Sentence examples for case dismissal from inspiring English sources

"Sex, lies and a case dismissal," wrote the tabloid France Soir.

One of the biggest sources of delay — and case dismissal — involves prosecutors' getting signed statements from victims, witnesses and police officers.

"They have no choice," said Michael Seigel, a law professor at the University of Florida, adding that case dismissal is standard procedure when a defendant dies, even after conviction if the defendant has not exhausted his appeals.

If you change your mind about the divorce, you can request a case dismissal.

The report said that inadequate trial preparation, a frequent failure to make timely contact with witnesses and poor presentations at hearings led to case dismissals and damaged the effectiveness of the prosecutions.

Carmichael and Marchbanks (2012) explain that public defenders provided more services and obtained more case dismissals, deferred sentences, and acquittals than the private counsel group (Fabelo et al. 2013).

Specifically, mentally ill clients working with specialized mental health public defenders had more case dismissals, fewer guilty verdicts and were more likely to receive probation when convicted, as compared to mentally ill clients who had privately assigned attorneys (Fabelo et al. 2013).

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In some cases dismissals were made on the basis of testimony from jilted lovers or those with personal grievances.

In penalizing the department for its refusal to produce Mr. bin al-Shibh, the judge has options apart from dismissing the entire case, including dismissal of some of the charges; she could also allow the trial to go forward but with a requirement that the jury be given instructions that would be damaging to the prosecution's case.

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