Sentences with phrase «questions about convictions»

And, she is well regarded as a DA, noted for reviving cases where there were questions about convictions and using DNA evidence to find the actual culprits.

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And I wanted to introduce the topic through a series of questions, precisely because questions are about as far as I can go with this topic without tripping up on my own failed attempts to establish guiding principles or rules about how to engage other people with wisdom, conviction, and grace online.

But my basic convictions about them were derived not from these philosophers but partly from my being surrounded from birth with the reality in question; partly from Emerson's essays and the works of James and Royce; partly from the poems of Shelley and Wordsworth (which similarly influenced Whitehead); and most of all from my own experience, reflected upon especially during my two years in the army medical corps, when I had considerable leisure to think about life and death and other fundamental questions.

Hutchinson, a mother of 15 children, dared to challenge the male Calvinist clergy about whether they were being true to their theological convictions on questions of grace.

Whether in private conversation, group discussion, a sermon or a speech, or in the interaction within the community, the question is whether there is, on the one side, conviction about what the gospel means and, on the other side, unqualified readiness to hear the other people and see the world from their point of view.

Following the conviction of two street preachers, Christians are asking questions about how to preach an offensive gospel with gentleness and respect.

Nevertheless, the question remains of why a critical observer such as Weber was able, from his early interest in the Puritan ethic, to sustain the conviction that one could make reliable statements about subjective meanings.

The question is whether the usual talk of immortality is a possible or even desirable way of assuring the validity of such a conviction about love and its meaning.

The Revolution of 1989 in east and central Europe» a world - historical series of events ignited by moral passion, informed by moral conviction, sustained by deft and morally sophisticated politics, and supported by a resolute demonstration that the Soviet Union could not compete with the United States in a serious arms race» raised further questions about classic foreign - policy realism and its narrow focus on «hard power» as the analytic prism for understanding both the dynamics of world politics and the exigencies of American foreign policy.

The question of Christian identity in a world of plural perspectives and convictions can not be answered in clichés about the tolerant coexistence of different opinions.

Evans» Evolving in Monkey Town chronicles the author's move from complete acceptance of the faith of her childhood, through a desolate period of questioning, arriving at a renewed conviction about the love of God.

But from what we can know about the person of Christ, his ministry, his death and the curious conviction of his followers he rose from the dead shortly after his death, you are confronted with the question: how should we make sense of this all?

Nevertheless, some of my own convictions about what Christians and churches should do with respect to particular political and economic questions have been clearly implicit in these pages.

For example, when a murderer is executed and the question of capital punishment is raised, about which there is such divided opinion, the preacher should bring the meanings of the gospel and the meanings of the issue together in order that members of the congregation will think more about it and be better able to express their views with conviction and effect.

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The third question is about how «postliberal «Christians relate the very reliable findings of various modern sciences to their theologies or religious practices and convictions.

Any reluctance I feel in answering a question about my Christian identity is not because it pries into my convictions, however.

Errico's conviction poses many questions about horse racing's ability — or willingness — to police itself.

Even amid intraparty warfare among New York Democrats, ongoing questions about Cuomo's ethics in light of a corruption conviction against his former aide and a gubernatorial run from «Sex and the City star» Cynthia Nixon, Molinaro would still have to run against an incumbent.

Manhattan's federal appeals court has since overturned the conviction amid questions about the jury instructions, which failed to adhere to the high court's recent definition of bribery.

He sidestepped questions about his 2009 misdemeanor - assault conviction involving former girlfriend Karla Giraldo Barba and a 2010 political - corruption rap that landed him in prison.

Schumer called the bill a critical first step in the fight against heroin and opioids, expanding the availability of naloxone — also known as narcan — to law enforcement and first responders, improving prescription drug monitoring programs, shifting resources to identifying and treating incarcerated people suffering from addiction, and prohibiting the Department of Education from questioning students about prior drug convictions on financial aid forms.

Questions about the validity of forensic science will not go away, and failure to address them will lead to further convictions of innocent people.

A thought - provoking science fiction that may feel dated today even with its good visuals but raises interesting philosophical questions about solitude, the value of life and what it is like to risk everything for a conviction - which outweighs the ecological message intended.

Evolving in Monkey Town by Rachel Held Evans, Creative Nonfiction Evans» Evolving in Monkey Town chronicles the author's move from complete acceptance of the faith of her childhood, through a desolate period of questioning, arriving at a renewed conviction about the love of God.

``... people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second - hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second - hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.»

My book looks at 11 cases of alleged wrongful conviction, all of which raise serious questions about the justice system.

States are changing criminal justice procedures to grant inmates more access to DNA evidence, address questions about witness identifications, change the way evidence is handled and modernize other procedures, hoping the changes will result in better convictions and fewer challenges, The New York Times reports.

In the years since, research has rendered many of those old saws about arson obsolete and raised questions about the validity of the many convictions to which they contributed.

It allows people to go in and answer questions in natural language about their convictions and then based upon how they answer the questions they'll be asked different questions and it kind of walks them through a decision tree and at the end of it it makes kind of an assessment, not a determinative legal assessment, it'll say you know we think that you're probably a good candidate based upon your responses but we're going to double check it.

There many be questions about Avery's guilt or innocence in relation to the Halbach case, but one thing is crystal clear: Avery was the victim of a miscarriage of justice in relation to his first conviction when the Wisconsin police supressed evidence, ignored legitimate leads, and engaged in tunnel vision of the most odious kind.

It allows people to go in and answer questions in natural language about their convictions, and then based upon how they answer the questions, they'll be asked different questions, and it walks him through a decision tree, and at the end of it makes an assessment.

Senator Feingold asked a few questions about habeas corpus, though there were no surprising revelations and the focus again was on the risk of wrongful convictions.

Employers can not discriminate based on arrests that did not result in convictions and can not even ask questions about the matter.

My mind is already racing with thoughts and questions about the sentencing of former Enron chiefs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling after their convictions today.

It's important to be fully truthful when questioned about any details regarding moving violations, DUI convictions or other reckless driving behavior.

«Ban the Box» It is only a matter of time until employers will have to completely do away with the question on an employment application inquiring about previous criminal convictions.

Senator Quinton Ross (D - Montgomery) announced that he will attempt to pass legislation to ban questions about past criminal convictions from employment applications and state license applications.

The advantage is that an employer can use a well worded application form to discourage applicants with something to hide while also encouraging applicants to be open and honest regarding questions about past criminal convictions.

Each brought to bear both an impressive resume and passionately held convictions on the age - old question about human development: which counts more — nature or nurture?