Sentence examples for fairness of trial from inspiring English sources

He cautioned, however, that "there remain serious concerns about the openness and fairness of trial proceedings in the military court and in cases related to terrorism in civilian courts".

"There is no reason why an identification made by an eyewitness with poor vision, for example, or one who harbors a grudge against the defendant, should be regarded as inherently more reliable, less of a threat to the fairness of trial, than the identification Blandon made in this case," she wrote.

However, seven members of the chamber at the court ruled on Wednesday it did not affect the fairness of trial.

If, for example, British personnel are again seized by the Iranian authorities, the Foreign Office needs to be thoroughly apprised of detention conditions, the risk of torture, the fairness of trials and a host of other human rights issues.

Over the years human rights groups have repeatedly expressed serious concerns about the fairness of trials in Turkey, in particular those held in special courts dealing with terrorism and organized crime.

International rights groups have lashed out against Widodo for disregarding serious questions around the fairness of trials related to this round of executions, as well as condemning the logic of his war against drugs.

And he said misuse of social media could undermine the fairness of trials, which could call into question "the whole future of jury trials, which most people regard as a very important safeguard for our freedoms".

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights wrote in November 2015 that "given the doubts that have been raised about the fairness of trials conducted before the Tribunal, the Government of Bangladesh should not implement death penalty sentences".

"How many millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted by the state of Alabama fighting to prevent Bill to get review of the fairness of his trial, when we know he didn't have a fair trial?" Kochman wondered aloud to me at the time.

Ms. Zuniga had her students read and discuss a quote about justice from Mumia Abu-Jamal who was convicted of murdering a police officer in a 1981 trial that drew strong questions about the fairness of the trial and of the appeals court from Amnesty International.

The result was that the appellants were convicted following a trial in which elementary principles which underpin the fairness of our trial procedures were ignored.