Sentences with phrase «criminal justice needs»

Effective cross-border arrangements to ensure continued co-operation with the EU on criminal justice need to be maintained.

Not exact matches

Had it not been for Black Lives Matter, neither Clinton nor Bernie Sanders would have addressed the need for criminal - justice reform during the presidential primaries.

«A criminal defendant, we hold, need not request special interrogatories, nor need he acquiesce in the Government's request for discrete findings by the jury, in order to preserve in full a timely - raised objection to jury instructions,» Justice J. Ginsburg wrote in her explanation of the court's decision.

Jacobs: We've started to see the conversation around criminal justice change from what it had been forever, but do you think that change needs to happen on the local and state level first before we get to a national consensus?

Candidate Hillary now talks up the need for criminal justice reform to undo the 1994 crime bill her husband championed; decries the wages on American workers of NAFTA and subsequent free - trade deals he ushered in; and calls for cracking down on a financial sector he helped deregulate.

The deaths of Alton and Philando drove home how urgently we need to make reforms to policing and criminal justice... how we can not rest until we root out implicit bias and stop the killings of African - Americans.

In an op - ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and David Cole, a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, write that many liberals and conservatives alike acknowledge the US criminal justice system needs reform.

According to prepared statements from the Justice Department, an official at the DOJ said it needs more help catching criminals who use the secretive currency.

Sales of the drug were slow to take off until Alkermes realized it needed to build a unique sales force to work with the criminal justice system and addiction recovery programs.

Christians can disagree about the use of drugs like marijuana and their legal status, but we should be united in our agreement that the criminal justice system needs to be reformed.

The first lesson is that those cycled through the criminal justice system need to be seen as more than criminals.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

The Buffalo News: «It took far too long, given the undisputed, crying need, but tucked away in the New York State budget are some powerful criminal justice reforms aimed at preventing the compound tragedies of wrongful conviction.

He says more diversion is needed early, with education and job opportunities, and that New York needs to stop treating 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults in the criminal justice system, a movement known as «raise the age.»

At 10:30 a.m., the Assembly will hold a public hearing to examine the need for reforms to the criminal justice system to ensure fairness, improve community / police relations and to protect the safety of law enforcement officers, Assembly Hearing Room 1923, 19th Floor, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

He stressed the need for criminal justice reform, stating that he would push to eliminate monetary bail for non-violent crimes, and also move to close jails with long histories of violations.

«We need a pledge from the next attorney general that they will no longer look the other way and investigate the rampant corruption of the Cuomo administration starting in the Executive Chamber and Division of Criminal Justice Services.»

In order to truly affect change within the city's criminal justice system, Page said several key steps need to be taken.

And we look at all the things people go through, why they end up going down the path that puts them in the hands of the criminal justice system, to me, we as government need to attack that.

With figures from the British Crime Survey showing that twice as many people believe the criminal justice system is fair to those accused of committing a crime (80 %) than meets the needs of a victim of crime (36 %), there is a clear need to ensure the rights of victims are protected.

The continued need for major reform whether it's at the ballot box, on criminal justice issues, or reproductive health, reflects a failure of leadership at all levels.

The governor's commitment to criminal justice reform is welcomed and needed.

But Mr Blair wrote: «They need to know clearly that if they do make this move; if they hold their ard fheis by the end of January, pass the ard comhairle motion and, as they say they will, immediately go out and actively encourage everyone in the community to co-operate fully with the police and criminal justice system in tackling crime in all areas, then unionism will not be found wanting.»

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

David said comprehensive reform of the criminal justice system is needed and that Cuomo has «accomplished much reform,» but put the onus on the city.

In fact, Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defense group, said in a letter to Cuomo that each year the agency represents thousands of legitimate working people who get caught up in the criminal justice system for possession of a tool they need for work.

«Independent of the passage of additional criminal justice reforms, the issue before the city is a different one: it still needs to close Rikers and build new, acceptable facilities quickly,» he continued.

Our constituents are provided with the most reliable up - to - date and comprehensive information needed to make critical decisions which ultimately affect the area's land development, natural environment, transportation systems, human services, criminal justice, and economic development potential.

The Oneida County team's capstone project, titled Reforming Juvenile Justice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofJustice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofjustice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile offender.

«We will be looking at getting bulletproof vests and glass for the officers, things they need to do their jobs safer, and of course criminal justice reform.»

The proposal for the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center follows several years of analysis and research that began in 2012 when County Executive Molinaro directed the Dutchess County Criminal Justice Council (CJC) to undertake a comprehensive needs assessment of the Dutchess County criminal justice Justice and Transition Center follows several years of analysis and research that began in 2012 when County Executive Molinaro directed the Dutchess County Criminal Justice Council (CJC) to undertake a comprehensive needs assessment of the Dutchess County criminal justiceCriminal Justice Council (CJC) to undertake a comprehensive needs assessment of the Dutchess County criminal justice Justice Council (CJC) to undertake a comprehensive needs assessment of the Dutchess County criminal justicecriminal justice justice system.

«ECC is very proud and honored to be part of the FASNY Program and to be able to serve our firefighters with the education needs they have,» said Chmielowiec, who reports that students are currently enrolled in 18 of ECC's FASNY - approved programs like Criminal Justice and Nursing.

Mr Cameron said the government has pursued a one dimensional approach to crime and anti-social behaviour and needed to look beyond criminal justice.

Brian has the demonstrated passion to work as the next State Senator to address the critical needs in education funding, housing affordability, criminal justice reform and economic development.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

There should be a system for identifying people easily as they went through the criminal justice system, Mr Reid said, while there needed to be better implementation of police guidelines on how to report and deal with foreigners in British jails.

For caucus lawmakers, the Gray case is just the latest example in the need to reform criminal justice and policing.

Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said: «We need real action to stamp out antisocial behaviour, to get more police out of police stations and onto the streets, and to demonstrate to law abiding citizens that the criminal justice system really is on their side.

Lawmakers and administration officials have cited the complexity of the criminal justice matters being proposed, saying more time is needed to parse through language (lawmakers and Cuomo may be wary of again taking up a complex issue so quickly following the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act had to be amended to exclude police officers from the measure).

«So we will develop diversionary programmes to take users out of the criminal justice system altogether, ensure that those who need treatment get it, and find more effective ways to reduce or end their drug use.

Outgoing chair of the Police Federation, Jan Berry, welcomed the report, saying: «The need to identify and support people with learning disabilities through the criminal justice system, and the process by which some can be diverted more appropriately into healthcare settings, are concerns that have been neglected for too long.

I asked the D.A.s for many, many months to come up with an alternative bill because it was clear to me that we have to do what we need to do to restore trust in the criminal justice system,» he said.

The governor has talked of the need to restore faith in the criminal justice system while at the same time making sure police feel «respected and protected.»

Herbert, the former minister for policing and criminal justice, said the government needed to be careful not to be swayed by the most hardline Brexiters and warned that the jury is still out on the performance of Johnson, the foreign secretary, Fox, the trade secretary, and Davis, the Brexit secretary.

Kerin believes in government which is fiscally responsible, managing our economic needs hand - in - hand with our environmental, social, cultural, and criminal justice responsibilities.

Our criminal justice system needs a major overhaul and mental health care in this city is failing our citizens.

But he acknowledged that there are «a lot of campaigns on the table» related to police reform that the entire city needs to «work harder on» as well as criminal justice reform.

FPWA CEO Jennifer Jones Austin and Rev. A.R. Bernard, Senior Pastor and CEO of the Christian Cultural Center co-author a piece on New York's criminal justice system and the need to reform and raise the age.

Besides endangering thousands of people awaiting trial, Rikers demonstrates the larger need to reform the criminal justice system.

He says numbers by Governor Cuomo's division of Criminal Justice Services, showing that domestic violence rates in New York are rising, is more evidence that action needs to be taken.