Sentences with phrase «arresting people less»
Feeling less pressure on their budgets, police departments started arresting not only those suspected of lesser crimes, they also started arresting people less likely to be charged at all in the end.
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To make sure we had a sufficient track record to evaluate, we excluded people who had been in the job for less than two years; we also excluded any executive who had been arrested or convicted of a crime.
No less than 1500 rebels have been arrested and at least 90 people were killed.
Six hundred thousand people were arrested in this country last year for possessing or selling marijuana, a drug most authorities regard as less harmful
Six hundred thousand people were arrested in this country last year for possessing or selling marijuana, a drug most authorities regard as less harmful - than alcohol.
Under house arrest in his lavish «Blue Roof» compound, Mugabe has refused to stand down even as he has watched his support from party, security services and people evaporate in less than three days.
Remove profiles of young people arrested but not convicted or convicted for less serious offences as a teenager when they turn 18
Instead of being arrested on a misdemeanor charge for possessing less than 25 grams, many people will get summonses and face non-criminal violations.
More than 70 percent of voters approve of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to not arrest people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana, but the racial gap over the mayor's performance continues to widen, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
Under the law, people can not be arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana — less than 25 grams — unless they publicly display it.
Starting on Nov. 19, people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana will in most cases receive a summons and a fine ranging from $ 100 and $ 250, rather than being arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession, Bratton said.
A city - wide bail system would also help to reduce unfairness in the system when people are arrested for less serious crimes, said Mark - Viverito.
Although studies to date are small, evidence suggests that people enrolled in this kind of program are three times less likely to be arrested for a violent crime in the future.
In a less productive year, people might have lingered on the fact that this film was the one Witherspoon was shooting when she was arrested in Atlanta.
It's too bad, since a lot of good people are acting up a cosmic storm here, including Judy Greer (Kitty Sanchez on «Arrested Development «-RRB-, Dean Norris (Hank on «Breaking Bad «-RRB-, Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars), Rosemarie DeWitt (Kill the Messenger) and Kaitlyn Dever (Short Term 12)(less so Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner, in one - note roles).
According to the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS), «Less than 6 % of dogs and cats that experience cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) survive to hospital discharge, while the survival rate in people is over 20 %.»
The back - radiation explanation of the greenhouse effect that people used to prefer until recently is less satisfactory because it has the kinds of problems I pointed out 16 months ago in an article on this blog, which was received at the time with only slightly more enthusiasm than Galileo's heliocentric account of planetary motions: at least no one suggested I be placed under house arrest for it!
My conversation with Bill was back in 2010, and while I'm proud of what has been accomplished with the People's Climate March, arrests at the White House, and delays in the KXL pipeline, the truth is we haven't managed to slow down emissions, much less change our fundamental lifestyle.
(1) Subject to subsection (1.1), if a person who has been arrested without warrant by a peace officer is taken into custody, or if a person who has been arrested without warrant and delivered to a peace officer under subsection 494 (3) or placed in the custody of a peace officer under subsection 163.5 (3) of the Customs Act is detained in custody under subsection 503 (1) for an offence described in paragraph 496 (a), (b) or (c), or any other offence that is punishable by imprisonment for five years or less, and has not been taken before a justice or released from custody under any other provision of this Part, the officer in charge or another peace officer shall, as soon as practicable,
There will be no arrest at all if a person is found to have less than an ounce of Marijuana.
Most people are concerned when they get pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs or alcohol; however, 1 st - time offenders have less to worry about than people with more than one prior offense on their criminal record.
The Stolen Generations and their children and grandchildren are twice as likely to be arrested by police and a third less likely to be in good health, compared to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are already at a disadvantage.