Sentences with phrase «for committing a violent crime»

Nice - Matin also reported that he had been condemned to a suspended sentence of six months for committing a violent crime with a weapon, but he was not under the surveillance of French authorities and was not listed as a person who could pose a threat.

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He cited cases in Oregon and California in which illegal immigrants were charged with committing violent crimes after being arrested for relatively minor offenses by local police and then released, despite federal requests to keep them in custody.

In arguing for more research in physiology, he cited «a definitive health survey of nearly 4,500 Vietnam war veterans revealing that men with the highest levels of testosterone — a male sex hormone — were violent and impulsive, committed crimes, abused drugs, were promiscuous, beat their wives and had poor work records.

Why are we executing people for violent crimes, yet we do nothing to keep them from getting the weapon to commit the crime?

A person could be born with a predisposition for violence, and once they commit a violent act, it is no less a crime or sin because of their genetic state.

«Convicted, violent felons gave up their right to vote when they committed the heinous crimes for which they were incarcerated.

The two departments could hold detainees for ICE only after receiving a warrant from a judge, and only those who had committed a violent and serious crime within the previous five years.

«Even though these individuals are in the country illegally, you're waiting for them to commit a violent crime before putting them into removal proceedings and getting them out of the community,» the source said.

Under President Barack Obama, the federal government only targeted individuals who had committed the most serious felonies for apprehension — just as New York City only complies with ICE detainer requests for 17o violent crimes.

Prisoners who committed serious sexual or violent crimes will have to serve at least two - thirds of their sentences before being eligible for parole, rather than half their sentences as is the case at present.

For each youth, researchers compared the students» sleep on the nights following a violent crime to their sleep on nights when there were no violent crimes committed nearby.

«By expanding background checks to include private - party transfers, there is a higher chance that these policies will make it harder for felons and other prohibited persons to acquire firearms and commit violent crimes.»

For perspective, Brunner points out that a well - known genetic trait affects half the world's population and makes its carriers nine times more likely to commit violent crime than those who don't carry it.

Even after making statistical allowances for factors such as psychiatric disorders, economic status, and prior violent acts, they found that those who watched 1 to 3 hours of TV per day were about 60 % more likely to get in a serious fight, threaten someone, or use a weapon to commit a crime than those who watched less than an hour a day.

For instance, if a jury does find that a physical brain injury frees someone from responsibility for a crime they did commit, particularly a violent crime, what thFor instance, if a jury does find that a physical brain injury frees someone from responsibility for a crime they did commit, particularly a violent crime, what thfor a crime they did commit, particularly a violent crime, what then?

Even if the prisoner's friends and family don't commit more crime, or more violent types of crime, they may attract more attention from the police and be more likely to be arrested for minor infractions.

American Pastoral (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and brief violent images) Crime drama, set in 1968, about a successful, suburban couple (Jennifer Connelly and Ewan McGregor) whose idyllic life comes apart at the seams when their radicalized daughter (Dakota Fanning) commits a deadly act of terrorism in protest of the Vietnam War.

The case is notable not only for the particularly brutal nature of the crime, but also, in part, because Ruth is a woman, and society's perceptions of women who commit violent crimes is often skewed.

It revolves around three characters: former police officer Adrian Wall, who has just been released after doing 13 years hard time for a violent crime he swears he didn't commit; the victim's son, Gideon, who wants revenge; and Detective Elizabeth Black, the only person who believes that Wall is innocent.

I honestly don't believe violent video games will lead someone to commit horrendous crimes, but I think that parents should be held accountable for how their children interact with the medium.

He was held and prosecuted for immigration law violations, by the administration that has released over 36,000 illegal immigrants who had actually been commited of crimes, among them aliens convicted of violent crimes.

With respect to specific profiles, inmates whose crimes were crimes against the person, such as violent and sexual crimes, are at much higher risk of committing suicide than inmates incarcerated for property or financial crimes (a profile which Ariel Castro clearly fit).

This definition was included in the published results of a symposium held in cooperation with the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the bureau's Behavioral Analysis Unit - 2 that dispelled long - held myths about the type of person who committed such crimes, including:

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Teenage boys, for example, who have experienced attachment difficulties early in life, are three times more likely to commit violent crimes.