Sentence examples for ban evidence from inspiring English sources

Officials say the amended system would limit the use of hearsay and ban evidence gained from cruel treatment, including the use of "waterboarding", a form of simulated drowning.

In recent years, Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel at the Innocence Project of Texas, has pushed to ban evidence that does not conform to national scientific standards.

The Obama administration's proposed changes would limit the use of hearsay evidence against detainees, ban evidence gained from cruel treatment and give defendants more latitude to pick their own lawyers.

Judge Polster denied a defense request to ban evidence about Mr. Mullet's sexual counseling, accepting the prosecution argument that his tight control over the community was central to the case.

State attorney Bernie de la Rionda has already asked Judge Nelson to ban evidence of Martin's marijuana use at the trial but defence lawyer Don West said it was relevant because Zimmerman said in his 911 call to police before the incident that he was following a suspect who "looks like he is up to no good or he is on drugs or something".

In states where affirmative action has been banned, evidence shows that consideration of income alone cannot approximate the critical mass of black, Hispanic, and Native American students able to benefit a student body.

Justice Kagan thought the tossed fish qualified as a "tangible object" under a federal statute banning evidence tampering; her liberal colleagues did not.Another curious and apparently unprecedented lineup appeared in a decision released on May 18th.

Amongst a growing list, it has banned evidence procured by torture from being admitted in our courts, required independent and public investigations of all deaths in custody, declared that control orders and indefinite detention breach fundamental rights, reduced the destitution of asylum seekers and safeguarded due process for mental health detainees.

Courts across Europe, including the UK's, have long banned evidence obtained by torture because people will sign all sorts of confessions to stop the pain.

As he told the Observer: "It took a while for the momentum of drug-testing strategies to build but now – with biological passports, carbon isotope ratio testing, retroactive bans and bans using evidence other than directly from blood and urine testing – we are seeing great strides in the war on doping".

Some analysts have expressed skepticism that a ban on evidence obtained by torture could be effective, for example, because lawyers do not yet have the right to be present at interrogations, when most torture occurs.