Sentences with phrase «commit acts»

Crown seeks adult sentence for Quebec teen charged with attempting to commit acts of terrorism, Canadian Press

The narrative around violence and mental health tends to be one of two extremes: «crazy» people who commit acts of violence, or those who experience violence because of a mental - health issue.

However, neither do we underestimate the complexity of the issues that surround the fundamental question of when it should be lawful to commit acts that would otherwise constitute criminal conduct.

To name one point: flight MH17 does not seem to have been shot down deliberately as part of a deliberate plan to wipe out a certain ethnic group or to commit acts of terrorism, but the models developed for such cases are being used as a mould.

Those who commit acts such as rape, robbery and assault can and should be arrested and punished to the full extent of the law.

A person who detains another person with the intention to commit acts of homosexuality with him or herself or with any other person commits an offence and is liable on conviction for seven years.

However, judicial tolerance of employees who commit acts of sexual harassment has decreased.

R v R [2016] Woolwich Crown Court — Worked with Senior Counsel to defend a young and vulnerable man accused of preparing to commit acts of terrorism.

The ABA Model Rules make it clear that even when you engage non-lawyers to perform functions in your practice (be it trust accounting, money management, legal research, or administrative functions), they can not commit acts you are not permitted to commit.

They will form their own cultural group that lives apart from «modern» society and some will commit acts of violence in protest to technology.

I believe that when adults commit acts of violence or serious harm to other people, that is what we need to be spending our resources on.

The fact remains that, since two thirds of young people now play videogames, it will always be possible to link our hobby to the tiny proportion of gamers who commit acts of violence.

Do violent games truly make us commit acts of extreme violence?

«While it is acknowledged that a crime such as serial murder is incredibly rare, this relationship between animal cruelty and aggression towards humans may explain why some individuals commit acts of violence towards animals prior to attacking humans.»

As he tries to figure out why he survived and tries to deal with people in his town, like the school bully, his conservative health teacher, and a self - help guru, Frank continues to turn up in Donnie's mind, causing him to commit acts of vandalism and worse.

That doesn't mean I sympathize with those who commit acts of terror, but just that I want to live in a world where we consider every human life as equally valuable, regardless of country of origin.

So, while the corporation does not commit acts of aggression, you are essentially forced to work for them against your will, with the ONLY other feasible choice being to not pay your debt and get thrown in jail, or starve to death.

She said she had fears that Hezbollah terrorists in Canada, which shares a border with New York state, would use the IDs to commit acts of terror.

«To anyone who thinks you can commit acts of sexual violence or any other violence against women and girls or anyone else in this city, we're here to tell you, you can not.»

It is prohibited to commit acts leading to disorder and division, affecting the security of the state and its public relations, or undermining human dignity and rights.

«The new terrorist tactic, which they've called for publicly, are these lone wolves who commit these acts of terror,» Cuomo said.

Paradoxically, their dependence on their wider community for general security means they can not turn to the South African police when members of their own community commit acts of SGBV against them.

And as they are defeated on the ground, the terrorists are exploiting the internet and social media to spread this ideology that is preying on vulnerable citizens in our own countries, inspiring them to commit acts of terror in our own cities.

Too much of your answer is worded as though Shia muslims somehow naturally or easily tend to commit acts of terror, and circumstances are merely unfavorable right now.

This god of popular Christianity commanded Israel to commit acts of genocide, drowned millions of people in a flood because they sinned too much, and is planning to send the vast majority of the people of this world to an everlasting torment in flames and boiling lava.

We can protect the cherished right to bear arms in self - defense and still make sure unnecessary and violent weapons are not sold on our store shelves and online and are not accessible by those in our communities who would use them to commit acts of aggression and murder.

So, if the shooter «prayed», and heard back that he should commit the acts he did, that would be ok?

I didn't commit those acts, I don't approve of them, and I don't discriminate against members of minority groups.

The soldier is sacred, made in the image of God, and I can not think what it does to a person to commit acts of war, to lift up arms against another, to kill another human being.

Go ahead and practice whatever religion makes you happy, just don't use it as a hammer to beat people over the head, and especially don't commit acts of hatred in the name of religion and don't be a hypocrite, the lowest form of life in the universe, like Hannity, Palin, Beck and the schmucks at FOX News.

«We have the right, tight knit, progressively moral community that could not commit these acts because of our progressive morals, so we haven't.»

My faith does not lead me to commit acts of violence; to the contrary, it encourages me to be a better person.

I've known Jesus for as long as I've known my name, and still I use other people like capital to advance my own interest, still I gossip to make myself feel important, still I curse my brothers and sisters in one breath and sing praise songs in the next, still I sit in church with arms folded and cynicism coursing through my bloodstream, still I talk a big game about caring for the poor without doing much to change my own habits, still I indulge in food I'm not hungry for and jewelry I don't need, still I obsess over what people say about me on the internet, still I forget my own privilege, still I talk more than I listen and complain more than I thank, still I commit acts of evil, still I make a great commenter on Christianity and a lousy practitioner of it.

Let those of us who are Christians reject the untrue and unjust identification of all Muslims with those evildoers who commit acts of terror and murder in the name of Islam.

Religion not only allows people to waste their precious time on this earth waiting for happiness in an «afterlife» that doesn't exist, but it inspires people to commit acts of atrocity upon each other while justifying their actions with bible quotes.

Usually it takes the belief that you are acting in the name of some god (s) to commit acts like 9/11.

The laypeople may be tempted to believe that such places are blessed, and be driven to commit acts of disbelief.

They commit acts of violence in the name of God (nutjob anti-abortion groups), commit acts of fraud in the name of God, use God's name for political gain, and then turn their backs on the core principles of Jesus — caring for one another, compassion, helping those less fortunate, giving of yourself to do good, to make things better.

That does not mean that they MUST commit the acts - whatever the predisposition is.

Muslims today are, as indviduals, far more likely to commit acts of violence in the name of their religion than other groups.

You along with other seem to have bridged the two together when it comes to Muslims, but rightfully failed to do so when terrorists of other religous backgrounds commit acts of terrorism on some ill - guided views of their religion.

Likewise, you don't know that all humanity is evil, even though some people commit acts that are commonly referred to as evil.

The crowd is a sink of cowardice in which individuals are relieved of individual responsibility and will commit acts they would never dare to do alone.

The idea of a «devil» that tempts people to commit acts that will cause their damnation and then torments them eternally after they've been damned makes no sense if YHWH is benevolent.

As the investigation continues to unravel the seeming paradox of how two apparently normal young men could commit acts of violence, classmates, neighbors and relatives of those who knew them have expressed surprise and disbelief.

If it causes them to commit acts of hatred and prejudice, then it is nothing more than a cultish perversion.

Buddhists don't commit acts of violence for their faith, eh?

Finally, in 2018, there appears to be a greater appetite for learning about consent and holding those who commit acts of sexual violence accountable.

He has said he didn't commit the acts he boasted of in the tape and has called his remarks just «locker room talk.»

He explains the reason Mexican drug cartels consistently commit acts of violence at 5:45 p.m. in Juárez, Mexico.