| The second feature is that this collateral challenge was made in the course of a prosecution. |
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| The first prosecution witness, Miss Louise Papps, is called to the witness box. |
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| In any jurisdiction in the country, aiding and abetting a felony is a crime, subject to prosecution, trial, and imprisonment. |
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| The Tokyo tribunal accommodated to these sentiments by granting Emperor Hirohito immunity from prosecution. |
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| It's the defense's job to make sure that the prosecution watch their boundaries, watches their step. |
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| That required fairness to the accused but also to the prosecution and those involved in it. |
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| During the session, prosecution lawyers quizzed customs officers from Tokyo Airport with 91 questions. |
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| However, it proceeded to speculate on the safety of their conviction with reference to the weight of the evidence adduced by the prosecution. |
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| Well, it would be in a whole new jurisprudence so far as the prosecution of Commonwealth offences were concerned in this country. |
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| The successful prosecution of the case for children and adolescents demands effective advocacy. |
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| This completed the case for the prosecution and the usual caution was read over to the prisoners. |
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| The first-ever ag-gag prosecution, involving a woman who took roadside videos of cows at a slaughterhouse, was announced this week. |
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| He claimed he raised his foot to protect himself but the prosecution suggested he was the aggressor. |
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| One, a lawyer, makes detailed submissions rebutting the prosecution evidence. |
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| The prosecution has called several rebuttal witnesses to the stand to testify about the way in which evidence was collected. |
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| The prosecution rebuttal began on Wednesday after the defence rested its case without putting Jackson on the stand. |
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| In another unusual move, although not unprecedented, the prosecution offered no rebuttal to the defense testimony. |
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| The court receiver was directed to hand over the items to society members in the presence of both prosecution and defence lawyers. |
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| The Recorder directed that the prosecution needed to prove an indecent intention, and Lord Ackner signified his approval of this. |
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| Consequently, no one was in court for the prosecution when the Recorder of Bristol, His Honour Judge Dyer, was ready to hear the matter. |
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| Motor cycles found to be fitted with exhaust systems that do not carry a legal BSI Kitemark are subject to prosecution. |
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| Surveillance of construction sites, followed by visits, resulting in cases being referred for possible prosecution. |
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| Premises which continue to serve alcohol without a renewed licence will be liable to prosecution. |
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| The cause of action against the police was malicious prosecution and wrongful imprisonment. |
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| The prosecution alleges she gave him a false alibi by claiming she was in Soham on the day the girls died, when she was really in Grimsby. |
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| Officers are now warning that offenders face prosecution if caught, regardless of their age. |
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| Northumberland opposed both Charles's execution and the prosecution of the regicides. |
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| His accuser is a former drinking and gambling mate, whose allegations have laid him open to prosecution. |
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| They also were significant in limited tactical actions close to the shore such as the prosecution or relief of sieges. |
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| He has apparently been offered remission of his present sentence and immunity from further prosecution if he testifies. |
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| Amazingly, as the prosecution pointed out, none of the men in the shed apparently saw what happened next. |
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| There was a very considerable lapse of time between the initial offences and trial causing difficulty for prosecution and defence. |
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| The prosecution are entitled to raise it and it is their duty to do so rather than allow a dangerous person to be at large. |
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| The month-long amnesty is being held to encourage people to hand in any illegally held firearms and ammunition without fear of prosecution. |
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| The prosecution team is reprimanded for repeatedly bringing Ms. Starling, Dr. Lecter, and their companions before this bench. |
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| However, it would still be perfectly lawful for the British state to simply declare him immune from prosecution. |
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| Was he simply an illicit fantasist running amok in a lawless land, as the prosecution alleged? |
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| However, the prosecution managed to talk the court into awarding restitution for the damages that would have been incurred if he'd succeeded. |
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| There are also leaders outside of the parliament who escape prosecution because they have been granted immunity by their own governments. |
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| Any civil servant who is proven to have leaked the information should face prosecution for disclosing confidential information. |
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| Both the defence and prosecution rested in the fifth day of the trial after Jones testified against him for a second time. |
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| The District Attorney said last week that the prosecution would rest today. |
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| I don't think they'll make that decision until the prosecution has rested their case. |
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| Both the prosecution and the defence have rested their cases in the child abuse trial. |
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| The choice was typically between the long path to prosecution or the rapid restoration of business functions. |
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| There should be annexed to section 9 Statements proving service, the notice of intended prosecution and the requirement to provide details. |
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| Not yet arrived was Timothy Beach from Lincoln in nearby Logan County, a veteran criminal lawyer retained to assist the prosecution. |
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| Immunity from prosecution in return for truthful testimony was discussed early on, and rejected. |
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| Unlicensed fireworks displays, even on private property, are illegal and may render the participants liable to prosecution. |
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| However, over the years he developed a liking for prosecution and when he got the opportunity, he just grabbed it. |
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| The prosecution claims that he was a father of very strong tradition who ruled his home with a rod of iron. |
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| In this case the problem arose because the judge knew the Chief Constable who was a witness for the prosecution. |
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| I think you'd rather put it to the arresting authorities or those who are responsible for prosecution. |
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| Under section 139, it is for the prosecution to prove that the defendant knowingly had the offending article in his possession. |
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| He agrees this was an asphyxial death, and the prosecution submits this was by neck compression. |
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| But the Directive leaves open the powers to the prosecution and sanction to the interpretation of individual states. |
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| The magistrate found that the prosecution had not satisfied the onus of proof that was required. |
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| I am also satisfied that the prosecution still have to obtain information which is relevant and important information relating to the cheques. |
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| There is no opening speech from the prosecution and neither side makes closing speeches. |
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| At last people suspected of savagery in Nazi-occupied Europe faced prosecution in British courts. |
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| Nevertheless, the prosecution can contend that the doctrine of transferred malice applies. |
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| Outside the court they both said they would consider mounting a case against the police for malicious prosecution. |
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| On the pleadings it is conceivable that he could make out a case for malicious prosecution and conspiracy. |
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| There is nothing to support even a concern over whether Mr. Davison has engaged in malicious prosecution. |
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| The allegation of malicious prosecution against an Assistant Crown Attorney is one of the most serious allegations which can be made. |
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| The State faces more than 30 claims of unlawful arrest, false imprisonment, assault and malicious prosecution. |
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| As such a suit for malicious prosecution must be based on more than recklessness or gross negligence. |
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| My accusers will be men of straw and I will not have the financial ability to pursue a claim for malicious prosecution. |
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| These allegations will be proven by a trail of bank transactions among the three and a Malaysian Airlines flight manifest, the prosecution said. |
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| His abilities as an advocate evoked general admiration, though he did not succeed in baffling the prosecution. |
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| The second plank of the prosecution case is forensic, with claims that drug and explosive residue was discovered on baggage belonging to the men. |
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| Whether the prosecution should have been allowed to use his testimony is a harder question. |
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| The young barrister, only at the bar nine months, then attempted to cross-examine this key prosecution witness. |
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| Secondly did it mislead the prosecution into thinking the case against him was stronger than it was. |
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| He agreed with the prosecution case that the apartment had been doused in petrol and paint thinner. |
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| He was grilled in the witness box for 15 days by the prosecution and defence barristers on the issue. |
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| He said conflicting medical evidence presented by the prosecution meant the jury could not be sure how the former paratrooper met his death. |
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| He was then served with an appropriate prosecution statement and ordered to respond by 7th September. |
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| He admits the summary prosecution was not initiated within the legal time limit. |
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| Eighteen months earlier she had helped send Coburn to prison as a prosecution witness in an armed robbery case. |
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| Next hour, the prosecution will begin its rebuttal, meaning the sensational five month trial is winding down. |
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| I seriously question whether a prosecution with that result is appropriate in a case of this character. |
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| In cases involving criminal prosecution of unlawful belligerents, this could mean imposing peacetime rules on the collection of evidence. |
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| With the agreement of the defence and prosecution, the case was heard without a jury before a bench of three Scottish judges. |
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| Crucial to the prosecution was the willingness of other Benedictine sisters to testify against them. |
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| The move is designed to streamline the prosecution of people who make false claims, and forms part of the companies' new, tough approach. |
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| Anyone lighting fireworks in a public place faces arrest and prosecution, so let's look forward to a few shamefaced souls in court. |
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| One of the key prosecution witnesses at his trial was a trusted comrade who had turned traitor. |
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| With the ending of the order for prosecution of Bevin boys for non-attendance it became impractical to retain the compulsory labour force. |
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| The prosecution of misbehavior in the Army Reserve is complicated by several factors. |
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| The prosecution is determined to discover the corporations' misdeeds to reveal the real picture. |
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| At a press conference, a police spokesman spoke of the alleged crime spree as being clearly provoked and not really worth prosecution. |
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| Our old, tried-and-true system of prosecution may not be the most effective tool for dealing with terrorism. |
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| The prosecution accepted it was a slap rather than a punch and that Mr Bennett, suffered no visible injury. |
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| The absurd argument holds that, at some point, molesters should be allowed to rest easy, no longer worried about a potential prosecution. |
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| But criminal law experts have cast doubt on whether her actions amount to a crime under English law, and a prosecution seems unlikely. |
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| If these men are released, the prosecution will have only themselves to blame. |
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| If Jackson's camp, operating from a hotel in Las Vegas, has come out with guns blazing, the prosecution remains convinced it has a firm case. |
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| The prosecution remains silent on the subject, choosing instead to deflect criticism to the defense. |
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| The prosecution service has been doing more and more with fewer and fewer resources. |
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| The blizzard of details the prosecution produced was meticulous and almost irrelevant. |
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| On March 15, the defense had to file a motion for a court order to force the prosecution to turn over the rest of the evidence. |
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| Council was preparing a brief for prosecution for the unapproved demolition of the rear part of house, according to spokesman Peter Flynn. |
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| Obviously, the defense team is making much of this, the prosecution saying it will have no effect on either case. |
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| But it is widely accepted now that prosecution service is under-powered, under-resourced, poorly managed and insecure about its purpose. |
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| Those figures do not even include the amounts allocated to police and forensics units that work with the prosecution. |
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| The theft seems to have been an internal job involving a security guard, but no prosecution followed and the thefts went unpublicised. |
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| Defence counsel argued that Cowle was mentally unstable, but the prosecution said he was not insane in the legal sense. |
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| They also have the right to pursue a prosecution of those found to be in breach of national agreements through the courts. |
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| Police say that anyone caught breaking the law could be liable for prosecution or given an official warning. |
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| If the country were a separate member of the European Union, it would be facing certain prosecution for breaking environmental law. |
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| The work of the police for the suppression of open immorality in the streets took the form of prosecution of common nightwalkers. |
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| The case would have gone south very fast for the prosecution if they put her on the stand and she didn't hold up. |
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| The Attorney-General may stop any prosecution on indictment by entering a nolle prosequi. |
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| In the federal courts the defendant in a criminal prosecution may, under most circumstances, enter a plea of nolo contendere. |
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| He could have asked for something specific such as proper prosecution of the guilty and a roundup of vigilantes. |
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| They asked for a reason why the prosecution was discontinued, but have been given none. |
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| Why is the prosecution team so determined to find success where it's non-existent? |
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| He also says that the burden of proof in Ireland for a successful prosecution is far higher than in other countries. |
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| This new emphasis must push further the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defence. |
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| If they were found with copies of the video in their newsgroup spool then they could be liable for prosecution. |
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| None of eight witnesses called by the prosecution saw anyone suspicious, he maintained. |
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| The prosecution case was that the purpose of the meetings was to facilitate money laundering. |
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| At that time it was noticed that the defendant was behaving strangely, said the prosecution. |
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| Within a week, the witnesses had all been called, the cases for the prosecution and defence delivered. |
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| The trial is underway right now, and on the stand is a rebuttal witness for the prosecution. |
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| You're going to see the prosecution hammering away at the Modesto Police Department throughout this entire process. |
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| Declare a gang and gun amnesty to be followed by a three to six-month period of detailed observation and prosecution. |
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| The leaflet informs the vehicle owner of their obstructive parking and warns them that it is an offence and could lead to prosecution. |
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| Motorists who park obstructively in Redhill and Reigate are to be warned of prosecution by a joint council and emergency services leaflet. |
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| The Act further provides for the prosecution of landowners who illegally evict occupiers from their land. |
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| He was also shown a bicycle fork and handlebars that the prosecution alleged Hughes used to weigh down the bag to prevent its discovery. |
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| Users of hands-free phones still risk prosecution for failing to keep proper control of their vehicle or for driving carelessly or recklessly. |
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| Having laws you're not going to enforce is an invitation for capricious and arbitrary prosecution. |
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| The prosecution proposed that Mr Gassy had harboured feelings of resentment and anger towards Dr Tobin for her part in his deregistration. |
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| Users of hands-free phones still risk prosecution for driving carelessly or recklessly. |
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| The overall standard of some prosecution cases outlined to courts in West Yorkshire was below the national standard. |
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| She has now withdrawn this claim, leaving her open to possible prosecution for perjury. |
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| Householders who kill burglars in the heat of the moment will not face prosecution, the Director of Public Prosecutions pledged yesterday. |
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| A formal procedure hedged with safeguards would protect doctors from criminal prosecution. |
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| Taylor complained in the letter that his single defense attorney was heavily outgunned by the nine-member prosecution team. |
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| If both prosecution and defence lawyers agree, the hearing can be held in the privacy of the judge's chambers, not in open court. |
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| But no higher-ups beyond the brigade are likely to face criminal prosecution in this case now. |
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| Could evidence have been led of what the prosecution alleged was an attempt to suborn the witness? |
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| The crew of a sailing ship have escaped prosecution after a man fell overboard from their vessel and died. |
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| The new accuser can be produced as a prosecution witness in the current case if initial assessment finds substance in the claims. |
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| Is the prosecution obliged to frame a series of alternative counts charging homicide on each basis? |
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| All the charges have since been withdrawn and Mr. Richards is now suing the department for malicious prosecution. |
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| I don't think that the prosecution wants to suggest for a moment that there is any sanity issue here. |
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| The Prime Minister should act now to overrule his official, and withdraw the request for prosecution. |
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| We have a prosecution service in which that is not happening as often as it should because it is overstretched. |
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| The corruption and hollowness revealed in the prosecution of this war are too contemptible for words. |
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| The prosecution is really going all out to try to paint a picture of what his personality is all about. |
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| The prosecution point principally but not solely to the telephone evidence as providing such support. |
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| It was part if the prosecution process in that the carrying on of the prosecution was attempting to sustain the conviction obtained. |
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| The prosecution had opened the case that the defendants were at the hub and that others were the spokes of the conspiracy. |
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| He cited a case where a circuit court judge made a ruling on a point of law which disadvantaged the prosecution. |
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| Now, the circumstances of the aggravation as alleged by the prosecution are not correct. |
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| The prosecution claims they attacked him on December 30 when he tried to stop them stealing the Toyota. |
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| An attempt to bring a private prosecution over the death of a partygoer at the entertainer's home fell at the first hurdle yesterday. |
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| Allegations his lawyers had offered hush money to a prosecution witness were never substantiated. |
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| In the old days, such a manager would have been largely immune from prosecution. |
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| In the past, the Vatican has been treated as a sovereign state immune from prosecution. |
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| The Attorney General and Crown attorneys are immune from civil suit except in the case of malicious prosecution. |
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| How could these guys operate for more than a decade immune from prosecution? |
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| In the current fearful climate, the public might assume that the prosecution service would pull out all the stops. |
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| The booty enabled him to clear his debts and pay large sums into the treasury, all without incurring a risk of prosecution. |
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| Both sets of trials have been clouded in uncertainty due to a recent constitutional amendment which prohibits retrospective prosecution. |
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| When they were released pending a prosecution appeal, they immediately fled the country. |
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| They also charged the prosecution had fabricated evidence during the corruption trial. |
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| Anyone found with illegal substances in their bloodstream will face prosecution. |
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| Your Honour, the prosecution witnesses committed perjury throughout the whole trial. |
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| It is totally up to the prosecutors themselves to ease such public doubt and present a transformed image of the prosecution. |
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| They would close ranks around individual perpetrators to protect them from any threat of prosecution by state or federal authorities. |
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| We are not out for prosecution or persecuting people, we just want people to see reason we want them to adhere to the speed limit. |
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| They also enjoy the same immunity from prosecution as Members of Parliament. |
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| The man who was then the mayor of the capital is safe from prosecution, protected by his immunity. |
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| The prosecution accept that if the trial was unfair, the convictions were unsafe and should be quashed. |
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| He also claimed any person walking a dog of a hunting breed in an area where there were known to be wild mammals could be open to prosecution if they let the dog loose. |
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| Their very individuality is citable as evidence for the prosecution. |
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| Persons who have grounds for an action for unlawful arrest or malicious prosecution have a remedy in the civil courts against the person or authority responsible. |
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| National sovereignty no longer serves as a protective umbrella for vicious government actions, which are subject to prosecution so that human rights and justice may be upheld. |
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| And if there is evidence, which merits prosecution and arrests, I believe that the long arm of the law should catch whoever has perpetuated such crimes. |
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| Even though the burden of proof is on the prosecution, the reality is that when one side presents emotional, detailed stories, the defense has a hard row to hoe. |
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| The prosecution claimed that the defendant had perjured himself and lied to the court, but the defence described that accusation as palpable nonsense. |
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| The Mounties, along with the ministries of Justice and Citizenship and Immigration, are responsible for the investigation and prosecution of suspected war criminals in Canada. |
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| They say her comments were unbalanced in favour of the prosecution. |
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| We want to continue this investigation to a point at which we have assembled the kind of evidence that we believe provides the basis for prosecution. |
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| A Health board faces the threat of prosecution and a hefty fine following the discovery of several sackfuls of waste in a field near one of its clinics. |
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| This is most likely down to the various rumours that those caught exceeding the speed limit or driving without insurance might possibly avoid prosecution. |
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| Would it not be preferable to absorb infanticide into the doctrine of diminished responsibility and allow the prosecution to charge manslaughter in such cases? |
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| They set down a policy to introduce initiatives, including the presumption that the council will consider prosecution in every case of fraud it uncovers. |
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| It was unclear whether he was speaking on behalf of the Foreign Ministry or the prosecution. |
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| The autonomy granted by decriminalising suicide and attempted suicide in section 1 enables a would-be suicide to change her mind and seek help without fear of prosecution. |
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| One reason we agreed to defer prosecution was to minimize the collateral consequences of an indictment, which would have been borne by innocent employees and investors. |
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| They accuse him of the torts of barratry and malicious prosecution. |
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| She has vigorously supported the prosecution and incarceration of the gangbangers without the slightest public display of hesitation, handwringing, or apology. |
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| Trumped-up charges of conspiracy to overthrow the queen, and an unjustly conducted prosecution, brought conviction of treason and hanging at Tyburn. |
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| Not only that, it is an account of what the prosecution says are untruths and deliberate untruths, and there is cross-examination on this that makes it clear. |
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| Instead, the tribunal was vested with essentially unlimited authority to establish the parameters for its existence and for the prosecution of cases before it. |
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| He sought to bring an action for malicious prosecution against the superintendent who had been responsible for bringing the charges against him in the first place. |
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| It was the prosecution of a Gambino crime family capo and his crew for narcotics trafficking, murder, racketeering, jury tampering and other charges. |
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| The prosecution case is that the three acted in concert to break into the cafe, Mike and Tony breaking and entering and John driving the getaway car. |
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| The credible testimony presented by defence witnesses establishes conclusively that prosecution witnesses lied, and that the prosecutor suborned the perjurious testimony. |
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| They accuse Mr. Davis of the torts of barratry and malicious prosecution. |
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| There are three counts of perverting the course of justice where, in colloquial language, you tried to nobble the prosecution witnesses before the authorities got to them. |
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| In a bitterly angry riposte Benveniste described the investigation as a mockery of scientific inquiry, and compared it to a Salem witch hunt or a McCarthyite prosecution. |
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| It turned out that a fraud had been committed and that it had been serious enough to warrant the man's prosecution, had he lived until his arrest and trial. |
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| Though Crippen was hanged for his wife's murder, Ethel's prosecution as an accessory after the fact in a subsequent trial was half-hearted and resulted in her acquittal. |
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| So they say they're not prepared for this case and that the prosecution holds all the cards, so their first move, their first motion today will be to ask for an adjournment. |
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| Of course, the prosecution could have pointed out that still wouldn't account for the man's whereabouts in the first three or the last two innings. |
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| He obtained his discharge, brought an accusation of peculation against some of his former officers, and in 1792 retired, first to France then to America, to avoid prosecution. |
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| Divers or beachcombers have until April 24 to hand in objects recovered from wrecks to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency without fear of prosecution. |
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| When you look at what has happened in the last eight years to the criminal law, there's a massive shift in the balance of power from defence to prosecution. |
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| The prosecution, in the trial of two men accused of conspiracy to burgle following a raid on Swindon based Motorola, was due to rest its case today. |
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| Editors may be more skeptical of authority today, but they do not all believe the Harlem boys were railroaded by a frenzied press and a zealous prosecution. |
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| The principal ground of the appeal concerns the non-disclosure of material in the possession of the police and prosecution before the start of the trial. |
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| But legal considerations plausibly have a great deal to do with increases in incarceration, capital punishment, and criminal prosecution of juveniles. |
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| Individuals who decided not to take up the offer of making a voluntary disclosure will face prosecution, as well as stiff bills for tax, interest and penalties. |
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| If worked well by the prosecution, they could carry the day. |
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| A spokesman said the company worked closely with the Immigration Service, knew the swoop was planned and would not face further action or prosecution. |
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| In effect, what the critics of military tribunals would have the President do is turn enemy belligerents over to civilian law enforcement authorities for prosecution. |
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| But he then denied the defence adequate opportunity to rebut the evidence and lowered the legal requirements necessary for the prosecution to prove its case. |
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| Your modern political accountants, as they scavenge through history to make the case for the prosecution, have they totted up the deaths caused by colonialism, and capitalism? |
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| Now, today we are waiting to hear rebuttal from prosecution witnesses. |
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| He may, for political reasons, be deemed worthy of prosecution, but such measures will not be applied either to the imperialist leaders or their favoured stooges. |
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| Turning over alleged sexters to the police for criminal prosecution may meet the dictates of the law, but school officials should have some leeway. |
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| Such clauses need not prevent the prosecution of meritorious suits. |
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| Politics beckoned, not just because it offered an outlet for his rhetorical brilliance and restless ambition, but also because MPs were immune from prosecution. |
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| Their rejection comes despite plans in England, unveiled last week, to toughen the law, giving householders the right to take on burglars without fear of prosecution. |
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| There are officers out there who deserve our support, some of whom have witnessed these crimes by their peers and have turned them in to face prosecution. |
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| The prosecution alleges he also spread rumours that another neighbour was a busybody, who had shopped local members of the community to the police. |
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| Now, it may turn out that this is not a case of overzealous prosecution. |
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| I noted the officer's testimonial enthusiasm as an indication of bias in favour of the prosecution but do not find that his evidence should not be believed. |
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| I think that the prosecution and the police have gone back to square one. |
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| The prosecution said that Vang ambushed some victims and chased one. |
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| It is in the ordinary way the business of the prosecution to be ready. |
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| The warning comes after the high-profile arrest and prosecution of an Australian tourist last year and the rising tension caused by repercussive protests. |
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| The doctor was charged with manslaughter, and the prosecution alleged that he had intended, by himself, to anaesthetise the patient with methohexitone. |
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| The threat of prosecution is the only way to end their lawless behaviour. |
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| One of the star prosecution witnesses had been shotgunned to death. |
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| When this summons was served on the defendants' solicitors they retaliated by issuing a summons seeking an order that the action be struck out for want of prosecution. |
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| The novel shocked many of its readers and caused a chain reaction that spread through all of France and ultimately called for the prosecution of the author. |
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| The prosecution case was left to the jury as a circumstantial case. |
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| Where established governments proscribe popular vengeance in favor of legal prosecution, these revolutions liberated armed antagonists from judicial constraints. |
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| She manages to locate some evidence that was held back by the prosecution in Darnell's first trial and in the course of a retrial, Darnell is proven innocent and set free. |
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| In that regard, not only did they open themselves up to ethical retribution, but to potential criminal prosecution under both federal and local law. |
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| It is often useful for the prosecutor to find out whether the prosecution witnesses can stand the pace of a High Court hearing or a District Court jury trial hearing. |
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| It is headed by the Lord Advocate, who is responsible for prosecution, along with the procurators fiscal, under Scots law. |
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| The Spanish crew were also taken there, to be turned over to the custody of the Cuban consul and taken to Cuba for prosecution. |
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| Later at Clark's trial in the UK, Dine testified against Clark and was granted immunity from prosecution. |
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| The criminal appeal was a private criminal prosecution instituted by the accuser directly against the accused. |
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| In some cases a person voluntarily lives in exile to avoid legal issues, such as litigation or criminal prosecution. |
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| The task of the military is usually defined as defense of the state, and its citizens, and the prosecution of war against another state. |
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| International conventions define what constitutes a war crime, and provides for war crimes prosecution. |
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| Its repeated invasions, and brutal treatment of Slavs led to the great migration of the Serbs to escape prosecution. |
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| If someone raises this defence, then it is for the prosecution to disprove. |
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| In this situation, in almost any jurisdiction, the prosecution has a prima facie case. |
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| The next significant government prosecution was the trial of the eight main Gunpowder Plot conspirators in Westminster Hall. |
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| Due to his judicial appointment, this was the last important prosecution Coke participated in. |
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| The prosecution case was that the victim had been unarmed and thus presented no threat to the defendant. |
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| To simplify the prosecution of traffic violations and other relatively minor crimes, some states have added a third level, infractions. |
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| Far from being treated as if they were married, couples known to be cohabiting risked prosecution by the church courts for fornication. |
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| Common law marriage may also be valid under military law for purposes of a bigamy prosecution under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. |
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| Their function in Victoria particularly relates to alleged offences either by bodies corporate or where magistrates have aborted the prosecution. |
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| His defence team argued it was a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, while the prosecution argued it was premeditated murder. |
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| The prosecution argued that the jury had been misled by the presiding judge on four crucial points. |
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| First the prosecution leads evidence from witnesses and after each witness the defence has an opportunity to cross examine. |
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| They could even order certain pieces of evidence to be examined if they find presentation by the defense or prosecution to be inadequate. |
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| Both the prosecution and the defense may request the judge to act and may appeal the judge's decisions before an appellate court. |
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| He had in mind figures like Thomas Jonathan Wooler and William Hone, whose prosecution he urged. |
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| The police may be reticent to charge the alleged offender, prosecutors reticent to continue with the prosecution, and juries reticent to convict. |
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| The prosecution appealed that ruling, and the Court of Cassation overturned it, ordering the retrial that commenced on Thursday. |
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| Many people are optimistic that collecting data now will make prosecution easier when eventually peace comes to war-ridden Syria. |
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| This helps to further ease the burden of the prosecution, as well as FWS officials, in gathering admittable evidence. |
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| One of the defendants was cross-examined by prosecution barrister Clare Wilks at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday. |
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| Criminal statutes of limitations limit the exposure of an individual to prosecution to a certain period following the commission of the crime. |
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| Both the husband and wife exchanged accusation of physical and verbal assault during the interrogation at the public prosecution. |
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| The Canadian government pursues malfeasant civil servants and subjects them to prosecution. |
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| And an isolated flouter of federal authority likely faced an unusually high risk of prosecution. |
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| The prosecution claim Smith set fire to a baby buggy in a communal hall, trapping the family upstairs when a fire took hold. |
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| United Utilities, which brought the prosecution, is now calling on businesses to remember the law in relation to trade effluents. |
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| The group will discuss the need for a national shield law to protect reporters from prosecution. |
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| The record industry may also be reprimanded for not seeking prosecution of copyright infringements under criminal statutes. |
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| It was a stunning victory, especially in light of how much the prosecution completely overblew this case,'' Geragos said. |
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| The move allowed the prosecution to reappraise its case in the light of the pleas and to decide whether a jury would be told about them. |
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| At one stage, police chiefs were forced to hand back more than 30 weapons, including nunchaku fighting sticks, after a failed prosecution. |
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| His testimony builds on that provided by other expert witnesses last month about how the prosecution assembled call sequence records. |
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| When he was called as a prosecution witness at the criminal trial, Kaelin was declared a hostile witness. |
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| In 2006 we told how a Midland artist ignored the threat of prosecution by creating an Asian Gollywog with the blessing of Muslims. |
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| Kapur told the media that the income tax department will begin prosecution on the basis of a rebuttable presumption. |
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| Individuals and groups deemed to be profascist were harassed through denial of mailing privileges, deportation, and prosecution. |
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| Last week, Kuwait's public prosecution called in Sara over tweets deemed offensive to Prophet Mohammad. |
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| Later in 2003, Lara filed a countersuit accusing the teenager of extortion, defamation and malicious prosecution. |
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| Immunizing witnesses in courts-martial can provide benefits to both the prosecution and the defense. |
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| If a dog terrorises members of the public it is taken off the street and, again, the owner faces prosecution. |
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| Instead, the prosecution turned to another forensic odontologist, Lowell Levine, who turned them down. |
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| The Parliament of Tajikistan considered prosecution of individuals using Molotov cocktails today. |
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| Records showed that the defendant pleaded guilty to driving under the influence during prosecution questioning and before the traffic court. |
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| Thus, the system of international justice may appear on the surface to be impermissibly and inalterably tilted towards the prosecution. |
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