With family members often present, the shame achieves far more penetration of the cold carapace so many young offenders wear to enure
themselves against the justice system.
Not exact matches
It's thinking the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray are just «isolated incidents» when every statistic and study under the sun suggests the
justice system is rigged
against black men.
I want to encourage anyone facing any injustice to hang in there, particularly if you feel the
system is
against you — truth and
justice will out!
Then and there I vowed to use whatever power that I had for good and
against evil, to promote what is best in people, to work to free people from their self - imposed prisons, and to work
against systems that pervert the promise of human happiness and
justice (p. 179).
That is perpetuating a
system of nationalistic idolatry over and
against cries for
justice and equitable society.
Pursuing
justice can be as simple as our choices as consumers or as involved as leading coalitions
against the systemic injustices that plague our legal and educational
systems here in the U.S. and abroad.
Today, abortion remains legal while a series of national stories involving police brutality
against African American men and women have revealed to many another layer of inequality within the American criminal
justice system.
Aren't there laws
against public fraud, not that I'd agree with such laws at all, but are they not in place and if so, why wouldn't the «
justice»
system take action?
«I frankly don't know how I am going to come up with the rest of the money,» Thomson told Sun News Network's Brian Lilley on Byline.Canada's
justice system has a knack for punishing people for defending themselves and their property, often called «castle law.MORE: Court drops final charge
against Ontario man who fired shots to protect his home under attack by firebombers Joseph and Marilyn Singleton of Taber, Alberta spent $ 30,000 in court.
That does not quite square with a new NHL bylaw, enacted in June, that imposes a $ 1 million fine on any club that leapfrogs the NHL's internal
justice system and goes right to the courts, as the New Jersey Devils did during the Wales Conference finals in May, when they obtained a temporary restraining order
against the suspension of Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the allegations
against his conference member, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., «totally, totally unacceptable» and «deplorable,» adding: «I hope that the criminal
justice system will deal with them to the fullest extent of the law.»
While New York has been a leader in protecting homeowners
against foreclosures and defaults, the state should promote available mandated low - cost checking accounts to help poorer residents take advantage of the security of the banking
system and avoid having their savings swallowed by various small bank fees, said attorney Kirsten Keefe of the Empire
Justice Center.
«After decades of having a
system that what it wants to do is strip away the dignity of individuals that have had some level of interaction with the criminal
justice system, we're trying to put some humanity back,» she said, though she equivocated a bit when a reporter raised the possibility of a jail in her district, before concluding, «I wouldn't be
against it.»
«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile
justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote
against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.
He listed his priorities in the campaign
against corruption in 2018 to include, organising African Youth Congresses
against Corruption «in order to sensitise and engage our youth in the fight
against corruption;» mobilising AU member states to implement the extant legal framework on corruption; and canvassing «for the strengthening of the criminal
justice system across Africa through exchange of information and sharing best practices in the enforcement of anti-corruption laws.»
Sen. Eric Schneiderman called Donovan a «nice man,» but noted he had lobbied
against Rockefeller Drug Law reform as the head of the state DA's association (Rice was on the board, too, which has become an issue in the primary) said he «represents the past» and the «old, failed ways of thinking about the
justice system.»
Cuomo also outlined a plan to speed up the state's criminal
justice process, and reform the bail
system, and he proposed cashless tolling on the entire state Thruway, saying it's faster, and also more secure
against potential terrorists.
While most MPs would run a mile from such a group, Davies has given a speech at their conference arguing that the British
justice system favoured women and discriminated
against men.
Romania's president says the European Union, after triggering proceedings
against Poland for its
justice system overhaul, may do so
against Romania as well due to its own legal
system changes that have sparked widespread protests.
These encompass basic security for all — including the protection of women
against sexual violence...... that means a military that is effective and respects human rights...... it means a police force that people run towards not away from...... and it means a
justice system that is fair, dependable and accessible to all who need it.
The governor proposed criminal
justice reforms that were cheered by advocates, who say the current
system discriminates
against the poor and people of color, while also managing to double as an attack on his longtime frenemy, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Britain looks set to experience a modest revolution in its criminal
justice system after the prime minister backed Ken Clarke's campaign
against short sentences.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed criminal
justice reforms were cheered Wednesday by advocates, who say the current
system discriminates
against the poor and people of color.
Davies, who sits on the Commons
justice committee, told the conference at the ExCel centre in London that Britain's
justice system was skewed in favour of women and discriminated
against men.
«Not only should we close Rikers, but we need to take steps to ensure that the city's criminal
justice system does not work
against our young people and cause even greater pain and suffering.
A small but exasperated group of protesters gathered on Staten Island tonight to denounce a grand jury's vote not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, accusing the Staten Island
justice system and the NYPD of once more discriminating
against communities of color.
A perjury charge
against an acting district attorney «taints the very essence of who we are as prosecutors and goes
against all that we strive to do to ensure the public's trust in the criminal
justice system,» said DAASNY president and Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara.
Mr. Cuomo, reacting to the mass protests
against police brutality that have convulsed the country since grand juries failed to indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo., argued that «today, sadly, too many people are questioning if the blindfold is still intact or does the
justice system now see black and white or black and blue or rich and poor.»
It said, «The acquittal yesterday of the Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) of corruption charges suggests serious shortcomings in the criminal
justice system, and means that a complementary and supportive mechanism in the form of a UN-backed commission
against corruption and impunity in Nigeria is urgently needed to achieve President Muhammadu Buhari's oft - stated anti-corruption agenda.»
SERAP, therefore, urged the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, «to urgently and proactively pursue the establishment of a UN-backed International Commission
Against Corruption and Impunity to assist our criminal
justice system to effectively and efficiently investigate and prosecute high - level corruption cases in the country, like it happened in Guatemala, for example.
A large majority in the European Parliament voted in favor of the package this morning; and Yves Bot, advocate general of the Court of
Justice of the European Union today said that pleas
against the proposed
system by Spain and Italy should be rejected.
Nichole Beharie as Dee Roberts gives a truly inspiring performance as a mother, living in the projects, who is wrongly accused of drug dealing, and then is caught up in a corrupted criminal
justice system that railroads those who have little way of defending themselves
against a
system created to protect them.
With a
justice system that is stacked
against him even speaking in court, Marshall has to combat prejudice and the insidious manner it infects almost all.
Yes, the U.S.
justice system is often terribly biased
against black men, and yes, older white men sometimes say regrettable racist stuff.
Persona 5 is about how «
justice» can beat on the innocent, people being treated unfairly by generalizations and taken advantage of by those in power, and rebelling
against the
system that allows that to happen.
This time, he's concocting bloody, convoluted vengeance
against the men who destroyed his family and the
system that doled out questionable
justice — and in so doing, he becomes an amalgam of the Joker, the Riddler, and the Abominable Dr. Phibes.
The case
against the Lowndes County public schools began in 1973 when the U.S.
Justice Department filed suit in an effort to better integrate the school
system's white and black students.
Carl Douglas: Do you think the criminal
justice system discriminate
against African - Americans?
any student discipline or referral action taken
against a student / offender, including but not limited to an out - of - school suspension, a teacher removal, an involuntary transfer to an alternative placement, an in - school suspension, a referral for community service, a referral for counseling, or a referral to the juvenile
justice system or the criminal
justice system, and the duration of such action; and
Thursday, the fledgling public charter schools
system faced the
justices for a second time to defend
against another aggressive maneuver...
There is no shortage of talking heads spouting vitriol
against charter schools in the name of
justice and equality and the dismantling of
systems of oppression.
When the Journey 4
Justice Alliance (which is little more than a union - funded front group) filed a series of specious civil rights complaints
against the school
systems in Newark, Chicago, and New Orleans back in 2014, I wrote that the actions seemed to herald «a cynical shift in strategy by reform opponents» to paint charters in a racially - divisive light.
It keeps you entertained the entire time and really gives you some great insight into the criminal
justice system and the lives of detectives as they work the most important case of their careers prosecuting a burglary case
against OJ Simpson.
After being fired from her post as Chief of the Special Victims Unit for refusing to «go along to get along,» Alice Vachss published the incendiary Sex Crimes, described as «a stark, passionate closing argument in [her] broader case
against the criminal
justice system» by the NY Times, which named it as a Notable Book of the Year.
With an eye for the absurdities of captivity, from the jailers» attempts at political «re-education» to the daily battle
against rats and hunger, Townson candidly tells the story of his ordeal in «Hotel Fidel Castro,» along with the often outrageous tales of other foreigners trapped in the web of Cuba's twisted
justice system.
Many in the short - term online lending industry were surprised by the announcement, which seems to be in lock - step with the current administration's Operation Choke Point, an initiative launched in 2013 by the United States Department of
Justice, whose stated intent was to «attack Internet, telemarketing, mail, and other mass market fraud
against consumers, by choking fraudsters» access to the banking
system.»
From there, the idea of government responsibility in providing economic security and welfare grew, from unimaginable realities, such as the English Poor Laws of 1601 that called for the dependent poor population to wear a shameful P on their clothing, to shadows of our present Social Security
system, like Thomas Paine's Agrarian
Justice that called for a
system that included annual benefits of 10 pounds sterling paid to every person age 50 and older, to protect
against poverty in old - age.
As William Young, then chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Boston observed in a 2004 opinion: «The focus of our entire criminal
justice system has shifted away from trials and juries and adjudication to a massive
system of sentence bargaining that is heavily rigged
against the accused.»
Farmers, unions, social organizations, indigenous peoples, women and youth (at the national, regional and global level) have come together to demand climate
justice and fight
against the consumerist and extractivist model that, along with the capitalism and neoliberalism
systems of the modern world, is harming Mother Earth.
The EU has included aviation emissions within its Emissions Trading
System, facing down fierce opposition, including some US airlines, who unsuccessfully fought a case
against the Commission in the European Court of
Justice in 2011.