Sentence examples for in the absence of lawyers from inspiring English sources
Immigrants who overstayed their visas were often detained for more than 24 hours and signed papers in the absence of lawyers.
Judges [were] cutting down on evidence, not allowing full cross-examinations, proceeding in the absence of lawyers in many cases".
Recent disclosures about abuse of prisoners in Iraq made him realize that the absence of lawyers there might have been a contributing factor.
According to Amnesty International, which has been campaigning to stop his execution, his trial was held behind closed doors and in the absence of his lawyer.
Justice Ginsburg wrote that, in the absence of a lawyer, defendants facing immediate prison time and those with suspended sentences suffered the same constitutional injury: an adjudication of guilt that was not "sufficiently reliable to permit incarceration".
Amnesty International criticised his judgment, saying the 'doubt continues to exist about the safety of convictions based on addmissions made in the absence of a lawyer and subsequently contested by the defendants.' Douglas Hurd, then Home Secretary, questioned Amnesty's impartiality and accused it of damaging its reputation.
Police conducted extensive interrogations of the men in the absence of any lawyer and they say they have recorded confessions.
Amnesty International criticized the decision, pointing to the problems with confessions made in the absence of a lawyer, and was criticized in turn by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, who said Amnesty had abandoned its impartiality.
"Decisions are issued in some courts in the absence of a defense lawyer or any observer or even relatives of the defendant.
Because part of every SIAC hearing is held in secret, in the absence of appellants and their lawyers, the high court claimants cannot be sure what evidence the government introduced or held back.
