He must be apprised by the indictment, with reasonable certainty, of the nature of the accusation against him, in order that he may be able to prepare for his defense, and also, in case of conviction or acquittal, that he may plead the judgment in bar of further proceedings.
The Inquisition, which spread to many parts of France, was usually entrusted to Dominicans; it relied on the active pursuit of suspects, secret testimony, and in case of conviction and obstinacy delivery of the heretic to the "secular arm" for capital punishment.
In the case of conviction, the leader of the majority party can ask — and pressure — a member to step aside.
Two cases of conviction, though imperfect, with only one convicted, bringing mixed tidings and mixed reactions.
826), jurisdiction was conferred upon this court 'in cases of conviction of a capital or otherwise infamous crime'; and jurisdiction was conferred in other criminal cases upon the circuit courts of appeals established by that act.
Infamous punishments cannot be limited to those punishments which are cruel or unusual, because, by the seventh amendment of the constitution, 'cruel and unusual punishments' are wholly forbidden, and cannot therefore be lawfully inflicted even in cases of convictions upon indictments duly presented by a grand jury.
In any case, the main punishment, in case of a conviction, would be a criminal record that would make getting a job difficult and would probably land Bouchra and Zeyad Bagour on watch lists in airports around the world, Soliman pointed out.
"There will be an impact on the government" in the case of a conviction, "so once again Italy's future hangs in the balance of Silvio Berlusconi's judicial matters," said Marco Damilano, a political commentator for the newspaper L'Espresso.
Mr. McCollum did gain attention as one of the House impeachment prosecutors who made the case for conviction of President Clinton before the Senate.
And even his opponents concede that he brought the trader cases out of conviction, not pettiness.
While Google has often been asked or ordered to take down videos, it says this was the only case of criminal convictions on charges stemming from a video's content.
