Sentences with phrase «debates about criminal»

On Tuesday, Taylor walked onto the chamber floor at 5:52 p.m., as Keith Wright and Al Graf entered the third hour of racially tinged debate about criminal justice issues and changes that should be made after the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.

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If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

When applied to the debate about rioting, this rule means we should look at what we already know about the causes of anti-social and criminal behaviour.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has faced UKIP leader Nigel Farage in a debate about the EU - with human rights legislation, and its impact on the UK's criminal justice system, just one issue that the men had very different opinions on.

Speaking the day after talking with victims of crime in Bristol, the prime minister called for a «national debate» about how the criminal justice system could be reformed which required a reassessment of where its priorities should be.

On criminal justice and asylum, the Lib Dems give a different weight to rights and responsibilities, and they favour more proportional voting systems, although with Labour's support for a referendum on the alternative vote this is now a debate about the nature rather than the principle of reform.

We know the Founders weren't just talking about direct exchanges of money for official action, because as Professor Larry Lessig has shown, only five of the 325 mentions of «corruption» in the debates around the ratification of our Constitution referred to what would now be considered criminal bribery.

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.

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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.

While you're checking in, debating over dinner or worrying about the exchange rate, criminals could be targeting your cards.

Amid contentious debate surrounding the gray areas and boundaries of sexual abuse sparked by the #metoo movement, an exhibition about domestic violence at the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at John Jay School of Criminal Justice lays bare the plight of individuals who have suffered direct physical abuse.

Viscount Monckton on Climategate: «They Are Criminals» The man who challenged Al Gore to a debate is furious about the content of the leaked CRU emails — and says why you should be, too.

By challenging these laws, three Ontario sex workers have had an extraordinary effect on constitutional and criminal law in Canada, and have sparked an important debate about the law's effect on the safety and rights of sex workers.

Because if so, there are dense and meaningful debates about the utility of participating in a criminal justice system that is embedded in racism, colonialism, and violence.

This absence has prevented informed debate about a hugely important part of the development of international criminal law.

I welcome Gatherings such as this one because they shine light on the issue of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental ill health; something that is overlooked in the debate about passive welfare and substance abuse; or dealt with inappropriately through the criminal justice system.