Sentences with phrase «to get a conviction»

It should be a hard offence to get a conviction for, since it's an easy one to make an accusation of.

Federal prosecutors tend to have extensive legal experience and are extremely skilled in getting convictions in the cases they handle.

By hiring an attorney, you're chances of getting your conviction dropped are increased, saving you from facing a much more expensive insurance premium.

Same with the law enforcement agencies and the judiciary; why are we not getting the convictions in the corruption cases?

Families and victims can present their evidence and get convictions just like they do at schools.

They succeeded in getting conviction on 2 counts, out of 8.

«They probably won't because of the difficulty of getting a conviction» is more of a comment.

I think it's going to be difficult to get a conviction here, but not for any reason relating to the term «corruptly».

If you end up being convicted of a crime, our expungement lawyers may be able to get the conviction expunged from your criminal record.

He cut a $ 402,236.92 check to white - collar criminal - defense firm Shapiro Arato LLP — which got his conviction overturned — on Nov. 17.

A lawyer for Gary Thibodeau, the only man convicted in Allen's kidnapping, has gone to court to try to get his conviction overturned based on newly discovered evidence that implicates Breckenridge, Michael Bohrer and James Steen.

«I've got a conviction about him that I don't get very often,» he told the Chicago Tribune (registration is required to read the story) back in 2005.

And that means that black women, who were our best voter according to the political people in this campaign, have watched their brothers and their parents, their fathers, and their sons go to jail and get convictions young and be forced into a cycle of poverty.

Prosecutors failed to get a conviction against Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina on charges that he received illegal contributions and falsified documents to pay for the silence of his pregnant mistress as he campaigned for president in 2008.

The DA was able to successfully prosecute 12 of the 17 and hopes his successes getting those convictions will serve as a deterrent going forward.

Reversal Of Fortune — The West Wing theme continues as Ron Silver plays celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz in this legal procedural about how Klaus Von Bulow got his conviction for attempted murder overturned.

The plaintiff must first get the conviction vacated and the indictment dismissed.

Interesting that the US Supreme Court is now considering the limits of malicious prosecution too, in a quite frightful case where the prosecutors knew the accused was innocent but got a conviction anyway.

Among other things, with the help of an attorney experienced in representing immigrants in criminal matters, you may be able to get your conviction modified, reduced or vacated entirely to protect your immigration status.

«Atkins (yes, of Atkins fame) gets off of death row Main Feds get another conviction in steriod investigations»

Result: Mr. Mines was able to get the conviction removed from our client's driving record.

Additionally, the crime that they were apprehended for will no longer take up police resources as it can now be filed in the «we know who did it but can never get a conviction» cabinet because none of the evidence they have will be admissible in court.

It doesn't mean they always get a conviction,» he says.

I think we've all been round and round with this, and I don't really expect to get any convictions for academic dishonesty, much less fraud, even though I do believe they are guilty of both.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has upheld the constitutionality of the controversial federal victim surcharge, saying the payment is neither a fine nor a punishment but merely a consequence of getting a conviction.

Now there are various ways that you can get those convictions expunged, but it's much more difficult if it has already become a public record, and if your child has been convicted of a DUI in juvenile court, even though that is not accessible to the general public, the DMV will be able to see that conviction and may refuse to give your child the license for some period of time, based on that conviction.

After all under the BRD standard the constitution requires before your allowed to convict and then punish someone if you can't get that conviction under BRD constitutionally it didn't happen.

Those who had hoped for a different outcome in the acquittal of three former Nortel Networks executives might want to consider that judges and Crown attorneys might need more experience with corporate law to get a conviction in future trials.

«Getting convictions is much, much harder» than it once was, Rosen reports.

As 2017 approaches, I've got conviction that after four and a half years, I will finally be able to achieve my passive income goal.

It's got conviction.

The evidence system, court processes, etc make it hard to get a conviction.

In a week's time, the case is done away with and you get a conviction.

He got a conviction here in Lagos until the Supreme Court upturned the verdict years after.

Just seems like Preet had to stretch to get a conviction.

You are unable to get conviction.

The FBI managed to get a conviction, however.

If you can find a smoking gun, if you can show that this preceded that and somebody's been shot in the past, then you can get a conviction.

Sadly, what gets all but lost is the fact that, even in the absence of Whitacre's ethically - compromised court testimony, the government was still able to get convictions of several top executives and to eradicate the financial chicanery in the agri - business industry.

Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction.

Pleading guilty in the criminal court makes it easier to get a conviction for personal injury in civil court because you've admitted guilt for the punch.

In addition, the new law would require a positive blood test within two hours in order to get a conviction.

But all of these things actually make it harder to get a conviction in a criminal case than a finding of primary negligence (setting aside contributory negligence) in a civil case.

Part of the reason for these feelings are that people in Toronto believe that our police officers don't get punished for wrongdoing, receive preferred treatment when charged or conducting an infraction, will lie in court or falsify notes to get a conviction, and will discriminate and racially profile people in the city.

All of these pertain to the probability of getting a conviction (if there isn't a reasonable chance of getting a conviction, a prosecutor is unlikely to press charges).