Sentence examples for contested trials from inspiring English sources

Case management has improved, conviction rates in contested trials have increased and penalties for those convicted have got tougher.

So what are the prospects of future contested trials being fairly considered in this context of some malleable lay magistrates apparently being prepared to accede to secret agendas?

It is also the longest and most heavily contested trial on insider dealing in the territory, said Mark Steward, executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission.

The reservist, Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., is the first soldier to face a contested trial for the abuse case.

Without the possibility of costs protection the children's negotiation position would have been grievously undermined - they could not have contemplated a contested trial to assess their damages.

Plainly it would be an advantage if some could be persuaded to make their mind up earlier, but a last-minute plea of guilty is generally better than a long contested trial.

In January 1971, Chotiner and his third wife, Mimi, divorced on the ground of irreconcilable differences, after five years of marriage and a bitter, contested trial.

These included doubts about the feasibility of producing valid and reliable ratings across a diverse range of trials, and fears that particular ratings were likely to be contested by trial sponsors and trialists, which could create a lot of 'hassle' and work for the resource producers.

He at first pleaded not guilty but switched his plea to no contest because, he said, he feared the impact of a contested lengthy trial on his brother Oleg's relationship to Mrs. Kennedy.

The issue of the wiretaps was hotly contested before trial.

The agreement ends an infamous case that led to a hotly contested state trial, a federal investigation and ultimately the dismantling of the Police Department's elite Street Crime Unit.