Sentences with phrase «from dangerous offenders»

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.
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