Sentences with phrase «away from our justice system»

• Most often the reasons people give for staying away from the justice system are doubts that it would help, concern about cost, a sense the problem was not serious enough, or a desire to handle matters on their own.

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«Secret arbitration takes away a woman's right to a trial by a jury of her peers and provides a dark alley for Uber to hide from the justice system, the media and public scrutiny,» according to the letter.

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.

Corruption allows criminals to walk away from justice by subverting the judicial system.

«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.

«Treating children as adults in the criminal justice system is short - sighted and ineffective takes opportunities away from thousands of young men and women every year.

Cuomo says it will generate reformation for incarcerated individuals and help at risk youth find jobs to keep them away from the criminal justice system.

SRMs are a multidisciplinary approach to responding to youth with behavioral health needs and have been shown to effectively divert those youth away from the juvenile justice system.

Participating tribes develop action plans that will facilitate the implementation of strategies for identifying and diverting American Indian youth away from contact with the juvenile justice system.

Her work focuses on improving school safety policies and putting an end to the path that leads students away from schools and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

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.»

The climate justice movement must evolve into a coalition of groups that has different strategies to transition away from the current extractive neoliberal economy and capitalistic system, but that in the end has all of its members working towards a common goal.

Second, a central theme in the current access to justice debate has been the idea that there should be a culture shift in Canada's justice system away from being organized around the provision of legal services towards a client - centred and problem - oriented model.

He discussed the «difficult choices ministers have to make» between competing priorities, but repeatedly emphasised that the justice system needs «rebalancing» away from government and other vested interests towards individual citizens.

My worry is that as a society we are now turning away from the rule of law, lawyers, and even from the justice system.

It is clear that some claimants are being turned away from seeking justice, and it is the responsibility of all of us to ensure that the system adapts to ensure that all of those with a valid claim have the support to bring it.»

2: Lord Justice Wall (the former Senior family court judge) said that the determination of some social workers to place children in an «unsatisfactory care system» away from their families was «quite shocking».

«These cuts are financially unnecessary, will cause significant damage to the justice system and to our international reputation for upholding the rule of law and will drive skilled and experienced advocates away from publicly - funded criminal work.»

The goal of these courts is diversion of targeted offenders away from the traditional criminal justice system and towards clinical treatments and pro-social outcomes.

«Culture also has an important part to play to break the cycle of incarceration; helping to light a path to a better life, away from the criminal justice system.»

Diversionary programs aim to divert the offender, in this case a juvenile offender, away from the formal criminal justice system.