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The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records to the government, to explain his expenses, to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error. Compliance wastes billions of dollars. It penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the U.S. economy. It is incompatible with a free society, and we aren’t libertarians if we tolerate it. – Harry Browne	added by Normando 11 months ago
It is my responsibility to ensure that we are appropriately responding to all evidence that has been presented through Mr. Glossip’s conviction and incarceration, circumstances surrounding this case necessitate a thorough review. – Gentner Drummond	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I didn't think the youngest would be able to do it. She was seven at the time of the trial, but justice demanded that I try her on the stand if I wanted to get a conviction on that count. Six minutes she stood in the doorway sobbing. – Attorney Lara Roetzel	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Over 700,000 people in New York City have conviction records, which is about 11% of the adult population. So, there are people right now that are living in people's various spaces and their neighbors that have convictions and histories for which people have no idea about. – Andre Ward	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If there is a conviction, then they these people will spend time behind bars, as they should, because they've been convicted of a crime. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There's not any binding precedent that says you can't, right ? And so when the law doesn't say you can't do something and you're a prosecutor trying to get a conviction, trouble can ensue, given the gravity of the harm that can come from this and the important artistic rights and First Amendment rights at stake, this is an easy call. – Alex Spiro	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Myanmar military junta's unjust conviction and sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi is part of its methodical assault on human rights around the country, the military's willingness to forcibly disappear the country's high-profile civilian leader reveals the brutality that lesser-known political prisoners face. – Elaine Pearson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Read MoreHer lengthy testimony made clear Steve Bannon had a duty to comply, that Steve Bannon testimony was pertinent and that Steve Bannon violated the subpoena deliberately. That was enough for a conviction. Opinion : Steve Bannons new ployThe defense raised two issues at the beginning of the trial to try to justify Bannon's lack of compliance. First, they claimed that Steve Bannon was still negotiating with the committee after Steve Bannon failure to produce subpoenaed documents and to appear, and before Congress held Steve Bannon in contempt. But the evidence showed that Steve Bannon never asked the committee to move the deadline for Steve Bannon appearance. And the day after Steve Bannon subpoena deadline passed, Steve Bannon verified Gettr account posted :. – Steve Bannon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's usually difficult, if not impossible, to show that your lawyer was ineffective without introducing new evidence, since that ineffectiveness often turns on evidence that wasn't introduced, but today's decision makes it impossible for prisoners to rely upon new evidence to prove that the lawyer representing them in state post-conviction proceedings was ineffective. – Steve Vladeck	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Entrepreneurship is a real test of once conviction – Sandeep Aggarwal	added by letsdroomer 1 year ago
This woman is not going to be sympathetic, and there is no juror that will like her, even if the evidence doesn’t prove the higher charge, they might still get a conviction. – Daniel Bibb	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have a record — a record to be proud of, an agenda that addresses the biggest concerns here in America, in people’s lives, the message that resonates, and now — now what we have to do is we have to sell it with confidence, clarity, conviction and repetition. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Thank God for this good morning, that Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery Sr. have prayed for. It is because of their conviction to get full justice, not partial justice...( that) we get to celebrate this moment. – Marcus Arbery	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best- – Herman Melville	added by jessr.85566 2 years ago
You've got a body of people, I think, who are waiting and seeing... The risk of that is a prosecutor who's gone to a trial and convicted somebody of obstruction now knows he has a good case, i would think a conviction in that first case would inspire people to try to reach deals in their cases. – Michael Zeldin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The timing is not just suspect, it is obvious. The riot was two years ago, and he times his indictments of officers two weeks before the election, not one of the officers I have spoken to are worried about a conviction. This case is beyond preposterous. – Justin Berry	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When all is said and done, we’re going to judge Russia by its actions, not its words, and whatever Russia does next, we're ready to respond with unity, clarity and conviction. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
So, once again we are standing here to say that we're very disappointed in the outcome, yes, we got a conviction, and we thank everybody for that, but, again, this isn't OK. This is the problem with our justice system today. White-woman tears trump … trump justice. – Katie Wright	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Today in Austin, Texas we see another front in the war on police in this country, these indictments are strictly political in nature and this is what he ran on when he ran for district attorney. In issuing these indictments today he knows he will never get one conviction of any officer in these cases. – Dennis Farris	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Unfortunately, the Biden DOJ has used this lawsuit as a pretext for them to pull the plug on our successful and innovative federal-state crime-fighting partnership, the Safer Streets Initiative, since I launched the Safer Streets Initiative in 2019, we’ve filed over 650 charges against nearly 390 defendants with a conviction rate of roughly 98%. My Office has fought to continue the initiative, but this initiative has been suspended solely because of the Biden Administration’s actions. – Eric Schmitt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s the defense’s last chance of getting the conviction thrown out now that they’ve exhausted all appeals and collateral attacks based on the facts, they’ve already succeeded on getting the death penalty overturned, so a new trial would be a huge setback for Laci, Conner, and justice for their murders. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Reading the tea leaves, it is a sign that the prosecution believes Nice won’t provide testimony that will overturn Peterson’s conviction, the state does not have to grant her immunity. – Scott Peterson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that. – Betsy Brantner-Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You’re not comparing apples to apples and pears to pears, the allegations in the civil case are significantly different and involve different accusers. But Maxwell's conviction might provide slight corroboration to Giuffre’s allegations. – Jeffrey Epstein	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records to the government, to explain his expenses, to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error. Compliance wastes billions of dollars. It penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the U.S. economy. It is incompatible with a free society, and we aren’t libertarians if we tolerate it.

– Harry Browne

added by Normando
11 months ago

It is my responsibility to ensure that we are appropriately responding to all evidence that has been presented through Mr. Glossip’s conviction and incarceration, circumstances surrounding this case necessitate a thorough review.

– Gentner Drummond

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I didn't think the youngest would be able to do it. She was seven at the time of the trial, but justice demanded that I try her on the stand if I wanted to get a conviction on that count. Six minutes she stood in the doorway sobbing.

– Attorney Lara Roetzel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Over 700,000 people in New York City have conviction records, which is about 11% of the adult population. So, there are people right now that are living in people's various spaces and their neighbors that have convictions and histories for which people have no idea about.

– Andre Ward

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If there is a conviction, then they these people will spend time behind bars, as they should, because they've been convicted of a crime.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There's not any binding precedent that says you can't, right ? And so when the law doesn't say you can't do something and you're a prosecutor trying to get a conviction, trouble can ensue, given the gravity of the harm that can come from this and the important artistic rights and First Amendment rights at stake, this is an easy call.

– Alex Spiro

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Myanmar military junta's unjust conviction and sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi is part of its methodical assault on human rights around the country, the military's willingness to forcibly disappear the country's high-profile civilian leader reveals the brutality that lesser-known political prisoners face.

– Elaine Pearson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

– Steve Bannon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's usually difficult, if not impossible, to show that your lawyer was ineffective without introducing new evidence, since that ineffectiveness often turns on evidence that wasn't introduced, but today's decision makes it impossible for prisoners to rely upon new evidence to prove that the lawyer representing them in state post-conviction proceedings was ineffective.

– Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Entrepreneurship is a real test of once conviction

– Sandeep Aggarwal

added by letsdroomer
1 year ago

This woman is not going to be sympathetic, and there is no juror that will like her, even if the evidence doesn’t prove the higher charge, they might still get a conviction.

– Daniel Bibb

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have a record — a record to be proud of, an agenda that addresses the biggest concerns here in America, in people’s lives, the message that resonates, and now — now what we have to do is we have to sell it with confidence, clarity, conviction and repetition.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Thank God for this good morning, that Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery Sr. have prayed for. It is because of their conviction to get full justice, not partial justice...( that) we get to celebrate this moment.

– Marcus Arbery

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best-

– Herman Melville

added by jessr.85566
2 years ago

You've got a body of people, I think, who are waiting and seeing... The risk of that is a prosecutor who's gone to a trial and convicted somebody of obstruction now knows he has a good case, i would think a conviction in that first case would inspire people to try to reach deals in their cases.

– Michael Zeldin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The timing is not just suspect, it is obvious. The riot was two years ago, and he times his indictments of officers two weeks before the election, not one of the officers I have spoken to are worried about a conviction. This case is beyond preposterous.

– Justin Berry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When all is said and done, we’re going to judge Russia by its actions, not its words, and whatever Russia does next, we're ready to respond with unity, clarity and conviction.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

So, once again we are standing here to say that we're very disappointed in the outcome, yes, we got a conviction, and we thank everybody for that, but, again, this isn't OK. This is the problem with our justice system today. White-woman tears trump … trump justice.

– Katie Wright

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Today in Austin, Texas we see another front in the war on police in this country, these indictments are strictly political in nature and this is what he ran on when he ran for district attorney. In issuing these indictments today he knows he will never get one conviction of any officer in these cases.

– Dennis Farris

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unfortunately, the Biden DOJ has used this lawsuit as a pretext for them to pull the plug on our successful and innovative federal-state crime-fighting partnership, the Safer Streets Initiative, since I launched the Safer Streets Initiative in 2019, we’ve filed over 650 charges against nearly 390 defendants with a conviction rate of roughly 98%. My Office has fought to continue the initiative, but this initiative has been suspended solely because of the Biden Administration’s actions.

– Eric Schmitt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s the defense’s last chance of getting the conviction thrown out now that they’ve exhausted all appeals and collateral attacks based on the facts, they’ve already succeeded on getting the death penalty overturned, so a new trial would be a huge setback for Laci, Conner, and justice for their murders.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Reading the tea leaves, it is a sign that the prosecution believes Nice won’t provide testimony that will overturn Peterson’s conviction, the state does not have to grant her immunity.

– Scott Peterson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that.

– Betsy Brantner-Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You’re not comparing apples to apples and pears to pears, the allegations in the civil case are significantly different and involve different accusers. But Maxwell's conviction might provide slight corroboration to Giuffre’s allegations.

– Jeffrey Epstein

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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