Sentences with phrase «concerned about criminal»

I am more concerned about criminal than credit, but am wondering what other considerations there are, and what others would do in my situation?

These types of moves do not increase the confidence that activists concerned about criminal justice and prison reform have in this administration.

Concerned about criminals working under cover of darkness?

When D.C. Central Kitchen was negotiating its contract to cook meals at the Washington Jesuit Academy — a private school for at - risk boys in Northeast Washington — board members there also raised concerns about the criminal backgrounds of the kitchen staff.

The prosecution and acquittal of the man accused of Cindy Gladue's murder has highlighted serious concerns about our criminal justice system and its treatment of indigenous people, women and Read More

Not exact matches

In a Reddit AMA, the Microsoft co-founder voiced concern about the anonymity of cryptocurrencies, which he said can facilitate criminal behavior.

The man was taken to the hospital by police officers who were concerned about his exposure to X-rays, and later faced criminal charges, The Daily Mail reported.

It cited concerns about Uber's treatment of criminal offences, medical certificates, and drivers» background checks.

The DNC may have concerns about exactly how much justice and / or transparency it is going to obtain under the criminal probe into the same matter by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and wants its own civil RICO action to move forward in case the former turns out to be a dud investigation.

If young black men are arrested more frequently than whites for some criminal offense, then let us insist that police are disproportionately concerned about the crimes which blacks commit.

Jens Soering's book The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says About Criminal Justice (Orbis, 2006) won first prize in the «social concerns» category in the 2007 Catholic Press Association Awards.

Jesus» concern for the sinner, for example, has something to say about how criminals should be treated.

Today's report recognises the need for a new, narrowly defined criminal offence of indirect incitement to terrorist acts, but says it is concerned about the wording of the new offence of encouragement to cover this purpose.

In addition, there were concerns about terrorist attacks (or other criminal acts) on or from embassies.

The Cuomo administration's handling of complaints against Jay Kiyonaga, a former Division of Criminal Justice Services official, has prompted concern about a pattern of protection of alleged harassers.

«From our experiences, we have an intimate knowledge and urgent concern about the fundamental problems plaguing New York's criminal justice system,» the letter, dated April 2, says.

Concerns have also been raised about the powers under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, where the police can stop people without reasonable suspicion when a senior offi cer believes there is a real risk of serious violence in an area.

Organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the march and rally was about the Garner case and demands for criminal prosecution of the police officers involved, but also about broader complaints and concerns around policing and racial discrimination in New York and throughout the country.

Lord Falconer said judges should not be used as «whipping boys» for failures in the sentencing system, but admitted that public concerns about the way criminals were sentenced did need to be addressed.

I once raised concerns directly to George Latimer about the New York State Education Department continuing to license Freddie Dean Smith as a school administrator despite his extensive criminal record and his numerous fraudulent job applications at schools around Westchester County.

Some advocates for closing the jail are concerned about the growing involvement of the real estate industry, afraid it might overshadow the issues of criminal justice reform that should be driving the conversation.

Also, the biggest liberal concerns about Islamist practices and abuses involve matters that can only be implemented with majority control of the government (e.g. excessive use of corporal punishment in the criminal justice system), but which are much less harmful to non-Muslims, at least, when Muslims can only enforce their ideologies on co-religionists and can only do so via institutions of civil society rather than institutions of coercive government control.

Anyone with a complaint or a compliment, a concern or a suggestion for improvement about policing or criminal justice in their area will now know who to go to.

«The Police Department is concerned about the potential impact on quality - of - life enforcement if the council enacts measures to remove criminal sanctions from certain offenses,» said Deputy Chief Kim Royster an NYPD spokeswoman.

Miner has moved to delay Inner Harbor project and potential stop COR's contract because of her concerns about the company as its top officials face criminal charges.

Chief Hegermiller added that he does not think broadly changing the age of criminal responsibility is the correct way to handle specific concerns about placing 16 - and 17 - year - olds in adult jails.

In general there are concerns from USA about people who seek such citizenship, for example, to bypass economic sanctions (not just terrorists and criminals).

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner today said criminal bribery charges against COR Development Co. raise concerns about the future of the company's project at the Inner Harbor.

The pardon plan also comes amid a national debate over reducing sentences for nonviolent offenders, in part because of the cost of mass incarceration and concerns about racial inequality in the criminal justice system.

The most pressing concern is that information about you may be exposed to future legal requests that might involve a criminal investigation, a divorce case, or even a legal tussle with an insurance company.

Johnson also expressed concern about the «schools - to - prisons» pipeline, something Foxx addressed during a speech last week when she suggested authorities were far to quick to arrest and prosecute Chicago Public Schools students for fighting on school grounds — decisions that bring them into the criminal justice system.

RIM faces an Aug. 31 ban on BlackBerry Enterprise Service and Messenger Service, according to the Indian government, which has voiced concerns about BlackBerry encryption offering terrorists and criminals the ability to communicate undetected.

So I can see where people are very concerned about this, and they're pursuing criminal investigations.»

The institute also announced it had «hired an independent firm to review the allegations» because it was «deeply concerned» about Gleick's unethical and possibly criminal conduct that has done great harm to The Heartland Institute.

(I'm going to bracket technical concerns about the implementation of the Recommendation, which really reduce to drafting matters — e.g., presumably the statement of principles will be drafted in such a way that it does not conflict with lawyers» duties to their clients (for example, presumably a criminal defence lawyer will not be put in a position where their representation of a client charged with or convicted of a hate crime is somehow a breach of the statement of principles).)

«The result is that there are now real and pressing concerns about the viability and sustainability of practice for many at the Criminal Bar, and about whether the Bar will be able to continue to recruit and retain the practitioners needed to do this vital work for the future.

The Civil Justice Council, while recognising that «the lion's share» of the consultation was about criminal justice, expressed concern that the proposals would «erode important features of the civil justice system» and have «an adverse impact on the quality of justice for those members of the public who have no alternative but to count on publicly funded assistance».

Several of the independent experts appearing before either the Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights or the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in the last session (3rd session, 40th Parliament) on criminal law amendments were concerned about the failure to provide additional funding concurrent with proposals that would increase the number of persons incarcerated at any one time.

Miller adds: «We hope the evaluation process will be objective and transparent, and that BVT will not proceed nationally if our concerns about it threatening the sustainability of legally aided criminal defence services are borne out.

A study released last year by Schulich School of Law professor Elaine Craig raised concerns about the ethics of how many criminal defence lawyers advertise their services on the web.

«In this submission, the Legal Network sets out its concerns about Canada's criminal justice system, focusing on (i) the overly broad criminalization of HIV non-disclosure; (ii) the criminalization -LSB-...]

This case concerns a defendant's desire to testify in greater detail about the incidents giving rise to the criminal charges, confronted by his attorney's belief that more testimony was not a good idea.

US and Canada «lawful access» advocates want ways for law enforcement to access electronic communications to fight criminals and terrorists, and have similar concerns about encryption that modern communications technology provides.

Although I'm not particularly preoccupied with legislation governing banks and corporations, I am concerned about the rules governing civil proceedings and the law on domestic relations, personal taxation, government benefits and criminal conduct, and it seems to me that a major goal of law and justice reform over the next decade should be improving the accessibility of the legislation and regulations most affecting individuals.

You need to specify what you are concerned about: censorship, criminal law, liability, etc..

Companies concerned about possible internal wrongdoing may reduce exposure to loss, liability or civil and criminal penalties by proactively investigating those circumstances.

Further information about the dispute concerning the criminal legal aid contracts can be found on the Law Society Gazette website here and the Solicitors Journal website here.

Not being a criminal lawyer, I can't use my own experiences to square those two accounts (and, admittedly, my exposure to crowns is Toronto - centric, experiences may vary elsewhere — based on recent events, I'd have concerns about the Alberta courts), but the fact that certain proponents of the critical narrative characterized Marie Henein's masterful conduct of the Ghomeshi trial as a case of «whacking» the accused (rather than the complainant's «whacking» the crown) did nothing to enhance the credibility of that narrative (and, if nothing else, suggests that your construction of the «critical narrative» is not at all a straw man).

We all are extremely concerned about the situation in relation to criminal legal aid.

The reason links to my work seeking cert in US v. Faulks (details here) and my concern with huge «trial penalties» (details here), and take me back to my long - ago insights about what Blakely is really about: a battle between an adversarial and inquisitorial model of criminal justice.