Sentences with phrase «about the criminal justice»

His remarks were instead a mashup of his campaign stump speech greatest hits, talking about criminal justice reform, a «broken economy,» free tuition at public colleges, the minimum wage and campaign finance reform.

Jens Soering's book The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says About Criminal Justice (Orbis, 2006) won first prize in the «social concerns» category in the 2007 Catholic Press Association Awards.

Soering's most recent book, The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says About Criminal Justice (Orbis, 2006), makes this hope most explicit.

If you just talk about justice, either people are not going to have a clue as to what you're talking about, or they're going to think you're talking about God being passionate about criminal justice, as chief prosecutor, or something like that.

The recent ruling draws big questions about the criminal justice system, and how it is handling the prosecution of two children.

Moore has become a constant and important voice in the conversation about criminal justice reform, especially among professional athletes.

«This has fielded a lot of discussion about criminal justice reform and the way that we in law enforcement engage with the community.»

These types of moves do not increase the confidence that activists concerned about criminal justice and prison reform have in this administration.

They discuss the Avery case, and the broader lessons about the criminal justice system that it points to, as well as Strang's experiences taking part in the film.

«Allowing the victims» relatives to speak in court is about the criminal justice system being prepared to listen and learn from those most directly affected by the most serious of all crimes.»

Preet Bharara will soon start a podcast about criminal justice.

Still, some African - American leaders have expressed frustration with Mr. de Blasio for not bringing about criminal justice reform quickly enough while endorsing the «broken windows» style of policing that critics say singles out low - income minorities.

We're talking about criminal justice reform, I risked my political life raising the issue of criminal justice reform when I ran for the Senate in Virginia in 2006.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Dr. Alice Green from the Center for Law and Justice in Albany joins In Focus to talk about criminal justice reform and why she is optimistic about the proposals in front of state lawmakers.

On Tuesday, Taylor walked onto the chamber floor at 5:52 p.m., as Keith Wright and Al Graf entered the third hour of racially tinged debate about criminal justice issues and changes that should be made after the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.

The national attitude about weed is changing along with attitudes about the criminal justice system.

Clearly told, the movie also asks questions about the criminal justice system and how the poor and minorities become trapped in it that somebody will have to answer one day, with a special focus on the war on drugs.

With exclusive access to Valle, Erin Lee Carr's unflinching documentary asks a fundamental question that challenges our beliefs about the criminal justice system, and even the very nature of right and wrong: can you be guilty of a crime you only thought about committing?

The Civil Justice Council, while recognising that «the lion's share» of the consultation was about criminal justice, expressed concern that the proposals would «erode important features of the civil justice system» and have «an adverse impact on the quality of justice for those members of the public who have no alternative but to count on publicly funded assistance».

Usually, when people outside of the legal profession talk about the legal system being imperfect, it is about a criminal justice system that is so suffused with racial bias as to be untenable.

If these cases get sent back as well, good luck to those victims obtaining justice in a country not particularly known for it (and I'm not just talking about criminal justice).

The prosecution and acquittal of the man accused of Cindy Gladue's murder has highlighted serious concerns about our criminal justice system and its treatment of indigenous people, women and Read More

The Federalist Society at Miami Law hosted senior attorney Clark Neily for a discussion about criminal justice reform recently on the Law School campus.

Free confidential and multilingual counseling, support groups, information about the criminal justice system and the court process, court accompaniment, and referrals.

So, here are my top five predictions about criminal justice for 2018.

I also think this news provides an approrpriate opportunity to begin a series of commentary posts about criminal justice reform during the Obama era, which I will be calling «Missed Opportunities: The Failure of Prez Obama to bring real Hope and Change to Federal Sentencing.»

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS Criminal justice GIS and data analysis Law enforcement Office administration Statistics, trends, and patterns Collaboration and leadership EDUCATION Current — Bachelor of Arts: Administration of Justice University of the District of Columbia — Washington, DC CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING Criminal Justice Fundamentals Learned about the criminal justice system, including underlying concepts used to accomplish overall mission and goals such as history, philosophy, constitutional limitations, and processes.

Space to think: Using metaphor to expand public thinking about criminal justice reform.

Not exact matches

Some museums have pushed a mission to educate the public about the evolution of the penal system, but there has been criticism that, depending on the institution, the «history» is sanitized, leaving out abuse of prisoners and other unsavory aspects of the criminal justice system.

«We have about $ 250,000 that runs through a Criminal Justice Institute Grant and so the School Safety Academy has been going on since 1999.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on the other hand, determines emergency procedures for its hundred - odd facilities on its own without standards set by state or local governments, and evacuated about 6,000 people due to Hurricane Harvey.

If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsJustice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsjustice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

By investing in pioneering individuals, non-profits and mission driven companies who dare to re-imagine the possible, PSF has helped to bring about important breakthroughs — from cancer research and small scale agriculture to criminal justice reform and educational opportunities for young people in communities around the world.

The CBC reported on November 4, 2014 that a Justice Department internal review concluded Ms. Redford could face criminal charges if allegations about her use of government airplanes are proven by an RCMP investigation.

The DNC may have concerns about exactly how much justice and / or transparency it is going to obtain under the criminal probe into the same matter by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and wants its own civil RICO action to move forward in case the former turns out to be a dud investigation.

Not talking about race will not magically change the fact that the criminal justice system is much harder on black and other non-white suspects than it is on white people.

You talk about «justice,» but she was never charged in any criminal manner.

Whatever one's view of the protestors, it is important to keep a close eye on these developments and, where appropriate, contact mayors, governors, and congressmen about abuses of the criminal justice system.

For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

Think about the many families who have had their children mauled by a criminal but still forgave the criminal because they thought it was justice.

Christians can disagree about the use of drugs like marijuana and their legal status, but we should be united in our agreement that the criminal justice system needs to be reformed.

As we've written about before, more and more advocates are calling for measures to decriminalize marijuana and reform the criminal justice system, as advocates say that not only are the current laws unfair, but they are also expensive and ineffective at stopping crime.

By then a criminal justice major at Alabama, he also began to ask questions about the war that had caused his father's death.

And while many parents may warn children about strange adult men, the fact of the matter is that the average age of most sex offenders is 14 — according to a 2000 report by the Criminal Justice Source Statistics.

The Cuomo administration's handling of complaints against Jay Kiyonaga, a former Division of Criminal Justice Services official, has prompted concern about a pattern of protection of alleged harassers.

At 5 p.m., Hochul speaks about the state's efforts to combat sexual assault in the workplace, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Shiva Art Gallery, 860 11th Ave., Manhattan.

A top official at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who was found to have threatened female employees with physical violence and engaged in years of sexual harassment, racism and ageism was not disciplined by the agency, which instead punished two women who provided testimony about the case to the state IG's office.

The inclusion of social supply in the bill also has the potential to result in discriminatory impact on members of black and minority ethnic groups, given what is known about the over-representation of members of these groups at each stage of the criminal justice response to drug offences.»

An intelligence contractor was charged with sending a classified report about Russia's interference in the 2016 election to the news media, the Justice Department announced, the first criminal leak case under President Trump.

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.