The Archbishop is calling for a fresh look at sentencing policy, urging ministers to exercise "caution" in creating more criminal offences with jail sentences.
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The stakes in this case are raised because the FBI and U.S. prosecutors are involved (not just the SEC) meaning criminal charges and jail time come into play for those involved.
Bush will make the case that efforts to expose and prosecute corporate corruption are critical to restoring confidence and, as part of that focus, will propose new criminal penalties including possible jail time for CEOs convicted of deliberately making misleading financial statements.
Mr Thomson would be disqualified from parliament if he was convicted of a criminal offence that carried a jail term of one year or more, Australian media reports say.
That gets at the heart of what the Judiciary Committee said it was examining Wednesday: Are current laws enough to adequately enforce proper trading practices at hedge funds, or do they need to be strengthened to improve prosecutors' chances of bringing winning criminal cases that result in jail terms?
The judge asked Kogan for more information on the jail confrontation, including the criminal record of the other inmate involved.
On its face it was fatuous given that Galant's behavior constituted an administrative offense for which one pays a fine, rather than a criminal offense for which one goes to jail.
Mark Heller told The Associated Press that the actress' plans are independent of a criminal case that could return her to jail on charges that she lied to police about being a passenger in her car when it slammed into a dump truck in June.
The wide receiver had no criminal record but spent nearly two years in jail on a weapons charge.
After he was sentenced Grant appealed against the length of his jail term at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.
These behaviours will not stop until the people perpetrating it or responsible for overseeing them face the prospect of criminal charges and the prospect of going to jail.
This week Mr Berlusconi received yet another criminal conviction (for bribery), complete with jail sentence.
In the end, Granick negotiated the criminal charges before trial from felonies, which carry jail time, down to misdemeanors with a probation sentence.
While the criminal trial may result in some defendants going to jail, the civil trial is where the court will rule on returning monies that were obtained illegally.
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The state review board report said CMC failed to follow its own intoxication and withdrawal policy after Alvin Rios was booked into jail following his July 2011 arrest for criminal possession of a controlled substance.
He has several criminal cases pending against him and has served time in jail too.
Scotland on Sunday reports that a senior police officer has launched a stinging attack on the criminal justice system, claiming that the number of people in jail is a "national disgrace" and that policies on youth crime are not working.
Earlier, a policeman found guilty at Cairo Criminal Court of killing 18 protesters was sentenced to five years in jail.
In their transforming bedroom, with Stephanie sleeping beside him, unaware that she was bedding down with a criminal, Kendall lay awake for hours, jittery with visions of jail time and perp walks and the loss of his children.
So Sean Quinn goes to jail for contempt of court and could yet face more serious criminal charges that would keep him there for some time.
Homosexuality has gone from being a criminal offense that could, and did, send writer Oscar Wilde to jail in England, to a comic staple in movies and TV shows, to a subject of serious constitutional study.
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That means it is a criminal offence to possess or sell the drugs, and the courts can fine and jail offenders or order some other form of community-based sentence.
Earlier MSPs approved Scottish government plans to end short jail terms, during the consideration of a series of amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill at its final stage of parliamentary scrutiny.
Today, Robbins is in the San Diego County jail, inmate No. 13704837, charged with 12 felony counts of making criminal threats and stalking, authorities said.
He tried to avoid criminal charges, claiming that his act was a legitimate political protest, but finally received the jail sentence.
Some pay-day lenders reportedly threaten to use the criminal justice system to prosecute delinquent borrowers for writing bad cheques, a crime that carries a jail sentence in many states.
Tanzi faces even more jail time nearly another 18 years on a conviction of fraudulent bankruptcy and criminal association in the 4 billion euro bankruptcy.
In May 2005 he was found guilty of criminal conspiracy (references to terrorism were dropped) and given four-and-a-half years in jail.
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