«Today's hearing raised more questions than it answered about why there has been no investigation into the obvious ethics
violations by this prosecutor,» he said.
Not exact matches
At the heart of the case are allegation
by former
prosecutor Mark A. Sacha (who was fired after the News initially reported his complaints) that two successive Erie County DAs gave Pigeon a pass on what Paterson's counsel Peter Kiernan has since determined was a «pattern» of
violations.
At least three investigators with the Suffolk district attorney's office have been subpoenaed as a federal investigation has expanded into whether county investigators and
prosecutors engaged in federal civil rights
violations by illegally using a wiretap on Oliva.
Attorney William McGinley says Friday that federal
prosecutors intend to charge his client after more than two years of investigation plagued
by «malicious leaks,
violations of grand jury secrecy, and strong - arm tactics.»
Federal
prosecutors plan to sue New York City over widespread civil rights
violations in the handling of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island, making clear their dissatisfaction with the city's progress in reining in brutality
by guards and improving conditions at the jail complex.
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni approved Howe's clothing at the request of
prosecutors, who had Howe arrested on a bail
violation after he admitted during cross examination he violated his cooperation agreement with the government
by trying to defraud his credit card company.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare today asked public
prosecutors to investigate a possible criminal
violation of drug marketing laws
by the Japan subsidiary of the giant Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis.
TOKYO — Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare today asked public
prosecutors to investigate a possible criminal
violation of drug marketing laws
by the Japanese subsidiary of the giant Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis.
The American criminal justice system is far from being sufficiently enlightened, starting
by too many presumed - innocent people caged without bond pending sentencing, moving to Virginia's crabbed criminal discovery system, continuing to Virginia's system that allows
prosecutors to scare defendants to plead guilty
by their refusal to waive a jury that in many instances and locations can mean more racist jurors than judges on top of the jurors often being more wild cards than judges for sentencing, continuing to the many judges who choose judicial efficiency over a fair trial, continuing to the brutal capital punishment system, cntinuing to excessive mandatory minimum and guideline sentencing, and continuing to the slew of innocent convicted people (many of whom plead gulilty rather than risking a worse fate), and continuing to frequently excessive sentences and excessive probation
violation sentences.
In fact, (i) securities - related criminal proceedings can be brought only
by public
prosecutors, and (ii) civil claims for damages can be brought only
by the persons that directly suffered the damages (however, with respect to market abuse
violations, Consob is entitled to bring civil claims aimed at obtaining compensation for damage caused to the market's integrity).
The FSS, the FSC and the SFC also support the
prosecutors in investigating securities law
violations by passing on all the information they gathered in the course of their investigations.