Sentences with phrase «justice measures»

Further, Cuomo has pushed a variety of criminal justice measures in recent years from ending cash bail to, more successfully, increasing the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18.

Criminal justice measures in Albany typically take time.

Clegg, who is a committed europhile, warned that pulling out of EU justice measures would hit anti-terrorism and crime efforts, despite expectations that Cameron will highlight problems with the European arrest warrant.

But there are many people who are deeply committed to social justice who are simply mislead into thinking that fast justice measures are effective.

There were other initiatives, of course, that included strengthening the state's infrastructure through major upgrades to airports, criminal justice measures including making permanent the attorney general's power to oversee cases in which police kill civilians and a plan to combat homelessness.

The table below shows how Canada scored on the seven component indicators of the civil justice measure.

Champions of harsher justice measures in the Harper government would have us believe that longer sentences are a win - win - win: for victims, for safe streets and for future victims.

A historic meeting of Traditional Owners of Victoria was convened with the meeting endorsing a statement calling on the State Government to consider a raft of land justice measures.

Although the authors classified justice only into distributive and procedural justice, we found that certain interactional justice items were covered in their procedural justice measures.

recognises that a commitment was made to implement a package of social justice measures in response to the High Court's Mabo decision, and will honour this commitment

Theresa May has said she is «very clear» that the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is covered by a key parliamentary vote today on EU justice measures.

«We applaud Governor Cuomo and the Legislature for enacting these sensible criminal justice measures that will enhance the fairness of and public trust in our criminal justice system,» Gutekunst said.

In preparation for the 2007 federal election, the Australian Labor Party promised to honour its commitment to implement a package of social justice measures in response to Mabo (No 2).

Fears that Britain could turn into a «safe haven» for foreign criminals have intensified after peers spoke out against the government's plans to opt out of EU police and criminal justice measures.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie sais the raise the age campaign was part of a broader effort of criminal justice measures.

End cash bail for people arrested on misdemeanor and nonviolent felony charges as part of a package of criminal justice measures.

The bills face an uncertain fate in the Assembly, where Democratic lawmakers have traditionally been skeptical of criminal justice measures that deal with sentencing.

Jacobs voted for one of the most contested budget bills on Sunday night, but said he was concerned that «core government functions» were «essentially held hostage» by non-fiscal items that were linked to the overall fiscal plan, such as a new adolescent criminal justice measure and a new public university tuition plan that he called «a new entitlement» program for the state.

But the council advised that public health strategies developed under the auspices of the UK's chief medical officers, which were designed to minimise cannabis use, would be far more effective than reclassification or criminal justice measures.

The chair of the European Scrutiny Committee, veteran Tory MP Bill Cash, has called the Government's handling of today's vote on EU justice measures «disgraceful».

She will warn that opting out of a series of EU justice measures would lead to thousands of foreign prisoners remaining in the UK.

I look forward to working with the NYPD toward common sense criminal justice measures that protect our police officers and the communities they serve.»

This year's bill from Sen. Ken LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) would extend the maximum sentence to 15 years from the current 7, but a similar version is mired once again in reflexive Assembly resistance to any criminal justice measure that increases penalties.

This victims» rights blog's posts often focus on events or policies that interfere with the swift meting out of criminal justice measures.

After opting out of all criminal justice measures, the UK used this option to opt back into 35 measures.

«We applaud Governor Cuomo and the Legislature for enacting these sensible criminal justice measures that will enhance the fairness of and public trust in our criminal justice system,» Gutekunst said.

The proposals, set out in Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders, include: rewarding early admissions of guilt with up to 50 % reduction in sentence; increased use of restorative justice measures; introducing reforms to make offenders directly compensate victims of crime; and simplifying the sentencing framework so that judges have more discretionary powers.