Sentences with phrase «confidence in the criminal justice system»

The judge also said it was the opinion of the court that dismissing the case would adversely impact public confidence in the criminal justice system.

It is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system.

This «gap analysis» produced a research agenda that will serve as the basis for arriving at forensic methods that will inspire greater confidence in our criminal justice system.

The system is based on the belief that involving local communities in the legal process helps to improve understanding of and increase confidence in the criminal justice system.

In fact, it might yield an improvement in the form of fewer prisons, more confidence in the criminal justice system, and greater accountability by prosecutors.

I don't subscribe to the political mantra that the public is losing confidence in the criminal justice system.

Mr. Schneiderman at the time insisted that his assumption of the role would restore confidence in the criminal justice system in the short - term, giving the legislature time to find a permanent solution

«The cloud that hangs over District Attorney Vance and his office is creating a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system in perhaps the busiest and most high profile district attorney's office in the nation,» Malliotakis wrote.

The court will have to weigh up the public interest in ensuring that those charged with crimes should be tried, as against the competing public interest in maintaining confidence in the criminal justice system, and not giving the impression that the end will always be treated as justifying any means.

Andrew Langdon QC, Chair of the Bar Council, echoed this sentiment, added: «As the Lord Chancellor has commented today, effective justice simply can not be delivered unless everyone has full confidence in our Criminal Justice System.

It would then issue recommendations for «changes in oversight, policies, practices, and laws to reduce crime, increase public safety and promote confidence in the criminal justice system.»

Cuomo said the order was necessary because there is a «crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system» following several high profile cases in New York City and across the country where police have killed unarmed men.

«Our measures will restore confidence in the criminal justice system, re-design prisons for the 21st century, and launch a sentencing and rehabilitation revolution.

Cameron's proposals were rejected by shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan, who said that the announcements risked undermining the public's confidence in the criminal justice system.

«The crisis of confidence in our criminal justice system is intensifying in every way, and we must act now,» James said.

The shift towards more summary justice is driven by financial concerns and will not improve public confidence in the criminal justice system, magistrates have warned.

«The Governor's Executive Order was designed to restore public confidence in our criminal justice system — yet the actions we detail today only served to further erode that confidence.

But Lynch last fall refused to dismiss the case against Maziarz, saying that to do «would adversely impact public confidence in the criminal justice system.»

«The crisis of confidence in our criminal justice system is intensifying every way, and we must act now,» James said.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, delivering his State of the State address along with a budget proposal heavy on infrastructure, laid out an ambitious social agenda on Wednesday that focuses on problems not so easily solved with cash: the erosion of confidence in the criminal justice system, public schools and teachers that he said were failing students, and a creeping sense that economic mobility is not what it once was.

Here a stay will be granted where the court concludes that in all the circumstances a trial will offend the court's sense of justice and propriety... or will undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system and bring it into disrepute...»

«Over 90 % of all criminal cases begin and end in the magistrates» courts; it is vital that public confidence in the criminal justice system is not placed at risk.

It is important for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the person caught in possession of a knife or offensive weapon without reasonable excuse should normally be brought before the courts and prosecuted.

The third ground, or tertiary ground, allows the court to detain a person until their trial to maintain public confidence in the criminal justice system.