"defendant" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "Congress clearly has the power," he said, "to prevent defendants from using the illegal proceeds of narcotics trafficking for any purpose, including attorneys' fees."
- The attorneys also argued that such contempt convictions would prevent future defendants from obtaining counsel, because attorneys would be afraid of judicial retaliation.
- But he said the Iraqi court system needed safeguards to prevent innocent defendants from being sent to the gallows.
- Restitution has frequently been ordered in terrorism cases, in part to prevent defendants from capitalizing on their notoriety.
- That leaves open the question of whether Congress could prevent defendants from raising the same First Amendment defenses as now.
- The law is designed to prevent defendants from using the threat of disclosing classified information to avoid prosecution.
- That law was enacted in 1981 to prevent defendants in national security cases from using the threat of divulging secrets to force the government to drop its prosecution.
- American states have developed rape-shield laws, which prevent defendants from using the past sexual history of the victim.
- Strict liability laws can also prevent defendants from raising diminished mental capacity defenses, since intent does not need to be proven.
- In addition, the judge said, the law prevents defendants convicted of capital crimes from confronting and cross-examining witnesses before they are sentenced to death.
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