Sentence examples for on magistrates from inspiring English sources

Prosecutors in Palermo declared that the government's attacks on magistrates offered dangerous encouragement to the Mafia.

We call on magistrates to exercise compassion and common sense when these unfortunate people are returned to court".

And Lord Justice Goldring reviewed and rescinded a ban on magistrates applying for the role, on the same day.

In an emotional television address, the billionaire media magnate launched a bitter attack on magistrates he said were perverting democracy and called for sweeping judicial reform.

By late Republican times its importance had dwindled, and its chief functions were simply to confer the imperium (supreme executive power) on magistrates and to witness wills, adoptions, and the inauguration of priests.

Another proposal would remove from magistrates the job of co-ordinating investigations and give politicians a much bigger say in the process.Many people fighting the outfit also say that the current barrage of attacks by ministers on magistrates (for their alleged incompetence, arrogance and left-wing bias, among other complaints) gives succour to organised criminals.

You can read the original story on magistrate Trevor Coultart's blog.

Satellite tracking of offenders will be brought in and a £5,000 cap on magistrate fines will be removed.

At best this is lazy on Sony's part and irresponsible on Magistrate Spero's, and at worst it is a deliberate and malicious wholesale violation of privacy.

It was submitted to magistrates on July 2, two days before the investigation was initially closed.

The combined message of Leon and the Court's refusal to grant certiorari in this case is that the police may rely on the magistrates and the magistrates may rely on the police.