Sentences with phrase «state prosecutions for»

Represented hospital in federal and state prosecutions for allegedly removing and disposing of asbestos - containing materials unlawfully

«But, because the business is so highly regulated on a state level and the threat of federal as well as state prosecution for violation remains, potential investors will want to take a long, hard look at the operations and the people involved in any investment opportunity.»

As early as 1835 he would write to Froude and comment on the abandonment of State prosecution for blasphemy which has a contemporary flavour — and argues that «there should be some really working court of heresy and false doctrine.»

The reason double jeopardy does not apply when a person faces both a federal and state prosecution for the same conduct is that separate and distinct crimes are being charged.

Not exact matches

«The typical state prosecution is for a standard common - law crime,» explains Philip A. Feigin, an attorney with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons in Denver and a former commissioner of the Colorado Securities Division.

Any prosecution of Assange would be «incredibly dangerous for the First Amendment and pretty much every reporter in the United States,» Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Wired.

The decision to allow Boehmermann's possible prosecution was awkward for Merkel as she sought Ankara's help in reducing Europe's migrant influx but also expressed concern about the state of media freedom in Turkey.

Chancellor Angela Merkel in April granted a Turkish request to allow the possible prosecution of Jan Boehmermann for insulting a foreign head of state.

Meanwhile, Netflix's success with the Avery case has even paved the way for an Investigation Discovery follow - up television special on the case that aired last month, while former Wisconsin District Attorney Ken Kratz is reportedly writing a book about his experience leading the state's prosecution against Avery and Dassey.

January was a great month for the cannabis industry, despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind the Cole Memo, an Obama - era memorandum that essentially protected state - legal cannabis businesses from federal prosecution.

Some commentators argued that the early charges against Manafort, which didn't reference as many potential crimes as many had expected, were a sign that Mueller was leaving the door open for state prosecution and avoiding the double jeopardy issue.

When people see banks browbeating the bond rating agencies and accounting firms to whitewash the quality of what they're pawning off on their customers, when they see bank lobbyists getting Washington to block state prosecutions of financial fraud so as to clear the way for more predatory lending and false packaging of the junk securities they're selling and to win the right not to reveal their true financial position, there's a good reason not to buy what's in these black boxes.

This identical wash, rinse, repeat cycle has occurred literally hundreds of times over the past 38 years, with no serious investigations or prosecutions whatsoever in that this is official, state - sponsored, for - profit corruption.

And, as United States Attorney from the Eastern District of New York, she was involved in two high profile financial fraud cases, one in which Citicorp paid $ 7 billion in settlement for its role in the mortgage - backed securities fraud, and one in which HSBC paid $ 1.7 billion and took a deferred prosecution agreement for facilitating money - laundering.

In the United States, companies are eligible for deferred prosecution agreements only if they self - report misconduct and cooperate fully with investigators.

It would allow victims to bypass the prosecution and petition judges for hasty trials, as well as set arbitrary limits on the time to complete a state - level appeal.

To, The Hon» ble Chief Justice, The Supreme Court, United States of America, Washington, D.C. Fax no: 213.547.8080 Dear Sir, Sub: Prosecution of previous President Mr. George W.Bush, for violation of International Code of Conduct.

«In addition, as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change works with the state government to deliver democratic dividends, we urge it to also assist in addressing the challenges to rule of law posed by these arrests and prosecutions, encouraging respect for press freedom and advocating for protection and justice for targeted communities in southern Kaduna.»

According to Edward J. Larson's scholarly, informative, Pulitzer Prize - winning book, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, the prosecution of young John Scopes for presumedly violating a state law restricting the teaching of evolution in the public schools need not have resulted in the now legendary high - pitched standoff between the atheistic radical Clarence Darrow and the robustly religious populist William Jennings Bryan.

PPG Paints Arena does have a policy for fans throwing objects on the ice that states «guests not abiding by this Fan Courtesy Policy are subject to ejection from PPG Paints Arena and in some cases subject to criminal prosecution.»

After a recent spate of children dying in an Idaho religious community opposed to medical interventions (the Followers of Christ), state legislators proposed opening parents up to prosecution for relying on faith - based healing as the only treatment when a child's condition could kill or permanently injure them.

The Lagos State Government thereafter set up a Coroner Inquest to unravel what went wrong, and via a verdict delivered on August 7, 2015 by Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, the Coroner indicted the engineers and recommended them for investigation and prosecution for criminal negligence.

Justice Department officials have so far been reticent to discuss whether the change will lead to a return to prosecutions for cannabis offences in states with legal markets.

The practice, part of a broader inquiry into the fundraising practices of Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies, was recommended for criminal prosecution by the chief enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections in a memorandum made public last week.

In theory, criminal prosecution is done for the benefit of citizens, not for the state itself.

There is also a companion trial to the Percoco case in June, which is expected to probe pay - to - play allegations in Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» revitalization initiative for that part of New York — which means that hard looks at the practices of state government will continue to be in the news with the prosecution of another Cuomo ally, Alain Kaloyeros.

The four - week trial of state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) may have ended with his acquittal on the felony charges against him, but it was not for lack of trying on the part of the prosecution.

«I can state categorically that some documents for the prosecution of some corrupt NDC officials are ready.

The outspoken New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has stated that the docket for the prosecution of five former appointees under the John Mahama - led government is ready.

Schumer last week told The Daily News he was taking a wait - and - see approach on whether he'd recommend Bharara, who has led successful prosecution efforts against top state elected officials from both parties, for another term in the new presidential administration.

Don Touhig, the under secretary of state for defence, insisted the proposals had not been introduced in the wake of the recent spate of prosecutions against members of the armed forces in Iraq, saying they were aimed at bringing the current system up to date.

Their decision stated that while peerages may have been given in exchange for loans, it could not find direct evidence that that had been agreed in advance; this direct evidence of an agreement in advance is what would be required for a successful prosecution.

A major twist has crept into the prosecution of the alleged $ 2.1 b arms fund diversion charges as former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, his son Sagir Attahiru and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Ltd have applied for a separate trial from former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

Christmas came a week early for Ulster County as the New York State Attorney General's Office delivered a check for $ 12,845.27 representing the collection of additional restitution from its prosecution of the Lower Esopus Riverwatch Corporation and its board members.

Government reform groups are angry at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he is giving up too soon on an anti-corruption agenda that includes public financing of campaigns and greater prosecution powers for the state's district attorneys.

Cuomo repeated that he's set up a special unit in the state police to investigate the crimes and other hate crimes, and has created a fund for a $ 5000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of anyone involved in the incidents.

The attention of the Kwara State Ministry of Justice has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters, Abuja, had in their statement indicted -LSB-...]

It held that the AG should have gotten the likes of, Mrs. Betty Mould - Iddrisu, the then Minister of Justice, Mr. Ebo Barton - Odro, then Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr. Paul Asemeni, Head of Legal department at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr. Samuel Neequaye Tetteh, Chief State Attorney and Mr. Magnus Rex Danquah, Chief Operating Officer of CAN 2008 Local organizing Committee (LOC) in - charge of the day today administration of the tournament and member of the Technical Committee on the Stadia Construction to court to testify for the prosecution.

Vance did not bring any charges in the case, writing in a ten - page letter to the state Board of Elections enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman, who had referred the case for prosecution, that «the parties involved can not be appropriately prosecuted, given their reliance on

A legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem, on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N2.9 bn fraud.

The prosecution says Competitive Power Ventures, run by defendant John Galbraith Kelley, gave Percoco's wife Lisa a $ 90,000 - a-year teaching job that required only a few hours of work in exchange for Percoco's help to ease state rules to get a power plant built.

The attention of the Kwara State Ministry of Justice has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the suspected cultists arrested and interrogated by the Police in Ilorin and recommended for trial by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) but suddenly transferred to Police Headquarters,...

But since the State AG actually has very little role in criminal prosecutions in New York — how does what you say indicate her qualifications for the job?

«Not only is marijuana an untapped revenue source for the city and the state, but the prosecution of marijuana - related crimes has had a devastating and disproportionate impact on black and Hispanic communities for far too long.»

Re-elected in November, the Democrat has proposed a new mechanism to provide property tax relief to more than 1.3 million New York taxpayers, establishing a commission to set salaries and limit outside income for state legislators, and restricting the prosecution of juveniles as adults.

In 2015, the SLA prosecuted 1,552 licensees for underage sales in New York state — a 50 percent increase from 1,036 prosecutions in 2010, according to the release.

«The need to promote respect for the law and deter other legislators from engaging in acts of corruption also require substantial sentences here, particularly given the rampant political corruption (proven in multiple prosecutions) that has plagued the New York State Legislature in recent years,» prosecutors wrote.

«Dr. Kaloyeros resigned because he believes that the federal and state prosecutions recently filed against him are an unnecessary distraction for the good people working hard at SUNY Poly.

The attorney for a Holtsville man shot in the shoulder by a Suffolk police officer in Medford earlier this week, is asking the state attorney general to oversee the Suffolk district attorney's prosecution of his client for allegedly driving drunk and dragging the officer with his vehicle.

The matter was premised upon an application to the state Attorney General by a lawyer, Mr Sunday Olowolafe, calling for the prosecution of Mr Aluko for alleged perjury.