Bruck has directed Washington and Lee's death penalty defense clinic, the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, since 2004.
At worst--and it is bad enough--it may make it harder to empanel a fair-minded jury in a capital case.
Recent studies of the federal death penalty system reveal that the average cost of defending a capital case are at least eight times those for defense of a non-death penalty case.
However, when the government determines not to seek the death penalty against a defendant charged with complicity in the murder of hundreds, that potentially distorts every future capital case the government prosecutes.
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In response, a pessimist might note that Texas is appealing a ruling in another capital case that the defendant received inadequate counsel -- when, indisputably, his lawyer slept through much of the trial.
Prosecutors in a capital case must first persuade jurors of Mr. Holmes's guilt, then, in a separate proceeding, convince the same jurors that aggravating circumstances such as multiple victims justify a death sentence.
Deciding whether to pursue the death penalty is a long process that involves input from victims and their relatives, said Chambers, adding that a capital case would require a finding of either extreme indifference or deliberation.
Over the past fortnight or so, Mr Clinton has been faulted for refusing to expend political capital on the case for ground troops.
When a defendant pleads guilty in a capital-murder case in Alabama, the state must present an abbreviated version of its evidence in court, and Amy sat quietly, clasping and unclasping her hands, while the prosecution described her crimes.
The aftermath of the dot-com bust may seem like an odd place for a venture capital firm to get its start, but that was the case for Emergence Capital and in the decade-plus since the firm started it has eschewed the consumer-centric booms and blowups of the first wave of the Internet in favor of business-focused services.
Few people are going to be overly impressed by debt reductions accomplished by issuing other forms of capital to replace them (and in this case, raising more new capital than the amount of the senior debt repayments).
The problem, as is often the case in capital-intensive industries, is inertia.
Because treason is a capital offence, the case will be moved to the High Court, where the accused will be asked to enter pleas on Thursday, our reporter says.
As for the housing market and what home prices are doing nationally right now, Clear Capital, Zillow and Case-Shiller are all saying generally the same thing, despite offering slightly conflicting home price numbers.
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But the spokesman said to attract the capital funding needed its case would have to be "truly transformational", and that simply asking for funds to build a new school, further education or leisure centre would not be successful.
He was fired in 2005 after aggressively pursuing an insider trading case against Pequot Capital, the powerful New York hedge fund.
If the company exits below the value of paid-in capital, as in this case, then there are no proceeds to common.
His colleagues at the firm, London-based Hermitage Capital Management, say the case against him was fabricated to make him halt his investigations.
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The Del Monte case saw Barclays Capital accused of a conflict of interest for advising the seller and providing financing to bidders.
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Jonathan Ostry, an economist at the IMF, reckons there is a theoretical case for limiting capital inflows to prevent a surge in currencies above fair value.
Much like the case with higher capital gain rates, a slight bump in the stock price will likely more than make up for any additional tax on these dividends.
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The case for toughening capital requirements is particularly strong for banks that are implicitly backed by taxpayers, whether through deposit insurance or because they are judged too big to fail.
Not so in the case of venture capital fees.
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In the case of American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.
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In the case of American Capital Agency Corp, looking at the history chart for AGNC below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 17% annual yield.
So in the case of Clear Capital, the company has its market analytics department, but it also boasts an on-the-ground in-house staff that crunches tens of thousands of real-time valuation reports across the country, looking at everything from broker price opinions to appraisals.
In the case of Axis Capital Holdings Ltd, looking at the history chart for AXS below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 3% annual yield.
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In the case of American Capital Agency Corp, looking at the history chart for AGNC below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 16% annual yield.
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