The right of victims to speak at sentencing is also sometimes referred to as allocution.

On October 29, 1951 in his ' allocution to midwives ', Pope Pius XII citing Pope Pius XI Encyclical Casti Connubii of December 31, 1930 delared "... that every attempt of either husband or wife in the performance of the conjugal act or in the development of its natural consequences which aims at depriving it of its inherent force and hinders the procreation of new life is immoral and that no ' índication ' of need can convert an act which is intrinsically immoral into a moral and lawful one.

This event was triggered by a public allocution of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Armand Thiéry, a professor in thomistic philosophy at the university, on student life at Germanic universities on January 21, 1896.

In his allocution at sentencing he noted he had had misgivings on the way and had come home shortly afterward.

In an adversarial system, there is no more controversy and the case proceeds to sentencing ; though in many jurisdictions the defendant must have allocution of her or his crime, a false confession will not be accepted even in common law courts.

In his allocution of 1947, Pike's successor, Grand Commander John Henry Cowles, noted that some Masonic publications had used large extracts from the text, which practice he sought to curtail by adding the following words to the title page: ' Esoteric Book, for Scottish Rite use only ; to be Returned upon Withdrawal or Death of Recipient ' ( Transactions of the Supreme Council, 33 °, S. J.

Although George VI's accession allocution had already declared that his first act was to create his elder brother Duke of Windsor, and that he willed his brother to be styled His Royal Highness ( HRH ) the Duke of Windsor, Letters Patent were issued in 1937 to formalise the creation of the Dukedom, and further Letters Patent were issued in May of that year to regulate the Duke's right to the attribute of Royal Highness – although the pretext of the Letters Patent was the confirmation of the style of Royal Highness upon the Duke, its actual purpose was to restrict the title to the Duke alone, so as to exclude any future wife from sharing in it.

As part of the deal, he was also required to give an allocution admitting his involvement in organized crime ( although he did not reveal the names of any associates ).

At his Accession Council on 12 December 1936, moreover, King George VI announced, in the allocution usually given by the monarch just before taking the oath relating to the security of the Church of Scotland, that he would create his brother Duke of Windsor, and that he wished him to be known as His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor.

" In the field of apologetics, allocution is generally done in defense of a belief.

In this instance, allocution can serve to provide closure for victims or their families.

The term " allocution " is generally only in use in jurisdictions in the United States, though there are vaguely similar processes in other common law countries.

The term allocution differs from distribution as distribution implies that the original party loses some kind of control over the information.

An allocution of the Pope often takes the place of a manifesto when a struggle between the Holy See and the secular powers has reached an acute stage.

Lindh's allocution went as follows: " I plead guilty ", he said.

* April 29 – Pope Pius IX publishes an allocution announcing his refusal to support Piedmont-Sardinia in its war with Austria and dispelling hopes that he might serve as ruler of a pan-Italian republic.

The allocution, by which Pius is seen to withdraw his moral support for the Italian unification movement, is a key first step in the soon-to-be crushing reaction against the revolutions of 1848.

Members of both the Soprano and Lupertazzi families were angered by his allocution, believing that John should have stood trial before admitting anything regarding La Cosa Nostra.

Pope Clement VIII then addressed to them an allocution, expressing his joy and promising the Ruthenians his support.

The arrests of the culprits is not referenced in the novel, the end of which focuses on the despair of Amy Folliat, who does not appear to be facing legal charges, although that is never quite spelled out, in her allocution to Poirot.

After an allocution by Charlemagne, the bishops drew up two memorials against the Adoptionists, one containing arguments from patristic writings ; the other arguments from Scripture.

Some offences such as murder and rape are considered so serious that they can only be tried on indictment at the Crown Court where the widest range of sentencing powers is available to the judge.

Usually, however, sentencing will be handled by the judge at a separate hearing.

It resulted in amendments to the California criminal law in 1982, which allowed crime victims and their families to make victim impact statements during sentencing and at parole hearings.

The very fact that, today, victims or their families in California are able to sit before those convicted of a crime and have a voice in the sentencing at trials or at parole hearings, is largely due to the work of Doris Patti Tate.

Debs presented what has been called his best-remembered statement at his sentencing hearing:

* July 5 Before sentencing, Kenneth Lay dies of heart attack in Aspen, Colorado at the age of 64.

:: Example: "... courts have discretion to hear at sentencing from any person who might provide useful information, including victims of financial crimes.

§ 3771 ( d )( 1 ) ( giving crime victims and their “ lawful representative ” the power to assert rights, including the right to be reasonably heard at sentencing ).

The advocacy campaigns of The Sentencing Project have successfully contributed to significant sentencing and drug policy reforms at both the federal and state level.

Support for reform at the state level has included engagement with policymakers and reform organizations on issues including sentencing policy, racial disparity, felony disenfranchisement, and juvenile justice.

The forged evidence was presented during John Spencer's trial and his subsequent conviction resulted in a term of 50 years to life in prison at his sentencing.

His statement at sentencing indicated support for the action.

He also used the sentencing as an opportunity to criticize New York's controversial Sentencing Cap Law, which would have capped Ferguson's sentence at 50 years had no one died in the massacre because all of the felonies he committed on the train were part of one occurrence, therefore all sentences would have been served concurrently and capped at 50 years.

After his sentencing, Ferguson was incarcerated for a time at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.

On February 2, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that his 22-year sentence was too lenient, and did not fit in the then-mandatory sentencing guidelines, which indicated he should have received at least 65 years, and up to 130 years, in prison.

Rudolph read a statement at his sentencing in which he apologized to the victims and families only of the Centennial Park bombing, reiterating that he was angry at the government and hoped the Olympics would be canceled.

After Mr. Lee ’ s sentencing, investigators at LANL were able to fully examine the evidence against Mr. Lee.

" When asked if he wanted to address the court at his sentencing, Chapman read a passage from The Catcher in the Rye that describes Holden Caulfield's fantasy of being on the edge of a cliff and having to catch all children from falling.

A psychiatrist at the sentencing, Daniel Schwartz, said that Chapman wanted to kill Lennon because he viewed him as a " phony.

A Justice of the Peace may sit at any magistrates ' court in England & Wales but in practice, are appointed to their local bench, ( a colloquial and legal term for the local court ), and are provided with advice, especially on sentencing, by a legally qualified Clerk to the Justices.

It is also used during judicial hearings ( e. g. in 1998, against Ronald Hawkins in Los Angeles for frequently interrupting Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani at a sentencing hearing ).