Sentences with phrase «to get a fair trial»

I visit her regularly and I believe she didn't get a fair trial.

You really believe that everything is all good now, racism is all gone, everyone always gets a fair trial, and it can never happen to you?

So you are saying we only get fair trials if we have the most talented legal minds on the bench?

«The acquittal of Skilling on some of the insider trading counts suggests the jury approached the issues with an open mind, contrary to defense claims that they could not get a fair trial in Houston.

Can celebrities ever get a fair trial?

I'm not a lawyer, and I don't particularly defend them very often, but our legal system is set up to hopefully ensure that an accused gets a fair trial, and that includes legal representation.

For a person who should have been bought to the international court of justice to get a fair trial for his crime against humanity, for him to die of a headshot wound seems a bit dubious.

«Huge, dramatic and sensational» coverage of the Leveson inquiry could prevent ex-Sun editor Rebekah Brooks getting a fair trial, her solicitor has warned.

The Director of the Ghana Legal Aid Scheme Alhassan Yahaya Seini told Starr News his outfit will step in to ensure the suspect gets a fair trial.

Embattled Bronx pol Eric Stevenson now thinks he can get a fair trial since 7 of his 12 jurors are nonwhite.

The leader of the Commons, Harriet Harman, said Mr Cameron should not be speaking about the cases at all - as his comments could affect the chances of the accused MPs getting a fair trial.

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright determined it to be an «obvious truth» that criminal defendants can not get a fair trial without a lawyer and mandated all states under the Constitution to provide attorneys for defendants unable to afford their own lawyers.

«My concern is not with getting a fair trial in Costa Rica, rather the sharking «mafia» over there having put out a $ 25,000 contract on my life,» Watson told Reuters Television.

We are familiar with the tactics of law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges and can help to ensure your clients get a fair trial by raising objections or seeking to have evidence thrown out.

Barrister and brother of the prime minister Alex Cameron QC is working free of charge in a bid to halt the trial, he successfully argued at Southwark Crown Court earlier this month that the three defendants would not get a fair trial as they were not sufficiently represented.

Criminal appeals can be successful if you can prove you did not get a fair trial because the judge made mistakes, your lawyer was not prepared, or any of many other reasons that can be shown from the trial record.

In a 39 - page ruling Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Thomas McGuire said Jones did not get a fair trial when he was convicted in 1986 of killing a Brockton drug dealer.

Would you trust a US national to get a fair trial in half of the nations in this world?

Because the government has so much power, because the risk of wrongful conviction is so great (even when the prosecution is well intended), the only way a person could ever get a fair trial is to require such inequities.

My father, a Baptist minister, got involved when he became concerned that the defendants couldn't get a fair trial in our small town.

And in a world where many people (just look around this blog for examples) have already found them guilty just for being priests, how could they get a fair trial?

How could McLain have gotten a fair trial, Levine asked, when the judge had allowed jurors to stand in the jury box, eating food and drinking coffee during testimony?

«The jurors were so distracted it was impossible to get a fair trial.»

And if they let the situation continue much longer, some New Yorker's may not get fair trials.

«Throughout the case, we didn't believe we were getting a fair trial.

Fani - Kayode, in his pending application, is asking Justice Muslim Hassan to disqualify himself because he was «worried and terrified» that he would not get a fair trial.

«We don't get fair trial, they will just be threating students with School Disciplinary Committee.»

Often, venue is not an issue, but a party who has difficulty traveling to a particular court, has worked in a particular court, or who does not feel that she will get a fair trial in a particular court may ask for a change of venue.

If there are valid legal reasons, we will move to have any evidence thrown out to ensure that you get a fair trial..

Skilling's appeal is based in part on the notion that there was no way he could have gotten a fair trial in Houston, Enron's headquarters and arguably the city most devastated as a result of the fraud perpetrated by the «Smartest Guys in the Room.»

«Your honour, my client must get a fair trial and I must know what documents the prosecution has in its possession.»

Now defense attorney Daniel Petrocelli has petitioned the court to move the trial, saying it's impossible for the former executives to get a fair trial, Hays reports.

Ecuador granted him asylum because Sweden, where he is wanted on charges for sexual assault, won't promise not to extradite him to the US, where the Australian citizen is under indictment, and where many seem unconvinced Assange could get a fair trial.

I doubt that Oracle's lawyers would have put it this bluntly («the Court got it completely wrong») if they believed they were getting a fair trial in Judge Alsup's court.

We will make sure you get a fair trial where your defense is heard and respected.

If youa have plead guilty in Queens or were convicted at trial and feel that you did not get a fair trial, The Law Offices of Michael S. Discioarro, LLC can help.

Regardless of what crime you are accused of, be it drug possession, trespassing, criminal mischief, or a DWI our lawyers are ready and willing to defend your rights and make sure that you get a fair trial.

They say in court papers that Cruz can't get a fair trial, but Scherer disagreed.