Taha argued that doing so would “ push things to degenerate rather than help people to reconcile or maintain peace .” In 2008, Taha also opposed the ICC indictment of President Omar al-Bashir by arguing that, “ We can ’ t go along with implementing the CPA or other agreements with a president that is subject to international trial .” In the same year, the Associated Press quoted reliable sources saying Taha would be charged with crimes similar to those that President Omar al-Bashir had been charged with.

On the same day as the Leesburg search, the Boston grand jury handed down a 117-count indictment that named ten LaRouche associates, two corporations, and three campaign committees.

In their indictment, prosecutors claimed that Olmert had received some $ 600, 000 from Talansky in either cash or bank transfers, and that $ 350, 000 of this was held in a " secret cache " managed by Olmert's close associate Uri Messer.

Wells also questioned Russert about his reaction to the announcement of Libby's grand jury indictment.

In his view, “ heresy making ” was usually the defensive reaction of those in authority, rather than a true indictment of unconventional thinkers.

Impeachment does not necessarily result in removal from office ; it is only a legal statement of charges, parallel to an indictment in criminal law.

As stated in Brewer v. Williams,, the right to counsel “ at least that a person is entitled to the help of a lawyer at or after the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against him, whether by formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment .” Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversary proceeding have begun against a defendant, he has a right to legal representation when the government interrogates him and that when a defendant is arrested, “ arraigned on arrest warrant before a judge ,” and “ committed by the court to confinement ,” “ here can be no doubt that judicial proceedings ha been initiated .”

The indictment was of major legal significance and was the first time that sexual assaults were investigated for the purpose of prosecution under the rubric of torture and enslavement as a crime against humanity.

After some preliminary legal skirmishing, Cardigan sought an indictment for criminal libel in 1863, but his action failed, although the bench made plain that it was only his competence, and not his courage, that was in doubt.

In November 2010, anticipating the possible indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Act, critics of that legal strategy said that the broad language of the Act could make news organizations and anyone who reported, printed, or disseminated information from Wikileaks subject to prosecution as well.

CRP used US $ 500, 000 in funds raised for the purpose to re-elect President Nixon to pay legal expenses for the five Watergate burglars after their indictment in September 1972, in exchange for their silence and perjury.

A criminal investigation was ended without any indictment or any further legal proceedings.

In criminal cases, a demurrer may be used in some circumstances to challenge the legal sufficiency of the indictment or other similar charging instrument.

Although a legal flaw in the indictment invalidated the case of murder against him, he was convicted and sentenced to death on the second charge of felonious shooting.

His role in a boundary dispute with Costa Rica and allegations of environmental damage to territory claimed by that country has led to legal indictment by the government of Costa Rica.

On 1 March 2009, Attorney General Mazuz informed Olmert's legal representatives that he had decided to file an indictment against him, in what has come to be known as the " cash envelopes " affair, pending a hearing before the attorney general.

Trial by Jury: " The Constitution s. 80 states: ' The trial on indictment of any offence against any law of the Commonwealth shall be by jury ...' This Court has construed this section to mean that if there be no indictment there must be a jury but there is nothing to compel procedure by indictment … In a famous dissent Dixon and Evatt JJ described this construction as a mockery of the Constitution and considered that anyone charged with any serious offence against the laws of the Commonwealth was entitled to trial by jury ( Lowenstein ( 1938 ) 59 CLR 556 at 582 )" " The jury is a strong antidote to the eletist tendencies of the legal system.

These included that his grand jury had not been legal ; that challenges of certain jurors were improperly overruled ; that testimony by Amelia Jane Schofield was not permissible as it was under another indictment ; and, most importantly, that it was his religious duty to marry multiple times.

The film focuses on how little help the various police forces were and is an indictment of the apathy and bureaucracy of the legal system on both sides of the border.

DeLay's attorney, Dick DeGuerin, filed a legal complaint charging Earle with prosecutorial misconduct in connection with the DeLay indictment.

Apart from the actual murder trial, the whole proceeding turned out to be an indictment of the murky business of assessment life insurance, which led to major changes in insurance law, particularly with regard to the practice of insuring people in whom one had no legal interest.

In addition, the Rote Hilfe arranged legal support and legal defense for workers who were under indictment for their political activities or views.

Ambassador Carney had no legal basis to ask for more from the Sudanese since, at the time, there was no indictment outstanding .”

In August, he denied Weissman and Rosen's motion to dismiss their indictment on the grounds that the government could still prosecute and punish those who retransmitted classified information regardless of whether they had a security clearance or not, an interpretation of the Espionage Act that could have wide-reaching implications if it were allowed to become legal precedent.

In accordance with legal requirements, the indictment was in substance the same as at the previous trial ; the only question put to the court was whether Dreyfus had delivered up the documents enumerated in the bordereau.

The indictment alleged a ten-year conspiracy to support PIJ worldwide, help solve internal PIJ disputes and financial problems, help disseminate PIJ claims it was responsible for terrorist attacks in Israel, and raise funds within the U. S. for " violent jihad.

He denied that the jury had been packed, reiterated the offences mentioned in the indictment, and concluded by saying :— " I wish you to understand Mitchel that we have, with the utmost anxiety, and with a view to come to a decision upon the measure of punishment which it would be our duty to impose, postponed the passing of sentence upon you till this morning.

The younger Pliny relates in a letter to Trajan, that an anonymous bill of indictment was presented to him on which were many names of Christians ; we do not know if the author of this libellus was a Christian.

It implies an overwhelming indictment of the behavior which we believe is not appropriate.

They said of Megrahi: " There is nothing in the evidence which leaves us with any reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the first accused, and accordingly we find him guilty of the remaining charge in the indictment as amended.

As for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi the judges said: " There is nothing in the evidence which leaves us with any reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the first accused, and accordingly we find him guilty of the remaining charge in the indictment as amended.

In the Sheriff Court where trials proceed using the Solemn procedure they will also be tried on indictment and are brought in the name of the Procurator Fiscal.

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.

There are rumors that a draft indictment of Pinochet was prepared, but they were not confirmed by the George W. Bush administration.

Therefore, an indictment must allege all the ingredients of the crime to such a degree of precision that it would allow the accused to assert double jeopardy if the same charges are brought up in subsequent prosecution.

This is also the standard of proof used in Grand Jury indictment proceedings ( which, unlike civil proceedings, are procedurally unrebuttable ), and in family court determinations solely involving money, such as child support under the Child Support Standards Act.

It hears all appeals from the Crown Court which are in connection with a trial on indictment ( i. e. with a jury ) and where the Crown Court has sentenced a defendant committed from the Magistrates ' Court.

The indictment was confirmed by a 2001 verdict by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that rape and sexual enslavement are crimes against humanity.

There are two kinds of criminal trial: ' summary ' and ' on indictment '.

With more serious offences, magistrates are responsible for indictment and committal to the Crown Court ( a task in former times dealt with by a grand jury ).

Biljana Plavšić was charged with crimes against humanity that include but are not limited to the killings in Doboj. Plavisic's indictment related to genocide charges in Doboj specifically includes but is not limited to the following killings:

Jean Franco has characterized the novel as " a ferocious indictment of Spanish administration in Mexico: ignorance, superstition and corruption are seen to be its most notable characteristics " Franco, An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature ( Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969 ), p. 34 ; cited in Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, revised edition ( London: Verso, 1991 ), p. 29.

A special demurrer refers to an attack on the form, rather than the substance, of the charge: if the defendant correctly identifies some defect " on the face " of the indictment, then the charges are subject to being dismissed, although usually the indictment can be re-drawn ( re-written ) and re-presented to the grand jury or other charging authority.

Before the trial starts, the motions can be based on defects in instituting the prosecution, defects in the indictment or information ( which can be challenged at any stage but are generally raised before a trial begins ).

Pleadings in a federal criminal trial are pleadings in a criminal proceeding are the indictment, the information, and the pleas of not guilty, guilty, and nolo contendere.

He or she is the chief public prosecutor for Scotland and all prosecutions on indictment are conducted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, nominally in the Lord Advocate's name.

( Marie-Louise Berneri was excluded from the indictment because spouses are legally incapable of conspiring with each other.

His aliases in the indictment are Nazih al Raghie and Anas al Sebai.

Both her husband and son are currently awaiting trial, under an 89-page felony indictment.

Currently, several key members, lobbyists and officials associated with the organization are under indictment by a grand jury for felony violations of state campaign finance laws such as applying corporate campaign contributions ( which may be used only for administrative expenses ) to political campaigns.

A hybrid offence, dual offence, Crown option offence, dual procedure offence, or wobbler are the special class offences in the common law jurisdictions where the case may be prosecuted either summarily or as indictment.

In criminal cases, nolle prosequi declarations are generally made after an indictment as long as adjudication on the merits has not occurred, or in some jurisdictions, as long as a trial has not commenced.

The constitutional guarantee that a trial on indictment for a federal offence must be by jury ( section 80 ) has been rendered virtually worthless because the High Court has decided that it is applicable only to a trial that proceeds formally by way of indictment, and it is completely in Parliament's discretion to decide which offences are triable on indictment and which are not.