Sentences with phrase «for community sentences»

Youth Conferencing, a Restorative Justice programme in Northern Ireland, demonstrated a combined reoffending rate of 38 % in 2006 — compared to 52 % for community sentences and 71 % for custodial sentences.

Commissioner Oscar also echoed her support for community sentencing options and for the introduction of justice targets, a measure called for by successive Social Justice Commissioners within the Closing the Gap Strategy.

Not exact matches

Crown counsel asked that Jakins check out jail for 4 months, whilst defence asked for your conditional sentence, which means he could serve his time around the community delivered he abided by numerous ailments.

Tim Lambesis from the band As I Lay Dying is serving a six - year prison sentence for plotting to murder his wife Meggan, a revelation that shocked the Christian metal community last year.

Thomas added that the sentence was «clearly issued on a punitive rather than on a legal basis» and said: «The constant harassment of members of the Christian community ought not to be occurring in a country where the constitution not only recognises Christianity, but also states that no - one should be molested or taken to task simply for holding a religious belief.

Qasim Rashid, national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, discusses Saeed Abedini, the American Christian pastor tried for his religious beliefs and sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran.

A leader of a breakaway Amish community in rural eastern Ohio was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of community members, Court Clerk Robert Pitts said.

CNN: Amish leader gets 15 years for beard attacks A leader of a breakaway Amish community in rural eastern Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of community members.

The early - release people adjusted better on the outside and helped to puncture the myth that longer sentences are better for the community.

He was also sentenced to 300 hours of community service for sending abusive letters to the families of British soldiers killed in that conflict.

Well, it would seem to me the most important sentences in Wendell Berry are the following: 1) «The destruction of the community begins when its economy is made — not dependent (for no community has ever been entirely independent)-- but subject to a larger external economy.»

For that reason I thought Ivan's final sentence highly questionable, and fatal for Pomocon / Porcher dialogue: «we should not confuse the philosophical argument in favor of the local community, or a very reasonable attraction to its many virtues, with either the possibility or desirableness of that arrangement for us today.&raqFor that reason I thought Ivan's final sentence highly questionable, and fatal for Pomocon / Porcher dialogue: «we should not confuse the philosophical argument in favor of the local community, or a very reasonable attraction to its many virtues, with either the possibility or desirableness of that arrangement for us today.&raqfor Pomocon / Porcher dialogue: «we should not confuse the philosophical argument in favor of the local community, or a very reasonable attraction to its many virtues, with either the possibility or desirableness of that arrangement for us today.&raqfor us today.»

When Paul passed sentence on the incestuous Corinthian, «You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh» (I Cor 5:5) he was acting in accordance with the Mosaic code of herem or expulsion from the community.

This month, the spotlight again fell on Iran's 300,000 - strong Baha'i community as seven national leaders were sentenced to 20 years each in prison for espionage, propaganda against the Islamic republic and the establishment of an illegal administration.

«The verdict in the highly publicized case appeared to satisfy no one, with the artistic community seeing it as an infringement on free speech, and Russian Orthodox believers, who had hoped for a prison sentence, saying the fines were too lenient,» the Moscow Times wrote July 13.

As the judge told the nine men while handing down exemplary sentences, they had contempt for these children because «they were not of your community or religion.»

A Vietnamese restaurant owner with a good reputation in his community was convicted of money laundering and, after his sentence, was detained for deportation.

After a plea agreement, Mixon was sentenced to a year of probation, served 100 hours of community service, attended cognitive behavior counseling and was suspended from football for his entire freshman year with Oklahoma.

The main changes have been the drift towards giving custodial sentences to those who would previously have been dealt with in the community or through fines, and longer sentences for those given prison terms.

This sanction is imposed by the court on dangerous and sane offenders, when an ordinary time - limited prison sentence in itself is considered insufficient for protecting the community.

Embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was sentenced to three years» probation, a $ 1,000 fine, 52 weeks of counseling and 250 hours of community service in Queens Supreme Court Friday stemming from a misdemeanor reckless assault charge for an incident in which his girlfriend's face was slashed.

«We can not dismiss or under - estimate the threat from the far - right and we've seen recently a number of cases where there have been convictions and custodial sentences for far - right wing extremists that would have caused havoc in our communities and what you've got to remember is it's not that the Muslim community condones terrorism.

What: He was kicked out of the Assembly in 2009 after being convicted and sentenced to three years probation and community service for dragging his bleeding girlfriend through his apartment building lobby in a violent scene caught on security cameras.

What: He was kicked out of the Assembly in 2009 after being convicted and sentenced to three years probation and community service for dragging his bleeding girlfriend

After Labour MP Eric Joyce was sentenced to community service for twelve months and had various curfews imposed on him earlier this week, some good has come of the pub brawl Mr Joyce was arrested for.

For the past century the probation service has worked with people in court for sentencing, people who are convicted and given community sentences and people coming out of long prison sentencFor the past century the probation service has worked with people in court for sentencing, people who are convicted and given community sentences and people coming out of long prison sentencfor sentencing, people who are convicted and given community sentences and people coming out of long prison sentences.

Burke is being held as a danger to the community in a federal jail, awaiting sentencing now scheduled for Aug. 25.

The crews, made up of four to 12 offenders sentenced to community service for non-violent, non-sexual crimes, pick up trash, clean up after street festivals and do other sanitation jobs that the city lacks the manpower and overtime money to carry out using its own employees.

The Ministry Of Justice has announced more stringent community service sentences for offenders.

Napo argued courts would be forced to use short prison sentences if no resources are available for community orders.

The report reveals 90,029 community sentences have been given to people who have multiple previous convictions for more serious crimes.

This appears to contradict the claims made by David Hanson MP who, in 2008, said prison «is not necessarily the best route for less serious offenders» and community sentencing «cuts the likelihood of re-offending on release, and in doing so cuts crime».

The Centre for Crime Prevention (CCP) report revealed that 76 % of criminals sent to prison in 2011/12 had previously been given community sentences.

«We would like the government to now look at more ways in which communities themselves can get involved in community sentencing, for example in helping to identify what kind of unpaid work particular areas require,» she added.

MPs, like so many before them who looked at the evidence, called for an increased use of community sentences.

One of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's leading supporters in New York's Orthodox Jewish community, Ari Noe, surrendered in Manhattan Criminal Court to begin a 15 - day sentence for misdemeanor sexual abuse, after an appeals court rejected his request for a new trial.

Skelos and his son asked a judge to let them avoid prison altogether and be sentenced to perform community service as punishment for their respective corruption convictions.

«Recent statistics show that the frequency of re-offending for those sentenced to community orders has fallen sharply by 13 per cent.

Lawyers for Dean G. Skelos, the former New York Senate majority leader, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, who were convicted of all eight bribery, extortion and conspiracy counts against them in December, asked a judge on Wednesday to let them avoid prison and be sentenced to perform community service.

The resolution — approved by 41 of the 51 council members, with eight voting «no» and two abstaining — bizarrely paints the 72 - year - old imprisoned and unrepentant leader of the terrorist FALN (Fuerza Armadas de Liberacion Nacional, Spanish for Armed Forces of National Liberation) as a «decorated Vietnam War veteran and community activist» who received a «disproportionate» 55 - year prison sentence for his crimes.

They asked for leniency, especially in light of his battle with prostate cancer, which is now in remission, telling the judge they hoped for a sentence with house arrest and community service.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Dinesh D'Souza to five years of probation, including eight months in a community confinement center, ordering no jail time for the conservative author and pundit who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make an illegal campaign contribution.

With prison proving an inappropriate forum for treating problem drug use, the commission concluded one of the «striking findings» to emerge from its research was that community sentences are likely to be more beneficial.

No 10 could force justice secretary Ken Clarke to turn community sentences into a «virtual prison» for offenders, according to reports.

Raymond Kwame Amankwah, who is well known in the International Community as a hard core drug baron was arrested and sentenced to a 14 - year prison term at the Provisional Detention Centre at Caucaia in Brazil for drug trafficking.

Talks between the Ministry of Justice and Downing Street are ongoing, with a consultation document on community sentencing policy not expected to be released for another six weeks.

Faced with our two legislative leaders in Albany sentenced to prison for corruption and voting irregularities that denied the right to vote to numerous qualified New Yorkers, a coalition of community, labor, faith, and advocacy organizations has put forward a plan to resolve the crisis of democracy in New York State.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, who pushed aggressively for an indictment in the case, requested last month that Liang be sentenced to five years probation with six months of ankle - monitored home confinement and 500 hours of community service.

Defense attorneys argued for a sentence of «extensive community service and little — if any — incarceration.»

Chun's sentence for Liang was not unexpected, coming just weeks after Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson called for probation, six months of house arrest and 500 hours of community service because the officer was reckless but didn't intend to kill.