Sentences with phrase «justice system if»

It makes a mockery of our justice system if we incarcerate children who have some sort of cognitive impairment, which we increasingly think is the case.»

Despite being offered the opportunity to be «diverted» out of the criminal justice system if he was willing to admit fault, write a letter of apology and perform some volunteer work hours, Client insisted on his innocence and refused to accept any «deals.»

Which legal service offerings (e.g. conducting legal research, preparing correspondence, appearing in court, etc.) could improve the family justice system if they were more widely available?

The Lilly Ledbetter Act, which related to the civil justice system if not the civil jury, provides some hope for those of us championing this fight, but it will be an uphill slog.

, and he didn't seem to care that the Chinese will buy oil from undemocratic, totalitarian countries with (to be pejorative) despicable justice systems if we don't sell it to them.

Not exact matches

If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsJustice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsjustice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

If you want to know more about how the big guys work out problems, check out Justice on the Job, by David W. Ewing (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1989), a lively chronicle of the creative complaint systems in place at corporations such as Federal Express, IBM, and Northrop.

CFPB director Richard Cordray announced that rights of groups of consumers to a day in court is «a cherished tenet of our justice system» and «that no one, no matter how big or how powerful, should escape accountability if they break the law.»

If other funds remain due, these can be dealt with appropriately by the criminal justice system.

«The most advanced justice system in the world is a failure if it does not provide accessible justice to the people it is meant to serve.»

If you choose to break that law poor deary the justice system does apply.

You clearly have no notion of how our justice system operates if you think it's a valid choice to kill people who have otherwise shown to have committed no crime.

Even if all social justice systems were done away with in the US you still have responsibility as an individual to help poor so get off your political soap box as if the government exists to assuage your responsibility.

And in such a system, as Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1928, the «existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously....

The application of these principles in the United States would be relatively easy if the criminal justice system operated such that those guilty of capital crimes remained behind bars for life.

Known as the «Melbourne Response,» this system made a form of justice available to victims who were disinclined to establish legal liability — though it did not preclude their also pursuing civil action, if they wished.

For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

I want to encourage anyone facing any injustice to hang in there, particularly if you feel the system is against you — truth and justice will out!

Third, the context has shifted: in contrast to the traditional Catholic conception of the political community, and politics within such communities, as the means of achieving real if limited justice for human life in the world, and a corresponding theory of international relations, recent Catholic thought on war often treats the state as a locus of injustice and the goals of particular states as inherently at odds with the achievement of common human goals, while an internationalism defined in terms of the United Nations system is proposed as the best means to those common goals.

you can have a court system that is supposed to deal non-violently with solutions to these dillimmas but mostely it is entertainment and laughable in it's core justice to begin with humans are human so how does the newer muslim prophet propose to become more than human in response to violence and as a tool for enactment for change — if necessary?

To be fair to Kierkegaard, he acknowledges the good intentions of the social reformers» drive toward equality, although «worldly equality, even if it were possible, is not Christian equality».20 He criticizes the caste system.21 Despite these concessions to the need for social justice Kierkegaard's doctrine remains inadequate.

What would it look like if we took the same approach to reform of our justice system for those who have broken the law?

Protesting an occasion when the criminal justice system worked (a suspect was quickly identified and apprehended, and will go to trial) seems misguided, if we seek justice for those who have been failed by the criminal justice system.

The author of Into the Dark: Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century, Detweiler prepared us for the upcoming week: «If the Hollywood studio system can be said to dispense the wisdom of happy endings where justice prevails, offering some comfort to the afflicted, then the wisdom of Sundance tends to present the opposite: afflicting the comfortable.»

Aren't there laws against public fraud, not that I'd agree with such laws at all, but are they not in place and if so, why wouldn't the «justice» system take action?

If it wasn't for all the racists pushing the Florida justice system to prosecute George Zimmerman it wouldn't have been.

If any other organization protected child rapists the way your church does they would feel the full force of the secular justice system.

i agree that the justice system unfairly treats black and minorites — his cause is just (even if some of his facts are misplaced).

in order for me to be happy, if they did kill someone, we'd see a real system of justice for the killers.

If we say Evans isn't allowed to return to his position because of the success and riches it can bring; where would that thought process end and what does that say for our whole justice system in general?

Now if a mother must identify him as a risk in order to prevent his registration, this makes the situation visible and provides an opportunity for support to be provided to both of them: to ensure her safety; and to engage with him on behaviour change, or through the criminal justice system.

If you know your child has a problem but you haven't been able to get him off drugs or into treatment, then consider reporting his thefts to the police to get him into the juvenile justice system.

We probably would be, if it were being done in a thought - through manner, with cannabis moving out of the purview of the justice system and under the umbrella of public health and education.

The Code of Conduct further provides in Rule 5 (B) that a judge may engage in «avocational activities», that is «activities to improve the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice if such avocational activities do not detract from the dignity of his office or interfere with the performance of his judicial duties».

If Theresa May is truly determined to deliver a country that works for all then there needs to be a justice system for everyone, not just those who can afford it.

If David Gauke wants to draw a line under the failings of his predecessors, he must help offenders tackle mental health issues that can contribute to their entry into the criminal justice system in the first place.

«People feel that they are disconnected from the justice system and if this democracy has one institution that stabilizes society, it is the justice system,» the governor, a Democrat, continued.

If you're black, you're treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you're whitIf you're black, you're treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you're whitif you're white.

«This issue is so important to me, that if we don't have a top - down review of the criminal justice system, I honestly believe my speakership would be in vain, if we don't do this.»

But Mr Blair wrote: «They need to know clearly that if they do make this move; if they hold their ard fheis by the end of January, pass the ard comhairle motion and, as they say they will, immediately go out and actively encourage everyone in the community to co-operate fully with the police and criminal justice system in tackling crime in all areas, then unionism will not be found wanting.»

«I can say that if the truth were to come out, as it should — if I can get a fair shake in the criminal justice system — it will be obvious, the truth I've been telling,» he said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city can close the notorious Rikers Island complex in less than 10 years, if Albany passes key criminal justice reforms, as he announced an agreement with the City Council to close Rikers and roll out a smaller borough - based jail system.

«To many new immigrants, OATH can be the first experience with New York's justice system, and if English is not their first language, the process can be long and difficult,» said New York City Councilmember PETER KOO.

I'd be especially interested if the government has ended up solely investigating or prosecuting for jumping bail or otherwise evading the justice system.

I would know if it's possible to have an anarchist system that is also able to enforce rules and to guarantee a form of justice.

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell on closing Rikers Island: «If we truly want to reform our criminal justice system, we can't hide it on an island in a distant bay.

If our Westchester County Justice system can create an atmosphere guilt of Black officers but White officers continue to violate policies, then any young man, especially, a young black man does not have a chance for any real transparency of the law in Westchester County.

If our Westchester County Justice system can create an atmosphere with leaks that will create doubt on the victims that are in law enforcement, then any young man, especially, a young black man does not have a chance for any real transparency of the law in Westchester County.

«Why should we believe that if the mayor gets control of the Juvenile Justice system, he's going to be responsive to the community?»

«I think his greatest gift to the people of the state of New York is a belief is that if the legal system stood for nothing else, it stood for justice, and that justice is constantly a work of progress,» she said.