Album: Convict of Conviction.
Historians have written that the British attack was a failure, caused by a lack of conviction among some senior commanders rather than the fighting power of the German army, although some judge the British force to have been insufficient for the task.
The State Department said yesterday that it had asked Governor Keating "to give careful consideration to the representations of the government of Mexico in the clemency process" and "to consider whether the failure of consular notification prejudiced the conviction or sentence".
As a consequence of trial counsel's failures as stated, the state procured a judgment of conviction that lacks reliability".
The failure of his office to gain convictions against four white officers who were videotaped beating Rodney G. King, a black motorist, led to riots in which more than 50 people were killed and property damage totaled nearly $1 billion.
A Nov. 6 news analysis in Haaretz called the case "the attorney general's shame" for exposing "the grand failure" of his tenure, namely, "zero convictions of public figures" — as though a prosecutor's effectiveness should be measured by the number of scalps dangling from his belt.
John McDonnell argues for decentralised socialism: co-ops and other models #LSEMcDonnell At LSE, he faced questions from Labour Party members, students and the press on the failure of Labour to challenge George Osborne's conviction that Labour Party overspending caused the 2008 crash, rather than the financial sector.
The tougher sanctions are being brought in amid mounting concern about a lack of prosecutions and convictions and a failure of the public to take the offence of using a mobile phone while driving seriously.
Martha Stewart's conviction was not a failure of her lawyers to mount an effective defense, as has been suggested.
Enlightened men of conviction.
