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It's why some of the defendants in those trials went uncomplainingly to be executed for crimes they had not committed.

If two or more persons are defendants to a claim, as partners or otherwise, a process may be served on any of them.

Mr Sunde said the site would continue operating even if he and his three co-defendants were found guilty on Friday.

In other developments, Saddam Hussein returned to court Wednesday to hear testimony from defense witnesses for some of his co-defendants.

And the lengths to which two of these defendants went to cover their tracks sounds like something out of a bad movie.

Defending a libel action can be so costly that many defendants settle immediately or simply do not publish at all.

Guilty plea of the defendants is of great significance to which kind of process should be used to deal with the cases.

Many seemed to expect that Mr Mubarak and his co-defendants would be accused, tried and convicted in a few hours of legal drama.

Information from brain scans has already been used in court in India to help judge whether defendants are telling the truth or not.

The ex-leader, his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and brother-in-law have all been named as defendants in a separate money laundering case.

In Florida, technology is giving some pretrial defendants a "get out of jail free" card, but it's not exactly free.

The court also ordered that the defendants be disqualified from being company directors for a duration same as their terms of imprisonment.

It appeared arrogant, as did the fact that she didn`t talk to the other defendants and almost never with her lawyer either.

DEFENDANTS in American securities suits do not always know how strong a hand they hold.

The news media should balance the rights and interests of both victims and criminal defendants with the right of the public to be informed.

Observers say, however, that the deck is often stacked against defendants and their lawyers in China from the start.

In sentencing , Deputy Judge Ricky Chan said the offences committed by the defendants were serious .

When the trial was over and the defendants were being led away, I waited to see whether Hanna would look at me.

Abu Bakr said the two defendants were also convicted of kidnapping, damage of property and criminal conspiracy.

As to what evidence to be presented or whether the defendants' acts constitute crime, the court will decide independently according to law.

Article 3 A lawyer shall not represent two or more criminal suspects or defendants in a same case in criminal proceedings.

But even the SEC's highest- profile cases have let the defendants off lightly, and did not lead to criminal prosecutions.

A judge is not allowed to accept entertainment, money, gifts or other benefit from the parties, attorney and defendants.

The defendants seem to have been made targets because of their political role today as much as for earlier wrongs.

One of the defendants was banned from entering the courthouse because she was still wearing the niqab.

Defendants in criminal cases have the right to a public trial by jury and the right to be represented by counsel.

The defendants could have unlocked them. They did not, and the women locked in the church burned to death.

A judge is not allowed to provide advice or Judicial suggestion on pending cases to the parties, attorney and defendants.

Class-action suits against big corporations used to be heard by juries who made free with the defendants' money.

Defendants are often denied the right to legal counsel and prosecutors have relied on confessions extracted through torture.

A decision on leng Sary's appeal is not expected for a couple of weeks. Similar appeals by other defendants have been rejected.

All defendants were expected to be at the court with their lawyers for the verdicts -- first for Suu Kyi, then for the other three on trial.

Then follows an 8-week trial which the prosecutors said the defendants plan to kill US soldier at the Fort Dix army base in New Jersey.

The three men, who include Nuon Chea, "Brother Number Two" , are the only members of the regime deemed fit to stand as defendants.

Just as Hanna`s insistent contradictions annoyed the judge, her willingness to admit things annoyed the other defendants.

Innocent defendants may plead guilty in return for a shorter sentence to avoid the risk of a much longer one.

Also, one of the judges left the trial when he learned that one of the defendants had signed an order for the death of his brother.

But in December, the Federal Circuit ruled that defendants could be held responsible for up to $500 per offense.

However, defendants of public transportation argue that this is the most efficient solution to traffic congestion and exhaust emission.

The facts and circumstances on which the Arbitration Defendants base their accusations are not evident from the Statement of Claim.

He also suggested picking a handful of top Nazi defendants as representatives of key Nazi organizations like the SS.

A court, however, ruled that Zurich was the wrong jurisdiction for the case, and the defendants were subsequently cleared.

The defendants allegedly used disposable cellphones to relay the information to one another.

All the defendants of this case were once leaders of Japan for the past several decades when Japanese power was at its peak.

All the defendants charged today were ultimately caught committing their alleged crimes over phones that we were listening to.

Most defendants agree to pay the debt through a payment plan before charges are filed , with around 10% tacked on to fund the D. A. unit .

The suit names Vikram Pandit, the group's current chief executive, and Chuck Prince, his predecessor, among the defendants.

The defendants will face a military judge for the first time Thursday to hear the charges against them formally read.

Even in cases where individual defendants express a desire to defend themselves, the courts will appoint a lawyer.

The prosecution asked for a sentence to reflect the defendants' "nationalistic motives" and to act as a deterrent.

Their election pledges to be tough on crime often translate into cavalier, or unjust, treatment for individual defendants.

Criminal defendants should be protected from suggestive lineup procedures by the presence of their attorneys at lineups.

With its complaint, the SEC also filed stipulated consents to final judgments by defendants McKee and Dixon.

Another problem that the U. S. Founding Fathers could never have anticipated is the effect of celebrity defendants on the jury system.

And in some juvenile courts, judges considered what defendants wrote online to help determine whether they were remorseful.

Seven of the 10 defendants in court gave different names than the identities they had been living under in the U. S.

Would defendants be able to appeal clearly outrageous convictions?

Defendants judged innocent of any crime by a jury can be brought before another "civil" court that can make its own judgment.

It's part of a new type of satellite monitoring program that keeps an eye on defendants and their movements before trial.

In torts of America, the assumption of risk doctrine is an absolute defense which can be raised by defendants.

Two defendants surnamed Wang request any size reduction of billboards, not to exceed the current height of the parapet wall .

You and I both will most certainly be co-defendants.

In addition, the plaintiff may join as defendants all persons who are necessary to a complete determination or settlement of the questions.

He displayed remarkable energy and became the most formidable personality among the defendants.

TIME: After the formation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, did you expect you would be among the four defendants?

Plaintiffs and defendants in lawsuit parties'system, the status of corporation and shareholders have been mature since years'practice.

Some defendants choose to decline a plea bargain if they believe that the risk of conviction is outweighed by the possibility of acquittal.

The system is also unfair to defendants with plausible claims of prejudicial error in their trials or sentencing proceedings.

Judge Hoffman sentenced all the defendants and their counsel to terms of imprisonment for contempt of court.

Today, the United States has filed the civil lawsuit in the United States District Court in New Orleans against nine defendants.

He voted against them before, but they will be properly constituted this time, he says, and with more extensive rights for defendants.

The body that oversees the judiciary says it could mean that between 10% and 40% of the defendants currently on trial would walk free.

'Was there any way for these defendants to reasonably know the information they were dealing in was a state secret? ' he asked.

The defendants' attorneys said on Wednesday that there were many allegations with no substantial evidence to back them.

In the cases of medical dissension, medical institutions are always as civil lawsuit defendants and are seldom as civil lawsuit accusers.

Many of the defendants tried to hide their faces from the around 200 people who watched as they were lashed straight after their sentencing.

Parties " means victims, private prosecutors, criminal suspects, defendants and the plaintiffs and defendants in incidental civil actions" .

The defendants' names were not released in an effort to protect the anonymity of the underage offenders.

Most defendants who cannot pay the enforcement officer in full at once enter into negotiations with the officer to pay by installments.

Many online commentators expressed outrage over what they perceived as arrogant behavior at the trial by the once-powerful defendants.

deny that any legally cognizable cause of action exists as alleged against Defendants, or any of them. Except as expressly set forth above.

The death sentence for Saddam and two co- defendants was handed down on Sunday.

The jury trial system is so complicated and expensive that it forces most defendants to accept plea bargains arranged in secret.

In the case about a girl of unhealthy mind whose womb was ablated in Nantong, the defendants were sued with crime of intentional violence.

The tribunal held its first public hearing - a bail request by one of the defendants - in November 2007.

Mr. Justice Pal, of India, said in a dissenting judgment that all the defendants should be acquitted of all the charges.

It may make it more difficult for defendants and their boards to mete out punishments.

Even if it is successful, the case against Mr. Dotcom and the other defendants would proceed.

The new enforcement policy would reverse the Bush administration's approach, which strongly favored defendants against antitrust claims.

In both Germany and the United States defendants with psychopathic disordersare not involuntarily committed for treatment.

The defendants have appealed, and are seeking to have the case annulled on procedural grounds.

In earlier trials prosecutors have often had to show that the defendants were responsible for specific, especially grisly crimes.

British juries served to soften the impact of this by acquitting defendants or finding them guilty of lesser crimes.

Messages posted on Norwegian internet forums on Wednesday indicated widespread sympathy for the defendants.

Prosecutors alleged the defendants were committed to carrying out violent attacks in Australia and had received military-style training.

The defendants' interpreters of Tibetan language were also arranged and their lawyers expressed their views sufficiently in court.

He was wheeled into the cage in court on a stretcher, from where he observed proceedings with the other defendants, including his two sons.

Three other defendants, including a top dairy company executive, were sentenced to life in prison.

In December the international prosecutor publicly disagreed with his Cambodian co-counsel's refusal to seek other defendants.

The public relations firm representing the defendants declined immediate comment.

All the defendants tried in the Zhuhai Intermediate Court were Chinese and were charged with organizing prostitution.

Some defendants' confessions even include mistakes fed by the police.

Dr. Cameron: Black defendants are ten times more likely to get a death sentence then white.

The death sentence for Saddam and two co- defendants was handed down Sunday . Their sentences are subject to an automatic appeal .

In comparison with the other defendants, Hanna was the dominant one.

The court granted an injunction against the defendants .

Defendants in this court procedure are subject to further incarceration and fines as directed by the presiding judge.

Defendants acquitted on local charges can be re-prosecuted federally under civil rights laws.

They stated in the pleadings , the defendants fraud, resulting in the plaintiff was not handling the property procedures.

The defendants were to purchase all outstanding shares in the plaintiff's service station business for the sum of $ 244, 000.

This is looking like a textbook case of the dangers of putting defendants on the stand.

Mr Chen and members of his family have been named as defendants in a separate money-laundering case.

A judge should not introduce or contact the judge in charge for the parties, attorney and defendants.

As one lawyer said, these defendants might well have been the second wave of looters: too old, slow or stupid to avoid getting caught.

Yet in two Florida cases, judges have ordered defendants to pay nearly the full amount requested and even more.

On Monday, the defendants said nothing and expressed little emotion as the verdicts and sentences were read.

Judicial reform advocates have urged limiting pretrial detention to better protect defendants' rights.

"The facts of the two defendants' crime are clear, and the evidence is irrefutable and substantial, " Xinhua said.

The lawsuit filed in October names RDR Books, an independent publisher based in Michigan, and unidentified persons as defendants.

After Changsha Intermediate People's Court made a judgment, the two defendants appealed.

Defendants benefit by reducing the uncertainty associated with trial and avoiding harsher punishment.

The first to stop talking were those sitting up front near the defendants.

Our group was the fourth, and so would witness the examination of the defendants at the actual start of proceedings.

The defendants were the subject of the original decision said.

The defendants complained of intimidation during investigations.

He was accompanied by a small crowd of supporters that pelted the defendants and their lawyers with eggs and bottles outside the courthouse.

A recent client was James Marquez, one of the defendants in the 2005 collapse of Bayou Capital, the $450 million hedge fund.

The death penalty will be 'strictly controlled and prudently applied, ' it states, adding that defendants will be guaranteed fair trials.

All 26 defendants were charged with conspiring to commit immigration fraud. They were awaiting arraignment Tuesday night.

Juvenile criminal cases refer to cases involving juvenile suspects (defendants) or juvenile victims.

First, the lawyers in criminal proceedings is not entitled to the rights of other defendants.

He demanded speedy trials, where formerly defendants could intimidate witnesses and drag out proceedings.

He and his three co-defendants were arrested Thursday on several changes of wire fraud and securities fraud.

The defendants were not religious charities, and theirs was not a religious celebration.

The Recommendation aims to safeguard or protect defendants from nuisance and irresponsible claims.

Television coverage is typically limited to brief shots of defendants , typically dressed in prison-issue garb .

Some defendants have participated in peaceful protests in support of other dissidents who were on trial or in relation to China.

For whatever reasons, the jury convicted all three defendants on several of the charges against them.

Counsels shall devote themselves to their duties and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of defendants.

The indictments' timing came as a surprise to the defendants' attorneys. Mr.

The motion to dismiss the suit was filed by Sony and joined by Acer, BenQ and Asustek, all personal-computer makers named as defendants.

Cindy Barnett, a London magistrate, reckons the defendants she sees are more violent and have graver drug problems these days.

Of course the five defendants had not been in charge of the camp.

Jurors can and almost certainly will be tempted to look up criminal pasts of defendants in their cases.

The defendants were brought into the modern wood-panelled courtroom in green prison jumpsuits.

Other major points in the draft include improving the rights of defendants and prohibiting self-incrimination.

Court interpreting is an important method to ensure defendants'right at court.

When acting as defenders in criminal cases, lawyers may meet and correspond with the defendants held in custody.

The defendants' anonymity was maintained until they were brought to court.

Behind one bench, the defendants: Internet service providers, on trial for not providing adequate security to their customers.

In the past couple of years the Supreme Court has made several rulings favouring corporate defendants over shareholders.

When the responsibility is clear, apologies increase the chance of plaintiffs and defendants reaching a settlement.

It is not the custom at German trials for defendants to question the judge.

Also, attempts to join multiple defendants and to allocate damages among them can pose difficult procedural problems.

To speed up the process, Roque is planning to propose shortening the list of defendants to 35 prime suspects.

But Mr Justice MacDuff said: 'Father Baldwin was appointed by and on behalf of the defendants.

sentencing guidelines for juvenile defendants.

As in the earlier trial of the McDougals and Tucker, I testified on videotape at the request of the defendants.

The trial that (temporarily) opened yesterday involved two separate judicial investigations, 28 bogus jobs and nine co-defendants.

The defendants were part of an international group of criminals that owned and operated 13 companies and 8 manufacturing plants.

It's an important step in investigating procedure to interrogate the suspects and defendants in criminal case.

The defendants are John W. Smith( "Smith" ) and Mary L. White ( "White" ) each of whom is domiciled in this county.

Mr. Holder blamed politics for the continued delay in bringing the defendants to justice.

An arraignment is a hearing during which the defendants and their attorneys enter a formal appearance in the case.

If necessary, the defendants plan a further appeal at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The vast majority of states allow criminal defendants to invoke the cognitive insanity defense.

Dr. Woo will resume his testimony on Friday, and will be cross-examined by the defendants' two attorneys.

As early as 1936, the Supreme Court had begun striking down state criminal convictions based on confessions coerced from defendants.

Some of the defendants and their lawyers were sitting with their backs to us.

Maximum sentences were handed down but the defendants were eventually bailed pending appeal.

Among them: How could the states afford to supply lawyers to all indigent defendants?

As the alleged instigator the lawyer re-ceived a four-year sentence, while his co-defendants got terms of nine to 10 months.

It has a month to decide whether to support the defendants or offer no opinion.

Vance read a brief statement to reporters that his office has an obligation to victims and defendants alike.

The two defendants had been charged with 13 counts of attempted murder.

Litigation rights of the defendants were guaranteed with their ethnic custom and dignity fully respected.

The Swedish court sentenced the defendants to one year in prison and ordered them to pay compensation and damages totaling $3. 6 million.

The other defendants backed them up with impassioned interjections.

Lawyers for the other defendants declined to comment Friday morning.

The Duty Lawyer Scheme provides legal representation to virtually all defendants who are charged in the magistrates .

While the verdict was lauded in official Chinese media as a victory over academic fraud, the defendants saw it differently.

Guilty plea means the defendants admit the basic criminal facts or main criminal facts charged.

In this case, some of the defendants have applied for appeal.

The four defendants are further accused of violating sections and rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

He recommended that his clients, who were representing the defendants, not select her.

Under Texas law, jurors decide the guilt or innocence of defendants and also their punishment.

Many defendants had spent weeks in jail without access to lawyers, Mousavi said yesterday.

Q: It is reported that the defendants of the Rio Tinto case have admitted taking bribes.

At the same time, so many cases of small amount of money and dispersive defendants bring inconvenience for judicature.

The defendants were arrested by the ICAC during a corruption inquiry.

In deference to protecting we alleged victims' privacy, we name only defendants.

Second, the identification of defendants, arrest of vessels and the nature of action for determining rights is analyzed.

Mr. Rajaratnam and his co-defendants, who were accused of reaping $20 million in illegal profits, have denied wrongdoing.

"It will also give the defendants in death sentence cases one more chance to have their opinions heard, " Xiao said.

In practice criminal defendants often were not assigned an attorney until a case was brought to court.

Most defendants conformed more closely to Mr Cameron's "sick society" template.

In the administrative proceedings defendants all are have some kind of social management function the administrative organ.

The four defendants face fines and possible imprisonment, if found guilty.

The defendants were running a website with links to BitTorrent peer-to-peer downloads.

The named defendants were Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other state officials.

What crimes are the defendants being charged with?

The defendants were charged with violating Sudan's public morality codes.

The other defendants mounted similar arguments.

The 47 defendants appeared behind closed doors in a special security court in Manama.

The CFTC's litigation against other named defendants continues.

In both cases the defendants (a single mother and a student) lost and were ordered to pay damages (of $1. 92m and $675, 000 respectively).

He believes that too many defendants are escaping conviction by claiming that they are insane.

accusation of fraud was levelled against all three defendants.

Many other defendants were handcuffed but were not wearing prison clothes.

Once Hanna admitted having written the report, the other defendants had an easy game to play.

China's chief justice says that Chinese courts convict more than 99 percent of defendants in criminal cases.

If convicted, two of the defendants face the death penalty.

The defendants in the trial will also be seated inside a cage built for their own protection.

Follow their guidance, then, and convict the defendants.

The latest group of 11 defendants are accused of offences including murder, rape and drug trafficking.

China's legal system offers defendants few protections.

The other defendants denied ever having had anything to do with them.

The judge directed the jury to acquit all the defendants.

Prosecutors routinely retry defendants after a hung jury.

Eleven of the defendants were sentenced to death.

Of the 560 remaining files, they have re-examined 200, looking for cases with biological evidence and defendants who still claim innocence.

The death sentence for Saddam and two co-defendants was handed down Sunday.

As alleged in the indictment, the defendants in this case knowingly allowed them to do so and profited from their crimes.

After a five-day deliberation, the jury found the seven defendants not guilty.

Jin and the other defendants responded that they did nothing wrong.

to manufacturers and marketers, as co-defendants indicted, sales to the People's Court has jurisdiction.

The scope of defendants of derivative action is extensive.

Even judges are softer on attractive defendants.

a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action.

We find the defendants incredibly guilty.

Are currently defendants in lawsuits.

He had immense power handed to him by the defendants.

There are many reasons for the Witnesses low. The most important reason is the lack of constitutional rights of criminal defendants.

The defendants say they will appeal, and do not have to pay up or go to jail until those efforts are exhausted.

Defendants include the league and its 30 member teams.

Could other, guilty, defendants use a similar claim togetaway with murder?

In 1995, non-US firms made up 20 per cent of the public company defendants.

In fact the evidence itself was favorable to the defendants.

They found $1, 100 on one of the defendants but no bills with serial numbers matching those undercover agents used to buy drugs.

Three other defendants were sentenced to 15 years in prison for torture and premeditated murder, according to news reports.

Other defendants couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

All 25 defendants were found guilty; 16 were sentenced to life imprisonment, one to twenty years and one to seven years.

In February 2010, a judge convicted the first three defendants on the privacy charge.

the defendants were told that such accounts were for mos use , and they agreed to the arrangement.

They've tested some 30 criminal defendants, most of whom were charged with murder.

The cross eyed judge looked at the three defendants in the dock and said to the first one, So how do you plead?

Appeals to require all defendants to the Chinese public apology !

It follows afarcical trial in February of 11 mainly elderly defendants accused ofvote-buying in Kagoshima, also on Kyushu.

In the Galleon case, 14 defendants have pleaded guilty.

It concerns a total of just 28 "fake jobs" , and nine co-defendants.