Sentences with phrase «criminal justice settings»

Through our Courthouse Facility Dogs program, we place dogs in criminal justice settings where they help to foster a safer and more comfortable environment for children who must provide depositions and give testimony in court.

A 2015 meta - analysis of twelve randomized control trials (RCT) of restorative interventions in UK and Australian criminal justice settings found reduced repeat offenses on a short — term basis but weaker long term effects.

The committee recommended that states — with assistance from relevant federal agencies, particularly the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — provide universal access to evidence - based treatment for opioid use disorder in a variety of settings, including hospitals, criminal justice settings, and substance - use treatment programs.

«As part of the revised strategy, identifying and providing advice in different healthcare and criminal justice settings to those whose drinking puts themselves and others at risk will be further developed, as well as reviewing NHS alcohol spending to help us make smarter spending decisions to reduce the number of people with alcohol - related illnesses.»

Not exact matches

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on the other hand, determines emergency procedures for its hundred - odd facilities on its own without standards set by state or local governments, and evacuated about 6,000 people due to Hurricane Harvey.

«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

Obama's first attorney general, Eric Holder, set aside a criminal justice memo from his Republican predecessor, John Ashcroft, to charge people with the most serious, provable offenses and replaced it with his own policy of discouraging harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crime.

He relied on Section 162 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, which sets out conditions to be considered before a bail application is granted or refused.

But, Ozekhome, apart from praying for the setting aside of the subpoena, also asked the court to order Metuh to deposit in the court custody a sum of N1b in line with the provision of Section 241 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015 for him to appear in court.

It is also recalled that Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had on Wednesday ordered the federal government to produce Dasuki before him on February 16 to answer another sets of criminal charges.

While it has not been fully fleshed out yet, Cuomo's proposal dictates that judges would use a scientific assessment tool to determine an individual's «risk to public safety» while setting bail, a proposal similar to one Mayor Bill de Blasio recently made, with both coming under fire from criminal justice reformers.

Governor Andrew Cuomo took the oath of office for his second term Thursday, promising in a symbolism - laden inauguration ceremony set on the 64th floor of 1 World Trade Center to make New York the first state to tackle national problems of economic inequality and a flawed criminal justice system.

In 2014, the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, set off a wave of protests and sparked a movement targeting racial disparities in criminal justice.

Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat, is set to introduce a bill Monday to require the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the state police to publish quarterly reports on their websites about the origins of firearms used in crimes.

Making reference to the Courts Act of 1993 (Act 459), Mr Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.Justice Ofoe said Section 31 (2) holds that «an appellate court, on hearing an appeal in a criminal case, shall allow the appeal if the appellate court considers (a) that the verdict or conviction or acquittal ought to be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or can not be supported having regard to the evidence, or (b) that the judgement in question ought to be set aside as a wrong decision on a question of law or fact, or (c) that there was a miscarriage of justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.justice, and in any other case shall dismiss the appeal.»

Britain looks set to experience a modest revolution in its criminal justice system after the prime minister backed Ken Clarke's campaign against short sentences.

The NYC Council is set to introduce a package of bills that would broadly reshape the way the city handles low - level offenses such as public urination and drinking alcohol in public, in some cases removing them from the criminal justice system.

Magistrates are set to be handed new powers to sentence more convicted criminals under reforms unveiled by justice minister Damian Green today.

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.

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The statement added, «The EFCC boss expressed concern over the delay usually experienced in dispensing corruption cases and the conspiracy (in some cases) between the criminals and judicial workers / law enforcement agents to make violators of law escape justice, citing the case of a former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, who was set free with the connivance of a prison warder and court registrar after being convicted by court.»

In the way the city's criminal justice coordinator works to set and develop policy, so would the civil justice coordinator — and Mr. Levine said his goal would be scaling up to a universal right to counsel in cases that could be potentially life - altering, such as eviction, custody matters, and deportation hearings.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo today proposed sweeping changes in the state's criminal justice system, calling his plan the most comprehensive set of reforms in the nation.

«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.

Government ministers argued the amendment - inserted at the last moment to last year's Criminal Justice and Immigration Act - provided a loophole to the law, and that it had already set the bar high enough so that those who simply oppose homosexuality would be unaffected.

This coming Mon., Apr. 13th, community activists and leaders will embark on a 250 - mile walk through five states to deliver to Congress what they call «Justice Package» — a set of criminal justice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community inveJustice Package» — a set of criminal justice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community invejustice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community investment.

«Gov. Cuomo has set forth a game - changing agenda when it comes to social, economic, racial, and criminal justice,» King said.

The Governor says the new center will set up two justice mechanisms, «One, for really serious offenses, a special prosecutor who can bring criminal charges, specializing in justice area dealing with justice population and becoming expert in the challenges that are presented here.»

He said that following the Omoku massacre led by Waney, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, set up a Special Police Joint Investigation Team, comprising the IGP - Intelligence Response Team, the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Force Department of Operations and the Rivers State Police Command to bring the perpetrators to Justice.

Ajim said, «After the criminals were done with my court, they proceeded to High Court 9, presided over by the wife of the deputy governor, Justice Mary Abounu, and carted away a refrigerator, three stabilisers, a set of computer, window blinds and left behind empty bottles of drinks.»

The panel, co-chaired by former Cuomo counsel Jeremy Creelan and Soffiyah Elijah of the Correctional Association of New York, was set up to examine the state's policy of processing 16 - and 17 - year - olds in the criminal justice system — a protocol now followed by only one other state, North Carolina.

Cuomo has also revealed new pieces of his $ 15 minimum wage campaign and criminal justice reform policies, among others, as he sets his agenda for 2016 and frames budget negotiations in Albany.

Three years ago, a few faculty members at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York set up a national clearinghouse for arson appeals and began collecting dossiers from prisoners around the country.

Before adopting the life of a professional bodybuilder, Jay Cutler had his sights set on becoming a corrections officers in a maximum security prison after he graduated from Quinsigamond Community College in the spring of 1993 with a criminal justice degree.

He quickly sets off a media frenzy as he kills random criminals, as well as those connected with Lucy's murder, yet for all the debate kicked up among talk shows about whether the hoodie - wearing man known only as the Grim Reaper is morally justified, the film never doubts Paul's brand of justice.

Having explored the criminal justice system in high - profile feature documentaries for more than two decades, Joe Berlinger is set to direct his first scripted true crime movie entitled «Facing the Wind,» which will star Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Evan Rachel Wood, Rita Wilson and Jennifer Beals, TheWrap has learned.

An ex-war hero who ended up a career criminal, Keller walks out of prison and sets off on a killing spree the length of Britain delivering vigilante justice on the men who framed him by putting an under - age girl in his bed.

They are trained in accordance with the requirements as set forth by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services.

In fact, Mann's only «exoneration» came in an inquiry set up by a guy called Graham Spanier, now under criminal indictment and facing 20 years in the slammer for obstruction of justice.

Bill C - 10 set out new definitions within the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Section 810 of the Criminal Code sets out that a peace bond may be ordered when an information is laid before a justice or on behalf of any person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person will cause personal injury to him or her or to his or her spouse or common - law partner or child or will damage his or her property.

The idea is to set «the bar to which all jurisdictions can aspire,» says Dr. Brie Williams, director of the Criminal Justice & Health Program at the University of California at San Francisco, whom Specter hired to help run the program.

Justice secretary Michael Gove's plans to levy a tax on City law firms to off - set the revenue loss from scrapping controversial criminal court fees have been shelved, Legal Week understands.

This is the finding of the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which yesterday released its 205 - page report, «Delaying Justice is Denying Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior Justice is Denying Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior courts.

Since the civil justice system (in lieu of the criminal justice system) is being used for the above referenced purposes, the bar for assessment of punitive damages must be set high and used in only the most egregious cases.

«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-...]

But there is no reason why the EU should confine itself to the minimum standards set by the ECtHR, which also apply to non-EU Member States whose criminal justice system is usually less trusted by EU Member States.

The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) sets out a process to deal with offences committed by young people who are at least 12 years old, but not yet 18 years.

As noted in this prior post, the Marshall Project this week has a timely three - part series in which leading conservatives working on and advocating for criminal justice reform are setting out the conservative case for reforms.

Turning to the wording of s. 273.1 of the Criminal Code and its proper interpretation, Justice Paperny set out several general principles.