Sentences with phrase «unconscionable abuses»
In their hands, law became not a constraint on power but the instrument of unconscionable abuse.
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«The DCCC's silence is unconscionable and they can not excuse years of abuse by one of their donors.»
You do not grow to admire and respect this man as you do in most militaristic flag wavers; he is a ruthless sadist who punishes every tiny error with the kind of physical and emotional abuse that would be deemed unconscionable in any other environment.
As a young lawyer defending poor inmates on Alabama's death row, Stevenson uncovers unconscionable flaws in the criminal justice system — racial bias, abuse of power, excessive punishment, denied access to legal counsel — concluding that «the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.»
We have a responsibility to close this loophole, because it is simply unconscionable to allow this abuse to continue.»
Alternatively, at any stage of the private prosecution, the conduct of the private prosecutor could be relied upon as the foundation for an abuse of process submission if the conduct causes unfairness or is unconscionable.
She appealed to the Montana Supreme Court raising two issues: 1) Whether the district court abused its discretion when it denied Viola's Rule 59 (e) and 60 (b) motions based on the district court's failure to consider whether the property settlement agreement was unconscionable; and 2) Whether the district court abused its discretion when it determined that the property settlement agreement was valid without a disclosure of assets.
Based on that, the Supreme Court found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the property settlement agreement was not unconscionable.