Sentences with phrase «society criminal practice»
«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.
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The federal government has the right to mandate policy on any religion if it is practicing a policy that harms society and creates at - risk children who eventually become drug - addicted, criminals.
To commit citizens of Ghana to jail on account of what they have said at a time when democratic societies are moving away from such a practice would appear to roll back all the gains made since the repeal of the criminal libel law.
«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.
Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.
Seymour James: Attorney - in - Charge of the Criminal Practice, The New York City Legal Aid Society; Treasurer, New York State Bar Association; former President, Queens County Bar Association.
Also, the biggest liberal concerns about Islamist practices and abuses involve matters that can only be implemented with majority control of the government (e.g. excessive use of corporal punishment in the criminal justice system), but which are much less harmful to non-Muslims, at least, when Muslims can only enforce their ideologies on co-religionists and can only do so via institutions of civil society rather than institutions of coercive government control.
«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.
Tina Luongo, Attorney - in - Charge of the Criminal Practice for the Legal Aid Society, said ICE agents have been seen at New York City courthouses much more frequently since President Donald Trump took office on January 20.
A Law Society study of the Aboriginal bar noted that the main areas of practice for Aboriginal lawyers are criminal law, employment and labour law, administrative law and «other.»
Prior to co-founding Bernstein & Clarke, PLLC, Andrew was a public defender at The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice — the world's oldest, largest, and most prestigious public defender office.
A Toronto criminal lawyer currently facing charges of possessing child porn has been allowed by the Law Society to continue practicing as a lawyer despite the heinous criminal charges he faces.
As in previous years, the Osgoode Society continues to demonstrate its interest in a wide range of subjects that form a part of legal history — a late nineteenth century murder case in Prince Edward County, an everyday lawyer's practice in the first half of the nineteenth century, the stories of judges from the colonies who were suspended or removed from office for political reasons, and the operation of the criminal justice system in the west from 1886 to 1940.
Notwithstanding the above, a lawyer counselling another lawyer has an ethical obligation to report to the Law Society upon learning that the lawyer being assisted is engaging in or may in the future engage in serious misconduct or criminal activity related to the lawyer's practice or there is a substantial risk that the lawyer may in the future engage in such conduct or activity.