However, having regard to the Board's statutory mandate to protect the public
from dangerous offenders and to treat patients found not criminally responsible fairly and appropriately, it did not have authority to grant an absolute discharge to dangerous patients.
Not exact matches
Far
from safe - guarding the vulnerable, it can expose them to undue pressure, if not worse, by
dangerous offenders.
The public have a right to expect protection
from violent and
dangerous offenders,» he said at the time.
«However imprisonment should continue to be used to protect the public
from the most serious
offenders - those who are violent,
dangerous or seriously persistent.»
The Daily News reported today about repeated failures with the governor's initiative to move juvenile
offenders from state run facilities into New York City programs that are obviously unequipped to handle the
dangerous offenders.
«In New York, we believe in rehabilitation,» Mr. Paterson said, adding that his five - member board would consider pardons judiciously, distinguishing minor
offenders from dangerous criminals.
«He worked to reverse wrongful convictions and helped develop programs to target the most
dangerous offenders in Brooklyn to drive down violent crime, while still diverting low - level
offenders — particularly young people —
from the criminal justice system.»
Third, harsh HTA laws often places pressure on police or crown that having so many petty speeding
offenders to sort through and makes it hard if not impossible to distinguish the truly
dangerous ones
from simple speeding.
Justice reinvestment still retains prison as a measure for
dangerous and serious
offenders but actively shifts the culture away
from imprisonment and starts providing community wide services that prevent offending.