is set to deliver his State of the State address in Albany.

Donald Trump responded via Twitter to FBI Director James Comey's announcement about the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State and a recommendation not to pursue criminal charges.

And Governor Paterson's state police detail was accused of trying to influence a Bronx woman to not pursue a domestic violence charge against a top Paterson aid.

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High - quality implementation of standards - based reform requires the following: specificity in stating the content goals of teaching and learning; consistency / alignment among the policies and practices put in place to pursue those goals (e.g. content standards, student achievement tests, performance standards, curriculum materials, professional development, accountability); authority / legitimacy to those charged with implementation; power through rewards and sanctions; and stability — when policies, practices, and leadership are in a state of flux, it is difficult to take each new thing that comes along seriously.

But, as Michael Rebell, a professor of law and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, convincingly shows in his new book, Courts and Kids: Pursuing Educational Equity through the State Courts, there is a pragmatic path to equality in the schools that avoids highly charged debates over racism and local control.

Many states have bad check restitution programs through which you can pursue the check writer for the amount of the charged back check as well as funds to cover the fees and charges that you incurred as a result of the check bouncing.

«We thank prosecutors for pursuing charges in this disturbing cruelty case,» said Amanda Arrington, North Carolina state director for The HSUS.

The Humane Society of the United States encourages authorities to pursue the strongest possible criminal charges against the owner.

In fact there are federal versions for quite a number of state crimes (e.g. controlled substances), and there isn't a bright legal line as to when federal charges vs. state charges will be pursued: typically, one prosecutor will defer to the other.

We understand the complexities of the law and how the state pursues these serious charges.

Still, it is more likely than not the State will file assault charges even if the complainant does not want to pursue the case.

The Department reported these accusations to the State Police, pursued criminal charges against Computers Plus's president, and sued Computers Plus and its president, personally.

The United States has aggressively pursued the extradition of individuals located abroad who are charged with US criminal offences.

Part II.E reviews the four instances where an international court has pursued charges against sitting heads of state.

The NJ report does not even mention the federal death penalty or the fact that, as noted here and here, the Bush administration has often been willing to pursue federal capital charges in non-death-penalty states.

Keller is currently the highest - ranking judge who has ever been brought up on these type of charges, and it's very significant that the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct has charged her and has pursued these charges so aggressively, because they take very seriously the reputation of the Texas judiciary, and their job is to protect that reputation, and they see that Sharon Keller has damaged that reputation and brought public discredit onto the judiciary.

«I have seen a huge increase in this sort of activity lately,» said Wendy Baker, the Harris County prosecutor pursuing barratry charges against state Rep. Ron Reynolds, D - Missouri City.

Isn't this what the Supreme Court is really asking the judicial community as a whole when it states that «Each procedural step or motion that is improperly taken, or takes longer than it should, along with each charge that should not have been laid or pursued, deprives other worthy litigants of timely access to the courts», or are they really just suggesting to build more courtrooms and hire more staff?