Sentence examples for practice defendants from inspiring English sources

In practice defendants' legal rights are often ignored, particularly if the crime is political in nature.

In practice, such defendants almost never serve a life sentence, but are paroled, often before the three years are up.

In practice, wealthy defendants have in the past used this clause to buy their way out of criminal trials.

As a government lawyer, I have been involved in numerous civil enforcement settlements in which it is the accepted practice for defendants to deny liability.

In practice, few defendants in other states plead guilty to capital murder charges unless they receive a prison term instead of death.

That entrenched S.E.C. practice — permitting defendants to settle civil claims without acknowledging wrongdoing — has come under increased scrutiny by the courts, a trend that legal experts say could lead the judge to question the settlement.

Although Dr. Gedz did not press criminal charges, she and her husband filed a $5.5 million lawsuit in November that named Beth Israel, Dr. Zarkin and his former practice as defendants.

"By addressing the quality of a particular management practice, a defendant declares the subject of its representation to be material to the reasonable shareholder, and thus is bound to speak truthfully".

As a matter of practice, the defendant may already have been prosecuted for the initial offence (for example, another offence against the person).

Use will also be made of the existing practice of having defendants appear via videolinks.

Coercing confessions through torture and other means is a widespread practice, with some defendants in high-profile cases confessing to crimes in public before trials have taken place.