Sentences with phrase «for lesser crimes»

It consists of pistol permit applicants, license applicants such as bus drivers and those arrested for lesser crimes.

In response, Heastie said that was incorrect; he supports family court for lesser crimes, such as property damage.

until the death penalty comes to play for political corruption like we have for the lesser crime of armed robbery.

Not exact matches

When it comes to white collar crime, Canada has enjoyed a less - than - stellar reputation for prosecuting those involved in financial schemes and corporate corruption.

As a blogger for The Economist points out, mid-sized cities score better than megacities because they tend to have less crime and congestion.

For crimes netting less than $ 500,000 or so, a local or state agency will most likely be behind the investigation.

To make sure we had a sufficient track record to evaluate, we excluded people who had been in the job for less than two years; we also excluded any executive who had been arrested or convicted of a crime.

Making a foolish decision doesn't mean that the person who takes advantage of the foolish decision less culpable for the crime, or make the victim responsible.

Timor - Leste, for instance, addressed its war of 1974 to 1999 by undertaking Community Reconciliation Panels for crimes less than rape and murder, such as arson, beating, and theft.

I suppose not, but I do think a woman choosing to get an abortion for anything less than a medical issue or crime is not good.

For organised criminals, the profits are huge and the risks are less, compared to drug dealing and other crimes.

«If it were Muslims that were targeted by Legahri, I am certain many of the campaigners would find her crime too offensive for granting a pardon - Christian lives are ostensibly less valuable in Pakistan.»

This legally questionable action risks escalating further, as US defence secretary James Mattis has admitted, an already devastating conflict and therefore makes real accountability for war crimes and use of chemical weapons less, not more likely.»

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.

«In this work, no excuses will be offered in order to justify the appalling crime of sexual abuse perpetrated by a small number of Catholic priests - about 2 to 4 \ % credible accusations in the United States and less than this in the United Kingdom in the last forty years - nor for the pastoral negligence of some bishops.

Pre-trial intervention is not unusual for first - time and non-violent offenders — with good representation, anyway — and can be compared to deferred prosecution, as both paths allow those accused of crimes to pay lesser penalties and avoid convictions and incarceration while satisfying other conditions asked for by prosecutors and set by courts.

It should be a crime to cast him for anything less than a four - episode arc, and an outright felony to kill his character without him uttering «cocksucker.»

Thus, corporal punishment in a high crime neighborhood as part of a controlling parenting style is more likely to be part of the parents» efforts to assure their children's safety, and less a part of the parents» need for control and authority.

The Labour Party was apologizing for Stalin unitl the 1970s an altogether less forgivable crime.

«The more we have to pay for pensions, the less police forces have available to spend on hiring officers to fight crime.

The Labour MP was the sole challenger to Vaz for the post in June 2015, when she stated: «My aim is fewer victims of crime, effective and fair immigration control, less drug abuse and an end to home grown terrorism.»

Stymied on his top immigration initiatives, Trump is making good on one plan that critics denounce as fearmongering and misleading: opening an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants, although studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native - born citizens.

Article 316 bis third: A penalty of detention for a period of not less than six months and not exceeding seven years, shall be inflicted for the following crimes:

ALBANY — A proposal to end cash bail for lower - level crimes will likely not be considered as part of the state's estimated $ 170 billion budget, top lawmakers said Sunday as they continued closed - door talks less than a week before the budget deadline.

Instead, the city should focus more on diversion programs, an increase in pretrial supervised release and less reliance on cash bail for low - level crime.

It is less clear what immediate agenda this would generate for dealing with the pressures of an economic downturn and rising food and fuel prices, or public anxieties and grievances about immigration, crime, the closure of post offices or NHS reconfiguration.

An executive law that was implemented in 2011 called for the parole board to be more «forward thinking» — with a focus on prisoner rehabilitation and less of a focus on the inmate's original crime.

Among the solutions to crime David Soares proposes is less jail time and more rehab time for non violent low level dealers / users.

The truth is this: reoffending rates have hardly changed for a decade — and indeed those for short sentenced prisoners are unacceptably high, with almost 60 % of those sentenced to less than 12 months returning to crime within a year.

He added, «Saying that the SAFE ACT or any other law that was passed less than a year ago and hasn't been implemented is responsible for that drop in crimes is totally ludicrous,» King said.

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».

Fighting organized crime is in the best interests of everybody and after all, for politicians, less crime will make your electorate happier.

The concern for local law enforcement is immigrants would be less likely to report a crime if they fear detainment or deportation.

And he says as fewer people are convicted and sentenced for lesser drug crimes, the inmate population overall has grown more violent and dangerous.

For example, 28 percent of US - born Latinos said they are less likely to contact police officers if they have been the victim of a crime because they fear that police officers will use this interaction as an opportunity to inquire into their immigration status or that of people they know.

ROBBERY & CRIMINAL USE OF A FIREARM Less Jones, age 20, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree.

«From his dangerous out - of - date, out - of - touch approach to crime, to his own demonstrated lack of respect for the law, Eric Schneiderman is making New Yorkers less safe,» said Cahill.

«From his dangerous out - of - date, out - of - touch approach to crime, to his own demonstrated lack of respect for the law, Eric Schneiderman is making New Yorkers less safe,» Cahill said.

He also says as fewer people are convicted and sentenced for lesser drug crimes, the inmate population overall has grown more violent and dangerous.

Ms. Noerdlinger's boyfriend problem is just more grist for the mill for Mr. Mullins and other union leaders, who are spinning the idea that the mayor's reforms are making the city less safe — Mr. Mullins going so far as to place a paid advertisement in newspapers urging the Democratic National Convention not to come to town because New York is «lurching backwards to the bad old days of high crime, danger - infested public spaces, and families that walk our streets worried for their safety.»

A city - wide bail system would also help to reduce unfairness in the system when people are arrested for less serious crimes, said Mark - Viverito.

Flint raised the issue again later in an adjournment debate tonight, arguing that singling out rape defendants for anonymity carried the clear inference that rape victims were less reliable, less credible and less trustworthy than victims of other violent crimes, such as domestic violence or child abuse.

A higher minimum wage and less draconian drug crime punishments are some of the results of the new political realities for Bruno.

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy will rely on federal sentencing guidelines if he sentences Scarborough, and must publicly state his justifications if he sentences the lawmaker to less or more time than are called for in the guidelines, which take into account factors such as a defendant's criminal history and acceptance of responsibility for their crimes.

In his book, Eagleman is less certain that free will doesn't exist in some form, but ponders what this current vision of mind and brain means for crime and punishment: If we really don't choose our actions, how can we blame criminals for the havoc and pain they cause?

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.

They might attempt to go «under the radar,» restricting their crimes to ones with lower impact and less «profit» that would not necessarily warrant costly police resources for investigation.

New chapters cover integral equations, which give the basis for the image - restoration methods recently in the news (see «No hiding place: video wars on crime», New Scientist, 8 May), and what the authors call «less - numerical algorithms» including check sums and data compression.

He suggests, for isntance, that we might feel less threatened by violence and crime if we realised that although 20 000 people were murdered in the US in 1989, nearly 50 per cent more people committed suicide.

Arrestees were also held for longer periods of time, even though the newly added captives were arrested for less serious crimes.