Sentences with phrase «do justice for victims»

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Or do you think justice for those victims another example of government overreach?

The charity said in a statement: «After years of calling for justice to be done to the victims of genocide in Iraq, the UN has at last heard a plea for the forgotten minorities such as Christians and Yazidis who have been erased from their homelands.

When we seek instead to «pay something back to the victims and bring them closure,» we are doing a justice either lower (as in civil - court cases) or higher (as in repaying blood with blood)» but, in any case, something that should not be a model for how we deal with criminals.

I don't think in most cases that the priests and bishops involved in the cover - up actively desired for children to be abused, they just wanted to maintain the church's outward reputation and did not care that the collateral result was that the victims did not receive justice and that in many cases, more abuse occurred.

A concern for compassion and justice for the victims, however, does not excuse a lack of faithfulness to the truth, and frequently the occasion of sexual abuse by Catholics has itself been abused in the service of dishonest propaganda against the Catholic Church, and our Priests in particular.

«It's particularly shocking to see victims being chained and being sold, and what I also remember is through the work Hope for Justice does in the UK, we've seen trafficking gangs sell victims in the exact same way.»

It is indeed praiseworthy for victims of crime to forgive their debtors, but such personal pardon does not absolve offenders from their obligations in justice.

-- Exodus 15:3, NKJV LITERAL: This is saying to punishment of justice for what they did to Israel because Israel was victim and were the owners of the Jerusalem land.

When the victim of rape is nonwhite — as in the trial of Joan Little for the murder of her rapist — it takes the rousing of national support to get justice done.

Why don't we give Tutsis, Cambodians, Bosniak Muslims or any other victim of numerous genocides the same status for retributive justice accorded to Nazi holocaust victims, (which of course includes Jews, Romany, gays, etc).

Now the dynamism for the struggle for the new society has to come from the people who are victims of the pattern of modern development and who have the nearness to nature and therefore able to protect it and do justice to it.

CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against religious minorities in talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against religious minorities.»

Yale University should set up a school to research the present Holocaust in N. Korea; that'll do more justice for Holocaust victims under Nazis.

Sloppy investigations are bad for victims, who don't get justice, and they're bad for those who are falsely accused.

Judging from the number of parents supporting and taking interest in this case and speaking out about rape and rape culture and the victimization of women and children, I would assume the majority of the world understands the purpose of Operation Roll Red Roll, which I believe is justice for the Jane Doe victim.

Our only goal is getting justice for the Jane Doe victim and bringing to light any accomplices to her rape that took place in August.

They found that the rules to access legal aid for victims of domestic abuse were so restrictive that 40 % of women didn't meet the requirements to get the support they needed to access justice.

SERAP therefore welcomes the decision by the World Bank not to allow technicalities (regarding its requirement of 60 days within which to file an appeal to it) stand in the way of substantial justice, and truth on the spending of recovered Abacha loot as to do otherwise would have amounted to a miscarriage of justice for millions of Nigerians who are victims of corruption.»

However, legal experts have warned against scrapping the reduction for a guilty plea, saying it is the only incentive for offenders to confess, thus ensuring victims do not have to give evidence in court and speeding up the whole justice process.

«If government does not exempt child victims of rape or defilement from the compulsory payment of N5000 for obtaining medical reports from hospitals as evidence for prosecution, perpetrators of these evil and criminal acts would continue to escape justice and such acts would continue to increase in our society,» she said.

If our Westchester County Justice system can create an atmosphere with leaks that will create doubt on the victims that are in law enforcement, then any young man, especially, a young black man does not have a chance for any real transparency of the law in Westchester County.

WASHINGTON — The 25 - year - old daughter of fatal police - chokehold victim Eric Garner is mulling a run for Congress against Rep. Dan Donovan, the former Staten Island district attorney who she claims didn't deliver justice for her father.

HURLEY, N.Y. — Timothy Cardinal Dolan wants to be an ally of those seeking justice for victims of child sex abuse — but he doesn't support their bill.

Singas called her record «24 years of making sure justice is done,» for crime victims, and repeated that Murray had never prosecuted a case.

«Most prosecutors would say if your victim does not want to cooperate you have a nightmarish case,» noted Paul Shechtman, a former federal prosecutor and state director of criminal justice for former Gov. George Pataki.

As a result, he was the perfect filmmaker to do justice to the film's bizarre criminals and nasty acts of violence as well as build sympathy both for the victims and especially our hero, Clarice.

Once the case reached the country's highest tribunal, the Supreme Court explained that the intent of the Criminal Code provision, introduced in Parliament in 1994, is to alleviate the higher rate of incarceration for Indigenous offenders and to implement restorative justice — an approach that views crime as harm done to people and that seeks to rehabilitate offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community.

If, however, you were convicted, and the Court found that you knew that the victim hadn't died at the time of trial, but you did not raise the fact that the victim wasn't dead, it isn't clear if you could have the original conviction vacated because it was a fair trial and you knew evidence sufficient to get yourself acquitted (which you may have refrained from presenting to avoid conviction on a lesser charge like kidnapping or aggravated assault), and the status of an «actual innocence» grounds for vacating a conviction after trial is hotly disputed, conservatives like the late Justice Scalia generally say «no», liberals generally say «yes», moderates like to say «yes» but make it almost impossible to establish except in rare cases like one where a live person walks in when there was a murder conviction for killing that actually living person.

We have the resources needed to do whatever it takes to secure justice for victims.

In contrast to OTLA's doing nothing in twenty years to improve access to justice for injured Ontario auto accident victims (only a fool would argue that CFAs by themselves make OTLA lawyers the poster boys and girls for affordable, quality lawyering) the OTLA machine has almost over-night ramped up a constitutional challenge to this private - interest (big insurance) home - grown governmental attack on its profits.

Of course, these two justice systems are completely separate, and a defendant being found guilty in criminal court does not necessarily mean that an accident victim will be entitled to monetary compensation for their injuries through a civil lawsuit.

Victims of drunk driver accidents and their families, however, have the ability to obtain compensation and justice for the wrongs done to them by drunk drivers who were reckless and negligent enough to get behind the wheel in an intoxicated state.

While the criminal justice system focuses on punishing the offender and seeking retribution for violating society's laws, this does little to help the victim who is injured.

If our civil justice system did nothing more than ensure justice and accountability for victims of physician sexual abuse, it would be valuable enough.

She said the first line of business for police who are investigating allegations of sexual assault is not to presume the victim is telling the truth since doing so could impede the criminal justice process.

We help victims of maritime accidents and railroad accidents get justice for the wrongs done to them.

Our criminal justice system does not compensate victims for drunk - driving crimes and those who face charges often fail to carry adequate insurance.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a judgment on important jurisdictional matters for cartel follow on cases; while it is being criticised for what it says (or does not say) about the applicability of arbitration clauses, its real practical meaning may lie in the claimant - friendly and clear decision that cartel victims can sue cartelists in the court of the cartel victim's domicile.

Unfortunately, Florida criminal courts do not provide the crime victim with an opportunity for justice insofar as the practical matters of medical expenses, lost wages, and real life injuries that are often the result of crime.

When these incidents do occur, fortunately, the civil justice system can help provide accountability and compensation for victims and family members.

If the other spouse does not cooperate with the Crown in facilitating the charge, it is possible for the «victim» to be charged for obstructing justice.

For example, after the release of Justice Zuker's lengthy decision, the victim was quick to point out that, despite the verdict being a «huge victory,» she is «tired of people talking to [her] like [she] won some sort of rape lottery because the legal system did what it is supposed to do.»

In response to Roy L. Watford, III's 2016 petition for writ of actual, all Commonwealth Supreme Court justices unanimously reversed his conviction, after the victim testified that she did not recall seeing Watford on the day she was gang raped (the hospital records» notation of Watford's name, therefore, was inconclusive).

For instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murderFor instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murderfor full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murderfor women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murderfor which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murderfor Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.28

(2) being content to have the victims continue to pay for a justice system from which the legal profession earns much more than do those taxpayers earn, but LSUC will not perform its duties, as required by s. 4.2 of Ontario's Law Society Act, to provide those taxpayers with an affordable lawyer, and its members with the innovations that enable the production of affordable legal services;

To ensure justice for victims of corporate human rights abuse, transnational companies who evade accountability in the states hosting their operations must face justice at home — a new treaty under negotiation holds the promise of doing so.

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