Sentences with phrase «time public prosecutors»

Not exact matches

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

While it is unusual for this type of dispute to play out in public, prosecutors say this happens all the time between their office and the police department.

«The New York Times called him the nation's most aggressive and outspoken prosecutor of public corruption and crime on Wall Street.

He had learned from his legendary former boss Robert Morgenthau that under - resourced public prosecutors can't beat deep - pocketed law firms on a level playing field, and that where banks and wealthy defendants may have time and money on their side, prosecutors can use the press to erase at least the first advantage.

This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.

On the surface, Cuomo and Christie are very similar: hard - charging former prosecutors who pushed public labor unions and recalcitrant state lawmakers to adapt to fiscal austerity in difficult economic times.

Prosecutors on Thursday afternoon wrapped up 10 weeks of testimony and arguments in Central Islip, where they sought to make the case that the one - time elected officials accepted an illegal stream of benefits from restaurateur Harendra Singh and, in exchange, abused their public positions to get him two county contracts and more than $ 20 million in town - guaranteed loans.

Griffin worked as a senior assistant prosecutor in the Rockland County District attorney's Office from 1981 to 1986, worked in private practice later on, and received a full - time job with the Rockland County Office of the Public Defender in 2010.

In the court documents, prosecutors said that a range of 22 to 27 years in prison would not be «unreasonable» and asked the federal judge to impose prison time «greater than any sentence imposed on other New York state legislators convicted of public corruption offenses.»

Could you imagine, dear reader our Governor, the former State Attorney General, the one who is supposed to be above everybody else, better than Caesar's wife, being associated, according to the New York Times, in a situation that, if it were anybody else, this same Governor would be the first one to request an investigation by the Joint Commission on Public Integrity or appoint a special prosecutor?

«As prosecutors, it is time to acknowledge that the public has lost confidence in part of our criminal justice system.»

be working full - time for a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, legal aid office, prosecutor, public defender, government agency, JAG Corps, or legislative office.

Thus, the Times mentions how prosecutors like Schneiderman would prefer big oil companies to act: «Last month, 10 of the world's biggest oil companies, including BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Aramco, Repsol of Spain, Eni of Italy and Total, made a public declaration acknowledging that their industry must help address global climate change.»

Now is the time for consumers, investors, public prosecutors, policy makers, and others to demand answers to the above questions, and insist that major fossil energy producers use their enormous resources and technical capacity to make real plans for a 2 °C world.

The Economist noted last November that «an unexpected by - product of Mr. Zuma's scandal - plagued presidency has been a growing public interest in the justice system...» The judiciary, said the newspaper, had acted «as a bulwark for South African democracy at a time when other institutions, including the police and state prosecutors, have been compromised.»

For example, in the state of Illinois where I previously practiced as a public prosecutor, there was a very limited period of time in which spouse support was awarded.

The prosecutor Angela Corey is quoted as having said at the time the murder charges was filed that she did not «bring charges in response to public demand,» but clearly she did.

In addition, prosecutors have a duty to the public to use limited resources (like their own and the court's time) judiciously.

Rural courthouses are not exempt from these travel expenses — trying a case locally can mean paying for the judge's, prosecutor's, and public defender's drive time.

Some are too busy, especially in a criminal setting where the prosecutors and public defenders have so many files that it's hard for them to give each sufficient time.