Sentences with phrase «funding from justice»

Those who provide such programs, whether supported by funding from Justice (Canada), provincial governments, law foundations or community - based funders, typically do so on the most minimal of budgets, relying heavily on both the pro bono efforts of the legal community and collaboration with other PLEI providers.

CLEO has established its own Centre for Research & Innovation, with funding from Justice Canada and the Law Foundation of Ontario.

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It included an amendment that prevents the justice department from using funds to go after medical marijuana.

Between 2009 and 2014, top executives and associates of Najib looted $ 4.5 billion from the fund, laundering it through the U.S., Singapore, Switzerland and other countries, according to a U.S. Justice Department civil case seeking to recover part of that money.

In total, 15 billion pages of data were stolen from at least 144 U.S. universities, 176 universities across 21 foreign countries, 47 domestic and foreign private sector companies, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the states of Hawaii and Indiana, the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund, the Justice Department alleged.

In a recent court case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.

The curriculum will be developed with guidance from several national and local experts confronting racial bias, including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, ceo of the Anti-Defamation League.

A civil complaint filed by Justice Department officials in the United States said that some of the funds landed in the hands of Mr. Najib's friends and associates as well as officials and executives from Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.

Mr. Rafizi, a member of the People's Justice Party, has been a leading critic of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is accused of receiving $ 1 billion from 1 Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, a government investment fund that Mr. Najib established and oversaw.

The money, which Mr. Cohen has said came from his own personal funds, is the subject of complaints lodged by the group Common Cause with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

An attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to seize assets bought with some of the $ 3.5 billion it says was stolen from 1MDB offer the clearest account yet of the bank's deep relationship with the Malaysian fund.

The US Justice Department says at least US$ 4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB by associates of Najib, and it is working to seize US$ 1.7 billion taken from the fund to buy assets in the US, potentially its largest asset seizure ever.

From hosting events to raise awareness and funds for causes across the globe, to volunteering at local soup kitchens, college has a built - in focus on social justice, and brings with it a veritable smorgasbord of opportunities to get involved.

When Pope Clement VII failed to back him, he considered himself released from that debt on the basis that he retained, both theoretically and pragmatically, plenipotentiarity, and needing funds to defend his nation from the consequences, it was natural justice to impose the expense on the offender, the Catholic Church: it is to be noticed that the grounds for his divorce action were that he had been induced into marrying Catherine by the deliberate misrepresentation of Pope Julius II.

Trump has appointed a pro-life Supreme Court justice, banned federal dollars from funding abortion overseas, and signed a law allowing states to withhold funding for abortion providers.

Trump has largely stood by his pro-life campaign promises, appointing conservative justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, signing a law allowing states to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood, and reinstating a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform abortions overseas.

A round - up of news from the waste and resources sector including a new test for anaerobic digestion biomethane potential, food waste funding for Norfolk and an inquiry into the sustainability of the Ministry of Justice.

Consequently, in July 2017 Hon Justice Hadiza Rabiu Shagari following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC / CS / 964 / 2016 ordered the Nigerian government to widely disseminate including on a dedicated website information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered since May 2015 and to disclose the circumstances under which funds were returned.»

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

The program, funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, began May 1 and officials said 43 people have already gone through the court; 40 of whom are in inpatient care.

Jettisoned from the budget talks, too, were discussions over juvenile justice reform and curtailing sexual assault on college campuses (funding for raising the age of criminal responsibility is still under discussion in the budget talks).

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

In her dismissal of the Alliance Defense Fund suit, Justice Billings found that the governor's order was consistent with state laws on the recognition of marriages from outside the state.

For the past 16 years, the Working Families Party has led the charge for social and economic justice — and it has had a hand in nearly every major progressive victory in New York, from raising the minimum wage to winning paid sick days to passing the Millionaire's Tax that helps fund educational opportunities for all New Yorkers.

The statement read in part, «The commission, which preferred 24 charges against the ex-banker before Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, accused him of transferring N78, 521, 431.61 from the Federal Government Pension funds into private accounts held by nonpensioners in contravention of Section 15 (2)(b) of the Money Laundering Act 2011.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Former New York state Sen. John Sampson was sentenced to five years in prison for obstruction of justice and lying to investigators during a probe of embezzlement of funds from foreclosed properties and a subsequent coverup.

The magistrates claim they are facing a 3.5 per cent annual cut in real terms funding in the coming years, but Lord Falconer insisted that over the last decade, investment in the criminal justice system had gone up from two per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent.

As thousands of people from across the UK prepare to march in London this Saturday for jobs, justice and climate as part of a global «Put People First» campaign, PCS and War on Want are drawing attention to the tax gap and the missing billions of pounds which would help to fund public services and stabilise the economy.

The concerns are raised in a new report from the association warning that a lack of funding in the courts system is delaying and stopping criminals being brought to justice.

Former Senate Majority Leader John Sampson was sentenced to five years in prison for obstruction of justice and lying to investigators during a probe of embezzlement of funds from foreclosed properties and a subsequent coverup.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday touted the provisions in the state budget that address criminal justice reforms, which range from raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and providing funds for the public defense of indigents.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa gave the directive shortly after he ordered the permanent forfeiture of the funds and properties which Alade was said to have acquired with funds diverted from the LSPWC.

Two weeks after a Southold Town court clerk was charged with stealing more than $ 50,000 in bail money over several years from the justice court's funds, town and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the courts.

Laura Seago, a research associate at the Brennan Center for Justice, said it could be money the senator is expecting to get from member items funds for the upcoming year.

Question: Eighteen months ago, the Town Board authorized spending $ 36,000 on an audit of its Justice Court system after it was learned that a now - former clerk had stolen more than $ 230,000 from the town's bail fund.

Hizzoner said that Trump's plan would undermine public safety, and that if funds from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security were cut, «We would be in court immediately.»

The commission will not require public funds, and instead will be staffed by attorneys from Lippman's firm, Latham & Watkins who will do the work pro bono as they explore a «community based justice model,» the speaker said.

«He is not only taking money from an individual that is notorious for funding right - wing attacks on Black Lives Matter, criminal justice reforms and anti-poverty programs, but he is also illegally using these funds.»

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

In her testimony, the first witness, Mrs Fatima Sani, purported that Justice Ademola demanded 25 million from her through a proxy while her husband, Dr. Sani Shaibu, a former Director of Pension Accounts in the office of the Head of Service, was standing trial before him in a case of missing 5.7 billion naira pension funds.

Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro and New York State Senator Stephen Saland announced $ 100,000 in funding secured by Senator Saland from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice for Dutchess County to expand the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program.

«I am pleased that this budget response contains $ 2.6 million in increased funding for senior case management to bring caseloads down from an average of 80 to 65 per caseworker, and $ 190,000 for the Richmond County DA for the Staten Island Family Justice Center to address the impact of domestic violence on Staten Island,» she said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and other mayors quickly criticized the proposed cuts to Sanctuary Cities, saying the plan would undermine public safety, noting that much of the funding from the Department of Justice and Homeland Security is earmarked for the New York City Police Department.

The Correction Department has ended the use of solitary confinement for all inmates under 22 years old and allocated funds to expand public health services throughout the criminal justice system, with the aim of diverting more people with mental health and substance abuse problems from Rikers.

Both Mr. Goggins and Mr. Hughes preached the need for Justice Court reform following the conviction of a former court clerk on a grand larceny charge for stealing more than $ 230,000 from the town bail fund.

Just weeks ago, we learned from President Buhari's biography, «Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria,» by John Paden, that his anti-corruption objective is simply to retrieve stolen funds, not to exact justice.

Last week alone brought the sentencing of former Democratic Sen. Shirley Huntley, who will serve a year and a day for siphoning funds from an education nonprofit, and the arrest of Sen. John Sampson on embezzlement and obstruction of justice allegations.

Mr. Hughes, an attorney and former FDNY firefighter and fire marshal, pointed to the arrest and conviction of former justice court clerk Christine Stulsky for stealing from the town's bail fund as a major problem in the courts that needs addressing, saying ethics need to be restored to the court.