Sentences with phrase «times after his conviction»

Pastor Kong Hee bowed three times after his conviction for siphoning millions from his Singapore megachurch.

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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.

Specifically, it refers to the fallacious conviction — always extremely popular after markets have risen for a long time and become egregiously overvalued — that «they» will be able to stop the good times from ending.

Boynton Beach Police Officer Michael Brown is facing a lot less time in federal prison after a judge threw out one of his two criminal convictions.

But here, too, there is little that is actually new, although there is detail that confirms what shrewder observers of Vatican life pieced together after the events of early 2013: that Benedict XVI's poorly - planned 2012 visit to Mexico and Cuba convinced him that he could no longer travel; that he believed the Pope must be present at World Youth Day 2013 in Brazil, a conviction that became the terminus ad quem driving the timing of the abdication and what immediately preceded it; and that, contrary to speculations that have become more lurid over time, Benedict's concern about his increasingly frailty, which fuelled his concern that he would be increasingly unable to give the Church what she deserved from a pope, was the sole motive behind his decision to renounce the Oice of Peter — not Vatileaks, not concerns about financial and other corruptions inside the Leonine Wall, not blackmail.

Whatever may have been the actual course of events, historically speaking, which the New Testament means to signify when it speaks of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is at least clear that it was the conviction of the New Testament writers, building on the testimony of the disciples after the crucifixion of Jesus — as it has been the continuing conviction of millions of Christian people since that time — that far from Jesus» being «put out of the way» by his death at the hands of the Roman authorities in Palestine, he was «let loose into the world.»

... You see, these misguided creatures start with the general conviction that they are immortal for all time, which explains the contempt of death and voluntary self - devotion which are so common among them; and then it was impressed on them by their original lawgiver that they are all brothers, from the moment that they are converted, and deny the gods of Greece, and worship the crucified sage, and live after his laws.

The story relates how at first Jesus seems reluctant to do this; after all, he is a Jew in background and thought and she is a non-Jew who in the typical Jewish understanding of that time was considered «a dog» before whom the treasures of Jewish conviction were not to be asserted.

Is this not the sole certainty: that one's so - called conviction is not altered from moment to moment as a result of the different things that happen to one, things that momentarily alter a person and alter everything for a person so that today he has faith, and tomorrow he has lost it, and he gets it again day after tomorrow until something completely out of the ordinary happens, at which time he almost inevitably loses it, assuming that he has ever had it!

Hartshorne seems to hold that we shall engage in no personal actions at all after death; and, as for rewards and punishments, he declares his rather unconventional conviction that they are all received in the now of the present moment of action and at no other time or place.46

Reflecting on the meaning of the revolutionary events that were taking place in Asia after the Second World War, Thomas and his colleagues in Asia, brought into the ecumenical thinking their conviction that God, somehow, is at work in the secular events of our time beyond the boundaries of the church.

I've given you two examples AFTER your quotes wherein Christians — against popular notion at the time — affected societal change due to their biblical, faith - based convictions.

Since his conviction, the woman he raped has had to change her identity five times after the footballer's supporters tracked her down, abused and named her on the internet.

April 1 — Already without the services of former England midfielder Adam Johnson, imprisoned for six years after his conviction on charges of sexual activity with a 15 - year - old girl, struggling English Premier League team Sunderland have now had to sack one - time Arsenal fullback Emmanuel Eboué, who has been banned from football for 12 months by FIFA because of an unpaid debt owed to his former representative.

White is currently serving time after he violated his probation after an aggravated assault conviction back in 2012.

The late Sen. Tom Libous's conviction was overturned in May due to his pending appeal at the time of his death after a battle with cancer.

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Monserrate was expelled from the Senate after an assault conviction and then later served prison time on corruption charges.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are facing prison time after corruption convictions.

The other day, we endorsed Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson's call for ex-cop Peter Liang to do no prison time after his manslaughter conviction.

Nassau County's former deputy commissioner of emergency management won't serve any jail time after admitting to lying about a criminal conviction on a job application and cooperating with the district attorney's public corruption unit.

ALBANY — After Sheldon Silver's conviction, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will push for more «disclosure, transparency» in the coming legislative session but said he's not going to focus his efforts on creating a full - time Legislature because there's «no appetite» for it among current lawmakers.

In addition to facing prison time, the conviction means Mr. Silver has been automatically expelled from the State Assembly, where he'd held onto his seat even after giving up his leadership position earlier this year.

Even though he was essentially convicted of selling his office, the State Constitution treats the pensions of all state employees — even ostensibly part - time legislators — as contracts that can not be impeded, even after a criminal conviction.

The Times also praised Schneiderman for bucking the Senate leadership in pushing for the expulsion of former Sen. Hiram Monserrate after his misdemeanor conviction for abusing his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo.

Former state Sens. Hiram Monserrate and Efrain Gonzalez Jr. are plotting political comebacks after serving prison time for fraud and conspiracy convictions, sources have told The Post.

But Patrick Halpin, former Democratic county executive and now a lobbyist, praised Sini for «turning the department in a remarkably short period of time after it was betrayed,» referring to the federal conviction of ex-chief of department James Burke for beating a suspect and then covering it up.

That law was prompted by the case of former state Sen. Ernie Newton, who served time in federal prison after a conviction related to taking a bribe and two other felonies.

Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya defeated former Queens Councilman and State Senator Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from the Senate in 2010 after his conviction for slashing his girlfriend at the time, in the Democratic primary to replace Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who is not seeking reelection.

Mr. Bharara seemed to be promising New Yorkers and warning elected officials at the same time when, after Mr. Silver's conviction, he said, stay tuned.

She fires the first salvo in the eponymous battle of the sexes after reading that the male players will be competing for a cash prize eight times that of the women's — a discovery that inspires her and business partner Gladys Heldman (Sarah Silverman) to burst into an exclusive all - male club and confront the man they deem responsible: retired tennis champ turned USLTA honcho Jack Kramer (Bill Pullman, who sounds eerily convinced of the character's Stone Age convictions).

With all the stories and rumors I heard after it was revealed that Johnson would be taking over the role, I figured Splinter Cell Conviction would be the last time Ironside we'd hear Ironside in that role.

In part, the judge based his decision on The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, an English law that allows criminal convictions to become «spent» after a prescribed period of time.

Per state statute, you can face a first - time DUI if you have never been charged with such an offense at any time in the past (including out - of - state DUI charges), been convicted of a «wet reckless» or similar offense, or have been charged 10 years or more after a previous DUI conviction.

Kentucky passed kind of sweeping expungement legislation in the last year and for the first time, basically ever, in Kentucky, people with old, low level felonies and almost any misdemeanor can apply after a certain period of time to have the conviction vacated and then expunged, meaning the conviction will be voided from their record as though it never happened and then it will be removed from the public databases and presumably it's not supposed to show up in private background checks as well for pre-employment screenings.

So, if I could have just a minute, Kentucky passed sweeping expungement legislation in the last year and for the first time basically ever in Kentucky, people with old low - level felonies and almost any misdemeanor can apply, after a certain period of time, to have the conviction vacated and then expunged.

If, however, you were convicted, and the Court found that you knew that the victim hadn't died at the time of trial, but you did not raise the fact that the victim wasn't dead, it isn't clear if you could have the original conviction vacated because it was a fair trial and you knew evidence sufficient to get yourself acquitted (which you may have refrained from presenting to avoid conviction on a lesser charge like kidnapping or aggravated assault), and the status of an «actual innocence» grounds for vacating a conviction after trial is hotly disputed, conservatives like the late Justice Scalia generally say «no», liberals generally say «yes», moderates like to say «yes» but make it almost impossible to establish except in rare cases like one where a live person walks in when there was a murder conviction for killing that actually living person.

Our legal team understands the hardships of moving on after serving time for a criminal conviction and we would like to help you get your life back on track.

Wilbert Jones walked through the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison gate around noon Wednesday and into the arms of his brother, sister - in - law and niece — free for the first time in almost 46 years after his 1974 rape conviction was overturned.

It was not until 33 years later, on January 21, 1997, that Mr. Hinse was acquitted by the S.C.C. after obtaining an extension of the time for appealing his conviction.

Provides that where a person is charged in respect of conduct that is an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003) and was an offence under one of the repealed offences listed in sub-s (2), and the only thing preventing the person being found guilty is that it can not be proven beyond reasonable doubt whether the conduct took place before or after the commencement of SOA 2003, then it shall be conclusively presumed for the purposes of determining the guilt of the defendant that the conduct took place at a time when the offence in respect of that conduct carried the lower penalty in terms of a custodial sentence which could be imposed on conviction of the defendant.

If the appeal is effectively based on a change of law, and nothing else, but the conviction was properly returned at the time, after a fair trial, it is unlikely that a substantial injustice occurred.

WELL, IT»S MORE LIKE A COURTROOM FRACAS: Still, any time defendants start punching their lawyer after a conviction, it's worth seeing.

First - time offenders will also be required to install an ignition interlock device for at least six months after conviction.

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.

As reported by the New York Times, Sheldon Silver, former Democratic speaker of the New York State Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges on Friday, May 11, 2018, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction was thrown out.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) says after certain convictions you can be required to obtain a Financial Responsibility Certificate (FR - 44) issued through your car insurance company and maintain it for a period of three (3) years from the date your revocation time ended.

If you pay the fine within 30 days and do not provide proof of insurance that was valid at the time of the stop, OR if you pay the fine after 30 days has elapsed, a conviction is added to your driver record.

Criminal convictions become «spent» after a certain period of time, which varies depending on the sentence for the offence.

After this time, you don't need to disclose your conviction to a prospective employer.