According to Tacitus ( Annals 3. 14. 1 ), the prosecution could not prove the poisoning charge, but other charges of treason seemed likely to stick and Piso committed suicide.

Bogers and Fijneman were charged with distributing a scheduled substance ( DMT ); however, the prosecution was unable to prove that the use of ayahuasca by members of the Santo Daime constituted a sufficient threat to public health and order that it warranted denying their rights to religious freedom under ECHR Article 9.

Someone in Government obviously had a quiet word in Kable's ear, as when the court met and Sinclair challenged the prosecution on the ground that the Kables were felons, the court required him to prove it.

For example if a person is charged with speeding, in a hypothetical case the prosecution has to prove that the person was the driver of the motor vehicle and that it was being driven in excess of the proper speed without any lawful excuse.

In a minority of states, the burden is placed on the prosecution, who must prove sanity beyond a reasonable doubt.

Essentially this means the prosecution must prove that the suspect had a basic understanding of their rights and an appreciation of the consequences of foregoing those rights.

The burden is on the prosecution to prove that all waivers of the defendant's rights complied with due process standards.

While it may seem unfair to forbid prosecution of crimes that law enforcement can later prove to a standard required by law (< em > cf .</ em >, e. g. beyond a reasonable doubt, clear and convincing evidence, and preponderance of the evidence ), the purpose of a statute of limitations or its equivalent is to ensure that the possibility of punishment for an act committed long ago cannot give rise to either a person's incarceration or the criminal justice system's activation.

In Nix v. Williams,, the Supreme Court ruled that evidence illegally seized without a search warrant is admissible if the prosecution can prove the evidence would have been found and seized by legal means not based on evidence or information illegally seized.

Currently, in many countries with a democratic system and the rule of law, criminal procedure puts the burden of proof on the prosecution – that is, it is up to the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, as opposed to having the defense prove that s / he is innocent, and any doubt is resolved in favor of the defendant.

Torture is often difficult to prove, particularly when some time has passed between the event and a medical examination, or when the torturers are immune from prosecution.

For example, the presumption of innocence places a legal burden upon the prosecution to prove all elements of the offense ( generally beyond a reasonable doubt ) and to disprove all the defenses except for affirmative defenses in which the proof of non-existence of all affirmative defense ( s ) is not constitutionally required of the prosecution.

Furthermore, such a dissociation makes the prosecution of bribery offences easier since it can be very difficult to prove that two parties ( the bribe-giver and the bribe-taker ) have formally agreed upon a corrupt deal.

In English law the prosecution must prove the guilt of a criminal “ beyond reasonable doubt ”; but the plaintiff in a civil action is required to prove his case “ on the balance of probabilities ”.

Unlawful cohabitation, where the prosecution did not need to prove that a marriage ceremony had taken place ( only that a couple had lived together ), was a misdemeanor punishable by a $ 300 fine and six months imprisonment.

However, the prosecution must be able to prove that the subject in possession of the magazine had knowledge that it was in fact a post-ban magazine.

He collected and arranged evidence to prove the charges against him, bore testimony himself in support of many of them, hunted up witnesses against the archbishop, and assisted the counsel for the prosecution in every way.

The burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove each " element of the offense " in order for a defendant to be found guilty.

§ 846 are unique because the prosecution need not prove an overt act.

Without their proffered evidence, the Ninth Circuit doubted that the plaintiffs could prove at a trial that the Bendectin had, in fact, caused the birth defects about which they were complaining.

So the police were quite well-informed about his criminal activities, but it was very hard to prove anything or to bring charges because his support network was so widespread, and this can be shown through various newspaper articles and so on.

Recent review article discusses various published theories on this kind of signaling and identifies around 30 experimental scientific articles in English in past 30 years which prove electromagnetic cellular interactions.

Through journal articles, the WCTU tried to prove that abstinence would help people move up in life.

* " Anti-fascist articles prove rich pickings " The Independent

A prolific writer and political analyst, his book written during his last year of exile ," Will of the People: Exploring Original Democracy in Non-Western Societies ", one of many articles, tracts and books he had already written, transcends national interests and traces the origins of democratic traditions and institutions which prove globally relevant to our times.

Rachel fears that she may be going insane and her efforts to prove otherwise, and learn more about the suicide-murder of Angus, falter when the news articles about the tragedy have gone missing from the local library, and Sharon Winton, her best friend and writer for a British tabloid journal, goes missing after Rachel saw her killed by Angus in the lighthouse.

King does not describe a formal definition of the law in his journal, which is the primary source of his writings, and Davenant does not seem to be an innovative thinker and often wrote pamphlets to promote ideas or policies that would be beneficial to his personal economic or political status ; therefore, it seems likely Davenant extended King ’ s work to prove his claims that borrowing to fund the war was bad for England ’ s economy and that excise taxes were the appropriate way to fund the government.

He also wrote a treatise entitled De l ' Etat de la presse et des pamphlets depuis François et jusquà Louis XIV ( 1834 ), in which be refuted an empty paradox of Charles Nodier, who had tried to prove that the press had never been, and could never be, so free as under the Grand Monarch.

However, Arnold's books have been criticized for supporting the theory with statements meant to teach an intuitive understanding, without providing the tools necessary to prove these statements.

As a result, the books were frequently smuggled into the States, where they would prove to be a major influence on the new Beat generation of American writers ( most notably Jack Kerouac ) some of whom would adopt stylistic and thematic principles found in Miller's oeuvre.

* According to a letter passed by the King of Arms of Portugal in the name of King Pedro II of Portugal and registered in the books of the municipal chamber of São Paulo on the 17 of April 1683, the Alvarengas were recognized as members of the nobility of blood ( Portuguese: fidalgos de linhagem ), a condition that in Portugal passed to all descendants that could prove descent, regardless of gender.

* In the Disney / Square Enix video game series Kingdom Hearts, loosely based on the Alice books as a subsequent adventure, the Cheshire Cat offers Sora, Donald and Goofy clues to prove that the Heartless attempted to steal the Queen of Hearts ' heart and not Alice, along with the blizzard spell

Ostensibly it is written in opposition to Whiston's attempt to show that the books of the Old Testament did originally contain prophecies of events in the New Testament story, but that these had been eliminated or corrupted by the Jews, and to prove that the fulfilment of prophecy by the events of Christ's life is all " secondary, secret, allegorical, and mystical ," since the original and literal reference is always to some other fact.

Although little is known of the immediate growth of the church, Bar-Daisan ( 154 – 223 ) reports that in his time there were Christian tribes in North India which claimed to have been converted by Thomas and to have books and relics to prove it.

Then, they tried to prove to the clergy that the correction of the books in accordance with the Greek standards profaned the pure faith because the Greek Church had deviated from the " ancient piety " and had been printing its divine service books in Catholic print houses and that they had been exposed to Roman Catholic influences.

These did not prove to be as popular as the Fighting Fantasy books.

This would prove to have an important bearing on the playing budget available to the manager as the club fought to balance the books following relegation.

The day before, he had led a crowd to burn a large pile of books ; this day he called them to throw their expensive and fancy clothing onto the fire, so as to prove their full commitment to God.

Lemons and bananas became virtually unobtainable for most of the war ; oranges continued to be sold but greengrocers customarily reserved them for children and pregnant women, who could prove their status by producing their distinctive ration books.

Though the two books would prove to have little in common, Hall and Cape saw Extraordinary Women as a competitor and wanted to beat it to market.

The reason is not a lack of knowledge, as his books readily prove his halakhic genius.

In addition, the book was with eight other books the focus of a January 2004 article in The Middle East Journal entitled: " The Islam Industry and Scholarship ", in which the author wrote that the book's author " is very good at finding quotations from the Qur ' an or from obscure Muslim clerics to ' prove ' the danger of Islam.

His book series, Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses, Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards and Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Castles, prove to be best-sellers, but Enslin internally reveals some guilt and regret at their success, privately acknowledging that he is a believer in neither the paranormal nor the supernatural elements he espouses in these books.

William Whiston in the 18th century devoted the third volume of his Primitive Christianity Revived to prove that " they are the most sacred of the canonical books of the New Testament ; " for " these sacred Christian laws or constitutions were delivered at Jerusalem, and in Mount Sion, by our Saviour to the eleven apostles there assembled after His resurrection.

Despite extensive research, no one has ever been able to prove conclusively when Stafford Rangers was actually formed, as early minute books were destroyed during the First World War.