Sentences with phrase «up prosecutions in cases»

Worse yet, alerting to small amounts of marijuana could mess up prosecutions in cases involving other, still illegal, drugs.

Not exact matches

He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted in a pending criminal case — one of several prosecutions brought against him.

This means that any extension would not only be: - subject to a specific case being made by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - subject every seven days up to the agreed limit to the approval of a High Court Judge; - subject to the regular report of the independent reviewer with an annual debate in parliament; - but also be subject in each and every instance to a specific parliamentary notification procedure, to a further statement to parliament on the individual case, a review on the specific case by the independent reviewer and with the provision for this House to scrutinise and debate the report and all the circumstances.

The director of public prosecutions was instructed by the law lords to draw up guidelines indicating the various factors for and against prosecution in such cases.

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When the case came up yesterday before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, Deji's lawyer, Mr. Jimoh Lasisi (SAN), expressed shock that the prosecution was not in court and informed the court that his client had reached an agreement with the anti-graft agency.

When the case came up in court, prosecuting ACP Otchere Darko informed the court that investigations have long been concluded and the case docket sent to the AG's Department for prosecution advice but they are yet to receive a response.

The prosecution is expected wrap up its closing arguments Wednesday morning, and the case may get to the jury late in the day.

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Following up on this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the prosecution and sentencing of former border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean (basics here), this Dallas Morning News article reviews the mounting calls for sentencing justice in the case.

While this may be a bar to cases ending up as money laundering prosecutions, there is good reason for that, and any attempt to make changes here is likely to be met (rightly, in the author's view) with great resistance.

One of the hopes would be to have police evidence in provincial offence prosecutions come in by videoconference, so the police do not need so much overtime pay to show up, and so many cases are not dismissed because the police have failed to show up.

A court hearing is set up to review the case with defendants engaging expert criminal lawyers in challenging the charges made by the prosecution which must prove the crime through:

8 Moreover, as noted by the Court, ante, at 663, Article 9 expressly provides that neither contracting party is bound to deliver up its own nationals, although it may do so in its discretion, but if it does not do so, it «shall submit the case to its competent authorities for purposes of prosecution.»

The training was the third in a series of five workshops which make up a multi-staged initiative that addresses effective tools for investigation of cases; best practices in case management; preparation of files to ensure successful prosecution; and improved trial advocacy skills for police prosecutors.

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