Sentences with phrase «as victims of crime»

Finally, what about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» rights as the victims of crime?

Rather, they come into contact with the law as offenders or as victims of crime.

The funding was awarded as Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and / or State Victims Assistance Act (SVAA) grant funding for 2014 - 2015.»

Unfortunately, survivors must also wrestle with a criminal justice system that many find does not adequately serve their interests or protect their rights as victims of crime.

I am pleased that the sentencing of Vick included compensation to Lucas (and the other dogs) as victims of a crime in the same light as human victims.

In the light of the above, the course aims at adopting a right - based approach to improve the inclusivity and provide comprehensive access to justice for PWDs, either as direct or indirect participants and whether as victims of crime, suspects, witnesses, plaintiffs, defendants, appellants, remand prisoners and / or prison inmates.

Signing the treaty would «end the uncertainty victims have faced in the past where they were not recognised as victims of crime and faced possible immigration detention and deportation», he said.

«I don't think talking about family finances, childcare, the «sandwich generation», youth mental health, child protection and online and women and children as victims of crime is a low blow.

You may also make a Criminal Injuries Compensation Claim if you suffer injury (physical or psychological) as a victim of a crime.

To obtain such compensation it is necessary for the child to be classified as the victim of a crime, committed when it was a foetus.

This includes mental health information, details of contact with local police, details such as providing evidence as a witness or as a victim of a crime, or details of non-criminal contact with police during a mental health crisis.

As the victim of a crime, you have certain rights.

In criminal investigations, the person under investigation (as well as any other formal party to the proceeding, such as a victim of the crime duly constituted) will be given an opportunity to comment on the completeness of the investigation before its formal closure.

Not exact matches

If the case involves a victim of a crime, the Justice Department distributes the funds as restitution.

«We do not know the total costs for the victims of this horrific hate crime, therefore are working to raise as much as possible and disperse the funds as fast as possible.»

But the victims of terminal illnesses, poverty, and heinous crimes are forced to suffer the consequences as well — while the great and powerful Oz, i mean, God, sits back and watches.

How else do some individuals provide so much information about a crime by holding an item of a victim, or visiting the scene, as to be able to help law enforcement solve a case?

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Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

(CNN)- Catholic bishops «will be held accountable» for failing to protect children from sexual abuse, Pope Francis said Monday, his strongest acknowledgment yet of what abuse victims have been saying for decades: that the cover - ups have often been as bad as the crimes.

The Trayvon Martin incident was so explosive for the community because it followed a number of crimes against of black people, which were not investigated the same as those with white victims.

When that is missing, as in the case of Inez Garcia a few years ago, our legal system judges the victim to be the criminal, presumed guilty of provoking the crime.

Moreover, there are no museums testifying to the evils of communism, no memorials to communism's victims, and no Gulag camps maintained as reminders to new generations of the crimes committed by Communist regimes.

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

They speak of church cultures that treated women's bodies as inherently problematic and seductive, that assigned a woman's worth to her sexual purity or procreative prowess, that questioned women's ability to think rationally or make decisions without the leadership of men, that blamed victims of sexual abuse for inviting the abuse or tempting the abuser, that shamed women who did not «joyfully submit» to their husband and find contentment in their roles as helpers and homemakers, and that effectively silenced victims of abuse by telling women and children that reporting the crime would reflect poorly on the church and thus damage the reputation of Christ.

The victims disappear, and we become guilty of the same crime as those who crucified Jesus.

25:44), beating slaves (Exodus 21:20), incest (Genesis 19:33 - 36), r@pe victims being required to marry the r@pist (Deuteronomy 22:28 - 29), treating women and children as property (Genesis 19:8, 1 Timothy 2:11 - 14, 1 Corinthians 14:33 - 35), requires battered women to remain married to abusive husbands (Matthew 19:9, 1 Corinthians 7:10 - 12), condones jihad type warfare where all children are ki11ed save the virgins who are a «reward» (Numbers 31:15), and makes no mention at all of child molestation, the worst possible crime.

Most of them have voted to treat assaults on pregnant women as crimes with one victim rather than two.

Condor has taken on added significance in recent years as victims of the dictatorships, their families and foreign governments seek to bring torturers and killers to justice, beginning with Pinochet's 1998 temporary detention in England on a Spanish warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity.

Officials believed all three of the explosions to be related and were considering investigating the motives as a possible hate crime because the victims were all people of color.

If you really and truly thing that the Gibbons travesty is the exact same situation as PSU, Baylor, and MSU, that all crimes exist on a level field, regardless of context (or, jesus, the sheer number of victims), then I don't know what we're doing here.

Evans will be welcomed as a hero once he scores his first goal which surely makes a mockery of his crime and his victim.

Home office minister Vernon Coaker countered that the vast majority of rapes are committed by men who know their victims, «so this type of rape is the biggest problem we have to deal with - not something to be dismissed as a lesser crime».

Recent recommendations made in a report on Personal Internet Security by the House of Lords Science & Technology Committee, many of which are backed by the FSB, include increased research into e-crime as well as e-crime victims having the opportunity to report Internet crime to the police and to receive a crime number in return, just like any other type of crime.

But also that the chief victims of crime are the poor themselves, those who, as he put it, can afford neither high hedges nor security systems.

Helming, a freshman lawmaker, was incorrectly listed as the chairwoman of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction, receiving a $ 9,375 stipend.

At the same time, we must ensure that the victims of crimes and the effect of criminal actions against society as a whole are also taken into consideration as we weigh changes to criminal justice policy.»

Sen. Pam Helming received a $ 12,500 stipend after being falsely listed as chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, she was surprised, and said she thought she was receiving the money by mistake.

The Libertarian Party's platform reads «we favor the repeal of all laws creating «crimes» without victims, such as the use of drugs for medicinal or recreational purposes.»

Stymied on his top immigration initiatives, Trump is making good on one plan that critics denounce as fearmongering and misleading: opening an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants, although studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native - born citizens.

«SERAP also argues that Nigerians are entitled to the right to truth derived from the obligations of the government to carry out an investigation of violations of human rights and crime of corruption committed within its jurisdiction; to identify, prosecute and punish those responsible; and to ensure that victims have the simple and prompt recourse for protection against violation of fundamental rights, as well as to ensure transparency in public administration.»

Following a report that eviscerated the NYPD's Sex Crimes Unit as incompetent and understaffed, Commissioner James O'Neill has admitted the crisis, and promised a «top - to - bottom scrub» of the Special Victims Division.

One high profile bill would extend the statute of limitations to allow adult victims of molestation to sue for crimes committed against them as children.

With critics questioning its legality, a Republican lawmaker on Monday announced she is refusing the $ 12,500 bonus she's getting as vice chair of the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction.

If «justice» is a one way street that protects only the victims of crime, so they can have their day in court, then the entire Bill of Rights and it's protections against the government, should fall as well.

In Helming's case, she's listed as the chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee and is slated to receive a $ 12,500 stipend in 2017.

The new law, sponsored by state Sen. Elaine Phillips (R - Long Island), the list of serious offenses will include misdemeanor assault, harassment and other crimes if the perpetrator is in the same family or household as the victim.

«I have not, and will not, accept any payment for my work as vice chair of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee,» she said.

Instead, Senate leaders identified her as chair of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee — a post that's actually held by state Sen. Patrick Gallivan, a western New York Republican.