has been tracking a horrific story in which workers at a shelter in Chesterfield County, SC were accused of shooting at least 22 dogs at the shelter and, not in a one -
time lack of judgment, but as a matter of standard practice, allegedly beating cats with a pipe in order to «euthanize» them.
Not exact matches
Often
times we allow our youthful desires and
lack of judgment to lead us down paths we will later regret.
To set aside a
judgment for failure to attribute sources or for
lack of originality alone would be to misunderstand the nature
of the judge's task and the
time ‑ honoured traditions
of judgment ‑ writing.
The driver who is overtired will experience delayed reaction
time and a loss
of good
judgment, among other dangerous behavior linked to a
lack of sleep.
However, the court would review the following four issues if challenged by the respondent: (1) whether the foreign court
lacks jurisdiction pursuant to Taiwanese laws; (2) whether a default
judgment is rendered against the losing defendant, but the notice or summons
of the initiation
of action had been legally served in a reasonable
time in the foreign country or had been served through judicial assistance provided under the Taiwanese laws; (3) whether the performance ordered by such
judgment or its litigation procedure is against Taiwanese public policy or morals; and (4) whether there exists no mutual recognition between the foreign country and Taiwan.
From a practical perspective the four main difficulties are that (1) people convicted
of crimes often
lack the income or assets to pay
judgments, (2) there are double recovery issues involved in reconciling restitution awards in a criminal case (where the measure
of damages is narrower) and damage awards in a civil case (where the measure
of damages is broader), (3) there are priority issues involved in reconciling criminal awards for fines, restitution and costs, in each case with civil awards for damages, and (4) if the defendant declares bankruptcy, the non-dischargeability
of the civil
judgment must be affirmatively raised and proved (often this is elementary but there are strict
time limits) in the bankruptcy proceeding.