Sentences with phrase «for speedier trials»

De Blasio — who has long said he «does not see» Rikers closing in less than 10 years — called on the state to approve bills for speedier trials and earlier release for incarcerated individuals who exhibit good behavior, noting that the state already does this for its own prisoners.

Fagen asked for a speedy trial — citing Redstone's poor health — and asked Judge George Phelan to order a thorough evaluation of Redstone to help determine whether he made the decision to remove Dauman and Abrams.

«We asked for a speedy trial, which was set to begin in Buffalo City Court on November 30.

The firm had priority access to jurors for speedy trials, and successfully lobbied a judge to reverse a 20 - year ban on punitive damages, paving the way for bigger payouts.

In his submission for bail, Mike Ozekhome, counsel to Sen. Melaye prayed the court for a speedy trial of the matter.

Among others, lawmakers want to insulate the anti-graft agency from the influence of the Presidency, enhance its financial autonomy, prescribe tougher penalties for stealing public money and create a special court for speedy trial of cases.

«And with the withdrawal from the cases by counsel, there is no way the trial of the accused persons can start earlier than 2012 when it is obvious that one of the trial judges has fixed a week for speedy trial of Bankole and Nafada.»

He better hope for a speedy trial and conviction and or an Obama win.

As the volume of cases in the system grew and the quantity of disclosure ballooned, Crown offices were struggling to ensure that the administrative requirements of organizing such cases kept pace with constitutional demands for speedy trials.

«The trial court may take aggressive action to safeguard the public interest and preclude a speedy trial violation... and the District Attorney has the authority to dismiss the death penalty notice, if that will make adequate funding available to the defense and allow for a speedy trial of this case,» Nahmias wrote.

After a half - day hearing Judge Thornton QC appeared to issue a judgment dismissing the application and giving directions for a speedy trial.

According to him, in nabbing the erring officers, anti-corruption vigilance wing was doing its bit and for their speedy trial, there were also special vigilance courts.

Fearing for his own safety once the news of his arrest became public, he asked the court for a speedy trial, which he received: Arrested at 1:30 p.m., van Vlissingen was brought before the court, sentenced, and in prison by 5:15 that same afternoon.

Not exact matches

A judge argued that Hartfield did not take the steps to ask for a new trial, but others have argued that the state violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

In this culture / country we have a set of principles that empowers duly authorized agents to apprehend, present the alleged perpetrator for fair and speedy trial, with representation and a verdict rendered by a jury of peers.

The most explicit statement of these limitations is in the Constitution's first ten amendments — the Bill of Rights — which guarantee freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the right to bear arms, protection against the obligatory quartering of soldiers, security from unwarranted search and seizure, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy and self - incrimination, the right of due process, just compensation for private property taken for public use, and speedy public trial by jury without excessive fines or bail.

Also the lack of habeous corpus for prisoners and speedy trials.

The only way the criminal justice system should do for him is have a speedy trial and sentence him to long term imprisonment.

Supporters and individuals who have experienced speedy trial issues — including Cuomo's ex-wife Kerry Kennedy — held a rally at the Capitol yesterday calling for action on Kalief's Law by the Senate Codes Committee and by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fix New York's speedy trial statute.

«But to make this man wait for two years and spend $ 2 million, it just seems to me, in a land where we really prize a speedy trial, that it has gone on way too long.»

The «right to a speedy trial» is not actually a requirement that the state provide a speedy trial for anyone who wants one.

For those who are unclear about the contrast: A trial must be speedy and public unless... there's no trial and no punishment.

The proposals include the elimination of pretrial detention for low - level offenses; setting a speedy trial requirement to keep people from being held in jail for months awaiting trial; and changing discovery rules to allow defendants access to all evidence before making a plea.

With criminal cases languishing for years, a plague of delays in the Bronx criminal courts is undermining one of the central ideals of the justice system, the promise of a speedy trial.

«The decision was taken due to the ongoing Roundtable Discussion involving CCT and other critical stakeholders within and outside the country, to develop the Code of Ethics and Practice Directions for the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure fair and speedy trials, sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC).»

Additionally, despite Cuomo's January pledge to end cash bail for many alleged offenses as well as to enact speedy trial and discovery reform, the enacted budget does not fulfill these goals.

Just this past year, legislative changes show New Yorkers can make a difference: by raising the age of criminal responsibility, enacting bail reform, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving witness identification procedures and requiring video - taped police interrogation for serious offenses.

While she alluded to the speedy - trial issue in an interview with the Troy Record, for now, Donnelly seems somewhat loath to critique her prospective opponent in detail, at least at this early stage of the campaign.

«This comprehensive package - the most progressive set of reforms in the nation — will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.»

Launch the «New York Promise» Agenda to Advance Social Justice and Affirm New York's Progressive Values - Reforms of the Criminal Justice System including «overhauling New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, raising the age of criminal responsibility, improving witness identification procedures, recording police interrogations for serious offenses, and extending the Hurrell - Harring settlement reforms statewide.»

We also applaud Speaker Heastie and the Assembly for pushing for other urgent and necessary changes to the criminal justice system, including bills related to bail, speedy trial, discovery, reentry, and more.

«With an eye toward a significant reduction in the jail population, including increased use of community - based diversion programs, and policing, bail and speedy trial reform, the #CLOSErikers Campaign is advocating for a much smaller, less expensive, fairer and more humane public safety system in NYC,» Martin said.

«This comprehensive package of criminal justice reforms places a spotlight on the current system's flaws and the need for strong reforms to New York's criminal discovery, bail and speedy trial statutes.

With trial costs ballooning, some people have touted dispositive motions as providing an opportunity for speedier and more cost - effective resolutions.

It's a remedy for a past violation... It's easy to avoid if you don't make the business decision to violate the right to a speedy trial.»

The video showed Judge Murphy's verbal altercation with assistant public defender Andrew Weinstock after Mr. Weinstock refused to waive speedy trial for his client.

He was counsel at the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Askov et al, a case that successfully established a constitutional guarantee to a speedy trial, and incidentally resulted in tens of thousands of cases being stopped for unconstitutional delay by the prosecution;

By - the - way, in a criminal trail there's a constitutional right for defendants to have a speedy jury trial.

If the lower court finds that there was a systemic breakdown affecting this particular defendant, an indigent Vietnamese immigrant who allegedly killed another Vietnamese man and his 2 - year - old son and severely injured the man's wife in execution - style, back - of - the - head shootings, Justice Harold D. Melton wrote for the majority in the 4 - 3 decision, then that determination must be factored into an analysis of whether the defendant's speedy trial rights were violated.

Vassell did not waive his speedy trial right nor was he responsible for any of the delay.

Federal and State criminal law places a similar speedy trial requirement on the government, and there is no justification for failing to impose this same standard on the Bar Counsel's Office.

R. v. Bowden (J.R.) 2013 ABQB 178 Civil Rights — Trials — Due process, fundamental justice and fair hearings — Speedy trial — Accused's right to — What constitutes «within a reasonable time» In August 2012, the court issued a notice to the profession, setting out, as a pilot project for Edmonton, «Changes to s. 525 Detention Review and s. 520 Bail Review Hearings» under the Criminal Code.