Sentences with phrase «under criminal law as»

It is only to suggest that the bail issue may be as problematic under criminal law as it is under immigration law.

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According to the letter, one list posted includes the names of all Boston Archdiocese clergy who have been found guilty of sexually abusing a child by the Catholic Church or under criminal law, as well as any accused individuals who voluntarily requested removal from the clergy.

One of my favorite theologians put it this way: Jesus «dies as a criminal, under the curse of the Law — as if to say, «Look, I'm as guilty as you are in this situation because I set it up in the first place; let's just forget about blame and get on with the party» (Capon, The Mystery of Christ, 34).

One of my favorite theologians put it this way: Jesus «dies as a criminal, under the curse of the Law — as if to say, «Look, I'm as guilty as you are in this situation because I set it up in the first place; let's just forget about blame and get on with the party;» (Capon, Mystery of Christ, 34).

Atheist Hunter: The civil and criminal law (as opposed to the laws governing the structure and funding of government) of the USA was based largely on the laws of the Brittish Empire, which was what the colonies had been under before the revolution.

To be sure they are capable of acts of violence against unarmed people, which most regard as psychotic, and they have to be dealt with under the criminal law — unless killing them is the only way to save other lives.

For example, under existing laws, there is no power to impose a general curfew in a particular area, and while curfew conditions can be placed on some offenders as part of their ASBO, criminal sentence or bail conditions, there are only limited powers to impose them on somebody under the age of sixteen.

This is the paradox of a fraudulent person who has himself committed several crimes under the criminal law being protected and touted by his complicit principal, the Government as a an anti-corruption crusader of some integrity.

Probation Officers and Supervisors staffing the Probation Department shall be New York State Certified Peace Officers and have met the mandated training requirement of a Probation Officer as specified by the New York Department of Criminal Justice Service and appointed under the provisions of New York Civil Service Law.

But the report recommended that, as hacking is an offence under criminal law, those avenues should be pursued first.

Secondly, he said that although judges were putting into effect their new powers to give indeterminate sentences under the Criminal Justice Act 2003, they were not yet using the power under that law to give more community orders «as fully as they might».

In counts three and four, the defendant alongside others now at large, were accused of conspiring to impersonate a public officer and unlawfully postured as the Lagos State Deputy Governor by calling and sending SMS on a mobile number 09064583091 to the public as the said Deputy Governor contrary to and punishable under Sections 380 and 411 of the Criminal Law Cap C17, Vol 3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

@mbomb007 Your prisons are overflowing because for - profit prisons mean they have an incentive to keep prisons as full as possible, even if it means lobbying for heavier criminal penalties even for minor offenses (usually under such auspicious euphemisms as «tough on crime», «law and order»).

«We are proud to stand with Governor Cuomo today as he announced the suspension of New York's participation in Secure Communities, a controversial partnership between immigration officials and local law enforcement that has come under scrutiny at a national level for straying from its intended purpose of deporting dangerous criminal immigrants.

Backing his claim with Article 13 of the Constitution which says «no person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted,» the caucus leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs said, «I do not think that the constitution, in so far as a matter is criminal, frowns upon the use of force to the extent that it may even deprive some other people of their lives.

«That is why, as Attorney General, under the government of the great Ghanaian statesman, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, I led the process, in Parliament, for the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law.

Giving the «particulars» of the said error, the lawyer argued, «The powers given to the first appellant (the IGP) under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Nigeria Police Act, Laws of the Federation 2004, sufficiently make the «Special Joint Investigation Panel» lawful and supportable under the Nigerian criminal justice system.

The interference from Cuomo's office, as outlined in the Times report, could fall under state obstruction laws, which would make any criminal violations the purview of state attorney general Eric Schneiderman.

However, under Argentine law, criminal charges apply to Villalba as an individual, not to the agency he led.

The agency rejects anyone who has committed an act defined as criminal under Australian law.

A ride that's teased by an opening flash - forward which suggests catastrophic consequences for the domestic life of Walter White (Bryan Cranston, astonishing as ever in his swings from mensch to menacing)-- whose criminal alter ego is now in danger of being exposed by his brother - in - law / DEA agent Hank (Dean Norris, a world removed from the melodramatics of his new gig Under the Dome).

«Notably, the very acts of corporal punishment that are permissible when applied to children in schools under some state laws would be prohibited as criminal assault and battery when applied to adults in the community in those very same states,» King said.

(B) provide that special consideration will be given to the REHABILITATION under this ACT of a handicapped individual whose handicapping condition arises from a disability sustained in the line of duty while such individual was performing as a public safety officer and the proximate cause of such * disability was a criminal ACT, apparent criminal ACT, or a hazardous condition resulting directly from the officer's performance of duties in direct connection with the enforcement, execution, and administration of law or fire prevention, firefighting, or related public safety activities;

Is the criminal versatile John Wiley & Sons publishing empire violating the right to privacy in the workplace under U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment as well as Chinese, German and EU privacy laws?

Their human rights must be respected and upheld, as guarantee under the Peruvian Political Constitution, the precautionary measures granted by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on May 5, 2014, the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and as supported by the latest determination of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to prosecute company executives, politicians and other individuals under international law for crimes linked to land grabbing and environmental destruction.

Fatal criminal attacks fall under the area of law known as intentional torts.

Driving under the influence (DUI) allegations are often the first time many individuals find themselves in trouble with the law, as well as the first time they must navigate what can be a confusing and complex criminal justice system.

Generally speaking, a defense of others defense that justifies a use of force under criminal law will also not give rise to civil liability in a lawsuit for assault and battery as opposed to a criminal prosecution for it.

The criminal case does not provide compensation to the victim of a crime — it seeks justice against the person who has committed a crime as defined under Florida law.

His environmental and tort litigation experience includes dozens of products liability actions in California State and Federal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort doctrines.

Sam Harden practices personal injury and criminal defense law at Metcalf Harden in Florida and has been recognized as one of the top «40 under 40» attorneys in Florida.

Often conspiracy to deprive someone of their civil rights is used as a federal offense when there is a state level acquittal, and it isn't impossible to imagine that happening in this case as the victim had a right to the protection of the laws, and the state had a right to enforce the criminal laws, which was deprived in a manner that could be called «under color of state law.»

The Law Office of Mark J. Sacco routinely provides advice and counsel to clients who are under criminal investigation by federal authorities as well as those who have been named as persons of interest or are being interviewed as witnesses.

Thirdly, as has been identified by the Director of the SFO, 24 the high threshold for corporate criminal liability under English law reduces the incentive for corporates to enter into a DPA at all.

Under Arizona law, depending on the circumstances, criminal homicide can be charged as murder, manslaughter or negligent homicide:

Data storage and transmission services can fall under the law, and failure to appropriately protect data can result in fines as high as $ 1.5 million per year with the possibility of criminal charges.

One of my problems with anonymization under family law is that it does not bear any comprehensive test of coherence along all «material world» publication policies or rights of all privacy sensible fields of law such as criminal but even more so administrative decisions such as rent tribunal and social welfare.

As a matter of law, where it is sought to obtain material from third parties, upon whom there is no prior duty of disclosure, a defendant or indeed the Crown may obtain a summons under the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 or the Magistrates Court Act 1980, s 97.

If passed into law the Bill would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to include «gender identity» as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination and would change the Criminal Code to similarly add gender identity under Canada's hate crimes laws.

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As pointed out above (see para. 132) such violations were punishable under the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the law implementing the two Additional Protocols of 1977.

Mr. Hart represents clients from all walks of life who have been charged with serious state and federal criminal offenses, as well as clients who have been placed under investigation by law enforcement agencies.

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The colonies were granted the ability to elect general assemblies under a royally appointed governor and high council, with the power to create laws and ordinances, as well as establish civil and criminal courts specific to the area and in agreement with British and colonial laws.

«The power of the prosecutor to stay public or private prosecutions under s. 579 of the Criminal Code has been described by the Supreme Court as one of the five «core elements of prosecutorial discretion» [Krieger v. Law Society (Alberta) 2002 SCC 65 at para. 46] that relate to whether a prosecution will be brought and what form a prosecution will take.

As reported in the written decision of the Law Society Hearing Panel (which decision is under appeal by the applicant), the applicant threatened to sue the other board members for defamation after he was removed as President of the condo corporation and a notice of his removal was posted; circulated a letter (under a false name) on some floors within the building that falsely stated that some of the board members had previously gone bankrupt, had criminal convictions and were accepting bribes and free meals from the developer of the condominium to settle deficiencies with the developer; made a derogatory remark about some of the residents based on their ethnicity; threatened to report some of the directors to US / Canada border officials, falsely alleging that they were drug smugglers; threatened both the corporation's property manager and security services firm that their contracts with the condo corporation would be in jeopardy if they did not provide a character letter to the applicanAs reported in the written decision of the Law Society Hearing Panel (which decision is under appeal by the applicant), the applicant threatened to sue the other board members for defamation after he was removed as President of the condo corporation and a notice of his removal was posted; circulated a letter (under a false name) on some floors within the building that falsely stated that some of the board members had previously gone bankrupt, had criminal convictions and were accepting bribes and free meals from the developer of the condominium to settle deficiencies with the developer; made a derogatory remark about some of the residents based on their ethnicity; threatened to report some of the directors to US / Canada border officials, falsely alleging that they were drug smugglers; threatened both the corporation's property manager and security services firm that their contracts with the condo corporation would be in jeopardy if they did not provide a character letter to the applicanas President of the condo corporation and a notice of his removal was posted; circulated a letter (under a false name) on some floors within the building that falsely stated that some of the board members had previously gone bankrupt, had criminal convictions and were accepting bribes and free meals from the developer of the condominium to settle deficiencies with the developer; made a derogatory remark about some of the residents based on their ethnicity; threatened to report some of the directors to US / Canada border officials, falsely alleging that they were drug smugglers; threatened both the corporation's property manager and security services firm that their contracts with the condo corporation would be in jeopardy if they did not provide a character letter to the applicant.

Upon conviction, unlike in impaired driving charges, a criminal record might still be avoided as absolute or conditional discharges are available under the law.

The general court wishes to perpetuate and reiterate the rights of the jury, as ordained under common law and recognized in the American jurisprudence, while preserving the rights of a criminal defendant.

Under Illinois law, criminal sexual assault is defined as engaging in a penetrative sexual act with another person without his or her consent.