Sentences with phrase «imprisoned criminals»

By saying that English charismatics and imprisoned criminals may be the stuff of theological reflection, and by tying their prayer to the Trinity, the Trinity to Romans 8 and Romans 8 to Origen, Coakley mixes old wine in some very new jugs.

You play as Harkyn, an imprisoned criminal recently freed by his jailer as he is uniquely predisposed to save the world from the native demons of the Rhogar realm.

Not exact matches

Interviewing noted legal thinkers like Michelle Alexander (author of The New Jim Crow), the documentary argues that this «loophole» — allowing forced labor for criminals — enabled resentful white society to imprison black citizens on minor charges and put them to work.

Tuesday night, Sanders expressed the same disbelief: «We have a criminal justice system that lets CEOs on Wall Street walk away, and yet we are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana.»

He went on to use the specifics of Mill's case to paint a picture of injustice in the criminal justice system at large, including how black people are disproportionately imprisoned for probation or parole violations.

Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned.

Nearly one in three African American males aged 20 — 29 are under some form of criminal justice supervision whether imprisoned, jailed, on parole or probation.

He observes in Madness and Civilization that medieval society, except for its treatment of lepers (and religious minorities), tended, less than ours, to incarcerate its own members for deviancy But by the 17th and 18th centuries, society imprisoned the idle, the poor, the insane and the criminal without distinction in the former houses of leprosy.

Hence the state, which wields the sword, imprisons and executes the criminal, must obey a different law from that of love.

I will give an overly simplistic example, but it makes the point: If there is a criminal who murdered someone, and he is imprisoned but due to a judge's leniency, the criminal is not put in jail but is let back onto the streets, the chance of him murdering again is high, and if he does so, the judge has been, in effect, cruel to that second person who was murdered.

We were inspired to make the film by the injustice happening to Anna's home birth midwife, Agnes Gereb, who had been imprisoned and at the time of filming was under house arrest and facing multiple criminal charges (and even today, four years later, Agnes is still facing multiple charges).

The government officially claims that more than half of those who breach their Asbo are imprisoned - but in reality they are actually being locked up for other criminal offences at the same time.

Home Office rule stated that candidates who have been convicted for a criminal offence and imprisoned are not qualified to stand.

The prosecuting counsel, ASP Mireti Wilson, alleged that,» that you Olagoke Adedamola «m» and others now at large between same period and place at the aforementioned magisterial district did unlawfully kidnapped one Akinduro Robert and took him to unknown destination in such a manner as to prevent any person entitled to have access to him from discovering the place he is imprisoned and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 364 (2) of the criminal code cap 34 vol.II of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.

«That you Olagoke Adedamola and others now at large between same period and place at the aformentioned magistral district did unlawfully kidnapped one Samuel Eke and took him to unknown destination in such a manner as to prevent him from discovering the place he imprisoned and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 364 (2) of the criminal code cap 34 vol.

The NYT: «New York lawmakers are balking at a bill submitted by (Cuomo) to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18... But legislators in Louisiana, which imprisons the most citizens per capita and has the worst record in the country for meting out life sentences to adolescents, are giving a similar bill a warm, bipartisan reception.»

Separating those convicted of trivial offences from their family, forcing them to socialise with serious criminals, stuffing our prisons to the rafters, costing the taxpayer millions, letting out other prisoners because we're imprisoning people for stealing a Mars bar: these are not sensible policies.

Jeffrey Deskovic, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years, for a murder and rape he did not commit, has some criminal justice reform recommendations for Cuomo.

Mr. Woyome had earlier won the criminal prosecution that sought to imprison him for the offence.

BAIL REFORM: Cuomo and lawmakers introduced different versions of proposals to eliminate cash bail in misdemeanors and non-violent cases to ensure criminal defendants aren't imprisoned simply because they are poor.

Glenn Martin, a criminal justice reform advocate and founder of JustLeadershipUSA, who is also a member of Lippman's commission, was imprisoned for six years.

Could criminals be imprisoned for life based solely on brain scans?

In subsequent years, the thespian played Willoughby in John Alexander's U.K. television miniseries Sense and Sensibility (2008), adapted from the novel by Jane Austen; cut against type as an imprisoned white - collar criminal in the Wyatt Brothers» thriller The Escapist (2008); and essayed a supporting role as Sky, Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) fiancé, in Phyllida Lloyd's big - screen ABBA musical Mamma Mia!

Whether clicking like on a Facebook page, wearing a wristband, placing a sticker on a car, painting a suburban garage in Southern California etc. none had any relation to capturing and imprisoning war criminals Joseph Kony or Omar Al - Bashir.

Makiguchi and all of the leaders of the «Value Creating Educators Society» were imprisoned as thought criminals in 1943.

I agree with the previous posters that we should be imprisoning the violent criminals who harm others.

So far what we've seen from the «Good» guys has been a collection of vicious threats and criminal attacks — Gleick's identity theft of documents from Heartland (which the AGU apparently endorses), and various threats to imprison or execute people who disagree with alarmism.

My only point in making my comment is that defendants in many areas of the country should not be automatically thrilled when judges get more discretion in these modern days where all sorts of criminals are demonized (from white collar guys to Scooter Libby to the worst, sex offenders) and «imprison, imprison, imprison» becomes the public cry.

(a) Whoever knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any individual to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, to engage in prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both»; (b) Whoever, using the mail or any facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any individual who has not attained the age of 18 years, to engage in prostitution or any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title and imprisoned not less than 10 years or for life.

Until and unless journalists improve their performance, far more innocent people will be imprisoned than the criminal justice system seems likely ever to acknowledge.

In any such case, if the person entitled to bring the action was at the time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurred under the age of 18 years, under legal disability, or imprisoned on criminal charges and the claim is not against the Illinois Department of Corrections or any past or present employee, the limitation period does not begin to run until the person reaches the age of 18, the disability is removed, or the person ceases to be imprisoned.

But in criminal law, the guilty loses certain rights or may even be imprisoned!

The Tories find support in a public that seems to question the justice of criminals not serving the actual sentences they receive, and the accepted law - school wisdom that we would rather see ten guilty people go free than one innocent person imprisoned.

Criminal Trial: Tarzan is charged with unlawfully kidnapping, confining and imprisoning Jane Shepard.

also restrictive regimes many times punish opponents not for «political crime» but for some (constructed) «regular crime» and after overthrowing such regime it is hard to say, what was «masked political crime» and what was «normal crime» as normal criminals usually states, that they are political too, in hope to get free - so in such case amnesty is «for all» as it is better to leave some «real criminals» free, than leave imprisoned some innoncent political ones

recognize that the problems affecting Aboriginal juveniles are so widespread and have such potentially disastrous repercussions for the future that there is an urgent need for governments and Aboriginal organizations to negotiate together to devise strategies designed to reduce the rate at which Aboriginal juveniles are involved in the welfare and criminal justice systems, and, in particular, to reduce the rate at which Aboriginal juveniles are separated from their families or communities, whether by being declared to be in need of care, detained, imprisoned or otherwise.

Criminal behavior was coded as present if the caregiver responded yes to the question «Was anyone in the family or household jailed or imprisoned?»

It is clear that the criminal justice system continues to fail Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with increasingly dire consequences, as shown by the fact there has been an 88 % increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people imprisoned between 2004 and 2014.

Instead, Mr Noble was imprisoned without conviction under the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused Act) 1996 for the last 10 years.

Louisiana's criminal justice system scars children, families and the community when parents are imprisoned

In a criminal case, a person who violates Section 8 of RESPA may be fined up to $ 10,000 and imprisoned up to one year.